Whenever I set my alarm clock, which fortunately for me I don't have to do very often, I always worry that I'm going to somehow sleep through the alarm and not wake up. Or maybe there'll be a blackout and the alarm will no longer be set. Or maybe there will be some kind of malfunction and the alarm will not go off. Or maybe Thor will be in the area and the sheer force of the seductive Lord of Thunder will zap my alarm and render it useless.

Whatever the reason, it is always a cause of great concern to me. So much so that I will wake up periodically throughout the night because I just know — I know — that I've somehow slept through it and it is very late and I have missed whatever it is I'm supposed to be waking up for. I always up long before the alarm is...

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