I was perusing the xkcd blag today and I discovered this awesome discussion of a problem I myself have struggled with these nigh 27 years. Trying to fall asleep reading! You know, you either have to hold the book up too high which makes you tired, or you rest it on your stomach and then it falls and wakes you up, or you have to lie one one side with your face in the pillow and one eye closed which makes the other eye too tired. The problems are endless.

But finally this bane of humanity can be vanquished and Randall has a great post about the problem and solution thereof. Pictures and everything! This should be part of the Kindle’s advertising campaign. Too lazy to hold a book while lying down? We’ve got your solution! They can advertise like the Snuggie: You took the problem of reading in bed for granted just as you assumed you would always have to struggle to get a hand out of the blanket to use the remote. The Kindle has now become a part of my fantasy for a perfect life, alongside having a real Coca-Cola machine in my house and some implant that lets me access wikipedia instantaneously.