>    At one time I had an alarm clock which was named "Gabriel", for its
>    legendary horn announcing the end of the world.

I've got a 4-y old daughter named Gabrielle.  Works about the same way...

"louder alarms" only work if in fact the person is not waking up.  Since
in fact the circumstances involve going into another room to turn off the
alarm, and then returning to bed, the problem is slightly different, and I
claim that arbitrarilly loud alarms will simply be adapted to.  (Hmm.  In
fact, it might be that a clock radio, modified to start SOFTLY and
gradually increase in volume, might be more effective.  The idea is to
engage the brain before it gets sufficiently annoyed to elminate the
stimulus.)

"people" tend to think the difference beween "morning people" and "night
people" is just a matter of when you wake up and go to sleep, and ought
to be easy to switch just by changing hours.  *I* think it has a lot more
to do with whether you have an easy time making the transitions.  It can
take me hours to get to sleep at night, and hours to wake up in the
morning.  Much better to stay awake till I'm very tired, and get up when
I wake up naturally...  Unfortunately, reality tends to interfere.

BillW

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