I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

New drugs to let us manage on only two hours sleep a day are being developed, scientists revealed yesterday.

This is very exciting news. I'd be the first in line if they put this stuff on the market. Just think of how many more video games I could play if I only slept two hours!

But seriously, though. One quibble with the article is the idea that the military would be the primary market for these new drugs. Hogwash! The military might fund the research, but the primary market would be college students. The secondary market would be, well, everyone.

A quick calculation indicates that if you go from eight hours of sleep a night to two hours, that adds up to be 91 days at the end of the year. That's like adding three months to your life each year. And, to borrow from Dennis Leary, these aren't the hip-replacement, adult-diaper years, either.

Who wouldn't want that? Sign me up!

Note: I'm sure these drugs will end up having side-effects that make Fen-phen look like Skittles. But hey! You have to die of something, right?