RE: Edison

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Brett Glass on 1/3/99 9:03 PM ---

>No, it's good PR. Edison frequently napped on the job, and made a
>point of having the press visit him at odd hours. He claimed that
>he'd worked straight through and just didn't need sleep.

According to his biographers, Edison was good for an average of 4-5 hours 
of sleep a day, which he usually took in short naps at the labs. If it 
makes you feel any better, this habit led his first wife to experience 
severe emotional distress, leading to her untimely death, probably from 
drink. I suppose that was great PR, too.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net