http://doitforamonth.com Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:30:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Who will replace Paula Abdul?!?! After eight long years, Paula Abdul announced her decision to quit her job as American Idol judge. This changes things!  The classic line up was - Paula "always has a good thing to say" Abdul; former Journey bass player and over-user of the word 'dawg' ... http://doitforamonth.com/who-will-replace-paula-abdul-as-american-idol-judge/ In an upcoming interview in Parade magazine, Brad Pitt talks of his stoner years, back when he was a recent arrival to Hollywood. Brad Pitt with Angelina Jolie.  I resisted the temptation to paintbrush a joint into Brad's mouth... "I liked to smoke a bit of grass," Pitt said. But there's more! "...I became ... http://doitforamonth.com/brad-pitt-smoked-weed/ Some photographers have all the luck.  I'm not sure if this was good planning, or just a case of being at the right place at the right time, but some lucky paparazzi managed to get a few shots of Kelly Brook, on the red carpet outside the premier of "The Ugly ... http://doitforamonth.com/kelly-brook-spotted-walking-on-a-red-carpet/ I'm not going to be very good at this! I have recently been scouring newspapers and websites, looking for valuable gossip to pass on to you, my loyal readers.  As I read story after story on these strange people known as 'celebrities', one question kept springing to mind.... http://doitforamonth.com/who-the-hell-are-these-people/ You'll be pleased to know that I'm going to start doing things for a month again! If you've never been here before, here's a quick overview: I (Warren Davies) was doing a psychology degree, and planned to start a blog about psychology (this idea eventually became Generally Thinking).  I started a test ... http://doitforamonth.com/do-it-for-a-month-is-back/ I told you I was not going to stray far from the pillow.In March, I will learn how to have lucid dreams. If you are dreaming, and then suddenly you realise that you are in a dream, all of a sudden things change a bit. The dream becomes ... http://doitforamonth.com/march-lucid-dreaming/ Today is the final day of my month-long experiment with polyphasic sleep.  It has been very interesting and novel; I have felt most of the time like I have had an advantage of the rest of the population, who get only a sluggish 16 waking hours, pah.  But having said ... http://doitforamonth.com/the-end-of-polyphasic-sleep/ I decided to look into some of the research on sleep and sleep deprivation when I started this polyphasic experiment, and some of the findings I came across are very, very surprising, and the opposite to what you might expect, based on common wisdom. This is a quick review ... http://doitforamonth.com/is-reducing-the-amount-of-sleep-you-get-harmful/ Well I'm 19 days into the everyman schedule, and all is well. I'm still getting a lot done, and still enjoying this novel way of experiencing life. It is training me to make more use and better use of my time, because what's the point of extra ... http://doitforamonth.com/more-hints-tips-and-thoughts-on-polyphasic-sleep/ It's been a long time since I updated this site, as you can see there was no entry made in December (which was going to be random acts of kindness) or January. This is because I had exams in January, and revision took up 98% of my waking time. In ... http://doitforamonth.com/37/