I thought of trying for the lead back there, but patience paid off".
She thought for a moment, trying to put it in terms I would understand.
"It was funny growing up with a father who everyone thought was nuts for trying to make snow," said Ms. Lugar, who now owns the ski area founded by her father, Walt Schoenknecht.
Lockley says researchers had assumed that non-blue light had little effect on wakefulness, "but it's not as safe as we thought" for people who are trying to avoid insomnia.
"A lot of Koreans never thought about trying for Q school.
I thought for god's sake try and keep awake" (P123) indicating that, for this participant, falling asleep would have been undesirable and unacceptable.
They had no desire to engage in conversation and thought I was nuts for trying to talk reason.
A lot of my friends at the time thought I was foolish for trying to be a blogger.
Although people thought they were crazy for trying, their plan eventually worked, as a new book by Washington Post journalist Eli Saslow shows.
SENIOR -- Have you ever thought, for even five seconds, about trying to mainstream yourself?
