Sometimes I'm awake in the night, and there's no real reason that I can figure out. I can't get back to sleep, but there is something I can do. I can stave off the small-hour megrims - you know, those repetitive thoughts of anger, shame, guilt and blame which play over and over in the head at 2 to 4 a.m.

How? Read P.G. Wodehouse. Don't just read the story - notice the sentence structure, the hidden jokes, the wonderful comparisons, the quotations from famous authors. It challenges the mind without causing vexation, and in time the soothing ebb and flow buried deep below the punctuation will lull you back to sleep.

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Olddude, from what I read, the bright flickering light of TV is waking your poor brain up, big-time. Next time, try something else. Like reading P.G. Wodehouse.