Today I was stuck on the NY Times Spelling Bee puzzle. There were a few words left that I just couldn’t get.<\/p>\n
I started wondering if maybe these last few words were things I had never heard of. Perhaps they were the names of exotic South American plants or animals, or items of traditional garb in native cultures.<\/p>\n
Then I took a little nap, and woke up quite refreshed. I picked up my phone, looked at the puzzle, and immediately keyed in those missing words. They were common English words after all.<\/p>\n
So what was going on here? Was I unconsciously working on the puzzle while I was napping? Or does a good nap just make you smarter?<\/p>\n
I guess it is all part of the mystery of naps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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