Tim Phillips Show, 4/30/26

Reaching for a third cup of coffee before 10 a.m., a foggy feeling that won’t lift, and heavy eyelids are some obvious signs of sleep deprivation, but it also has a way of showing up in unexpected places, like your appetite, your bladder, and even your jaw. The thing is, we don’t connect these symptoms to our lack of sleep, so we might not realize we have a sleep problem.

Sleep experts say these overlooked signs could point to sleep deprivation:

You have ADHD-like symptoms - According to some sleep specialists, undiagnosed sleep disorders - especially obstructive sleep apnea - can mimic ADHD symptoms, or make them worse, particularly in kids. Dr Alice Hoagland, director of Rochester Regional Health’s sleep disorder clinic, says not getting enough sleep can trigger or worsen problems with attention, behavior and impulse control.
You crave junk food - Sleep deprivation throws off the balance of two key appetite hormones: ghrelin, which drives hunger and leptin, which signals fullness. So when you’re exhausted, Dr. David Benavides, sleep medicine physician at Harvard Medical School, says the body “sends a stronger ‘eat’ signal and a weaker ‘I’m full’ signal.”
You’re way more emotional than usual - From snapping at someone to crying at the drop of a hat, it could be the brain reacting more strongly to things because you’re overly tired.
You may even confess to something you didn’t do - Now this one is weird! A 2016 study found that sleep-deprived participants were more than four times as likely as well-rested ones to sign a statement falsely claiming they’d done something they hadn’t.
You wake up with a pounding headache - People with sleep apnea often report headaches, especially in the morning after a night of disrupted breathing. Sleep disorder specialist Dr. Saema Tahir explains, “It’s related to low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in your brain from abnormal breathing.”
You grind your teeth - Stress may play a role in teeth grinding and jaw clenching, but sleep studies show that it often happens after breathing disruptions during sleep.
You keep waking up to use the bathroom - Tahir says this is one of the most important and overlooked signs of sleep-disordered breathing.
You feel wired but exhausted at night - This is common, but not normal, according to Tahir, who says it’s an “absolute sign of you not having proper healthy sleep.” It can happen in just a few weeks, as poor sleep throws off stress hormones, which keep you in alert mode so you can’t wind down at night.
You keep getting sick - Sleep and the immune system are linked, as one study shows that just one night of reduced sleep led to a 28% drop in natural killer cell activity, the immune system’s first line of defense.
You’re having microsleeps behind the wheel (and don’t know it) - We don’t always know when it’s time to pull over from drowsy driving. Sleep-deprived participants in driving-simulator studies experience repeated microsleeps - “brief, involuntary lapses into sleep lasting seconds” - before they realize how exhausted they are.
Source: Time

Top 30 List of Best Living American Songwriters … According to a new article by Parade Magazine and the New York Times 
Nile Rogers
Lucinda Williams
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Paul Simon
Taylor Swift
Brian and Eddie Holland
Missy Elliott
Lionel Richie
Dolly Parton
  Young Thug
Diane Warren
Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne 
Fiona Apple
Babyface
Stephin Merritt 
Romeo Santos
Carole King
Outkast
Mariah Carey
Willie Nelson
Kendrick Lamar
Valerie Simpson
Bob Dylan
Lana Del Ray
The-Dream
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Bad Bunny
Bruce Springsteen
 Smokey Robinson

Throwback Thursday: 

List of 1980 Major News Events in History
1.    US defeats Soviet Union in ice hockey in what was labeled the "Miracle on Ice"
2.    Mount St. Helens Eruption on May 18th in Washington killing 57.
3.    The Iran-Iraq war begins in September of 1980
4.    CNN (Cable News Network) began broadcasting on June 1st.
5.    3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.
6.    Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death
7.    Severe Summer Heat Wave in Southern US Causes 1,117 deaths in 20 States
8.    US Passes "Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act" to tax high profits by oil companies
9.    Fire Destroys the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
10.    The Killer Clown ( John Wayne Gacy Jr ) sentenced to death for the murder of 33 boys and young men.
11.    Millions of viewers tune into the TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing.

The Rubik’s Cube puzzle toy debuts internationally during January at a toy fair in London. The toy had been created by Erno Rubik in the 1970s and was first patented as the “Magic Cube” in Hungary in 1975. The colorful puzzle was soon picked up by Ideal Toys to develop the toy for a global market. After its introduction in early 1980, the Rubik’s Cube hit toy stores in May of that year. By the following year it was a huge success causing a worldwide craze. Competitions for who could solve the puzzle the fastest emerged and it still remains popular today.

First available Domestic Camcorders available in Japan
First Available Fax Machines in Japan
Release of Pac-Man arcade game
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.19
Average cost new car $7,200.00
Ground Beef Lb $1.39
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head $4.77
LCD Pendant Watch $34.95
Pontiac Firebird $5,992.00
Men's Casual Shirt $14.00
Magnavox VHS Recorder $699.00
VHS Home Movie Camera $1,599.00
Tomi Cosmic Combat Electronic Game $28.99
Mens 3 Piece Suit $89.95
3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.

Popular Films
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Superman II
Nine to Five
Raging Bull
Coal Miner's Daughter
Popular TV
The Facts Of Life
General Hospital
Dallas
The Dukes Of Hazzard
Chips

It’s always humbling to realize you missed some fact the rest of the world seemed to know and a Threads post may make you feel better about it. A user asks, “What's something you didn’t learn the truth about until an embarrassingly long time later in life?”

Nearly 4-thousand people confessed their own and these are some of the best responses.

“As a child, I didn't immediately understand how sending a fax worked & thought the paper traveled through the wire ????????‍♀️”
“Up until about 5 years ago, I thought the person who read the ‘disclaimer’ during commercials just talked super fast, then realized they just sped the audio up”
“I thought Jimmy Buffett and Warren Buffett were the same person and he’d just got really rich off the margarita song.”
“I thought McGraw-Hill textbooks were made by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.”
“I was shocked to learn THEY MOVE THE HOLES AROUND in golf! I thought they always stayed in the same place.”
“I thought Elton John was blind because he wore those wild sunglasses and sat at a piano like Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles”
“When you’re told not to operate heavy machinery while using certain medications, they mean cars. I always assumed bulldozers.”
“I didn’t realize until middle school that Alaska wasn’t an island. Always thought it was an island like Hawaii because maps I had seen had the mainland US and then Hawaii and Alaska off by themselves in a corner”
“I thought Martha Stewart’s home was Martha’s Vineyard”
“As a kid I thought the ‘best before’ dates on foods were just companies bragging that they used to have the best product but now someone else is better”
“On ‘House Hunters,’ THEY ALREADY BOUGHT THE HOUSE”
“I thought Mount Rushmore faces occurred naturally by coincidence.”
“When I was a kid, I thought Feat was a rapper or musician who was in a LOT. Like, as in ‘Fat Joe Feat Ashanti.’ It wasn’t until I was around 15 that I realized it was short for featuring.”
Source: BuzzFeed⠀