Forget all the trivial stuff like health care, inequality, millionaires or even Bridgegate, let’s get serious and talk about pillows. This is a guy thing I believe so be warned.
Now if we take an objective view, a pillow is defined as “a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person.” That seems pretty straightforward. You need a pillow per person for sleeping. A pillow is pretty standard, it is rectangular, perhaps around two feet long.
Ha! That’s what you think. Somewhere along the line a pillow has morphed from a simple sleeping aid into a multi-shaped evil device to take over your bed. It looks nice, but serves no useful function. It does serve a function though, it adds ten minutes to the time you need to get into bed. First you have to remove the army of pillows and stack them neatly someplace where they won’t get damaged sitting all alone in the dark for eight hours before you unstack them to array them back on the bed the next morning.
But you don’t just put them back. Oh no, I learned that the hard way. You must carefully and creatively arrange them in an artful fashion. That means you must consider size, shape and which color to expose where. And if you don’t get it right, “somebody” will do it all over again and no doubt point out the error of your ways.
Life is so complicated. 😴
Please note there is not a pillow in this picture that has a purpose to support the head of a sleeping person. Those pillows are hiding behind those big red guys. For some reason the functional ones are not allowed out.
PS About the looks nice thing, how many people parade through your bedroom each day to take in the artistic decor? 👀
QUINNSCOMMENTARY 
I classify the pillow phenomenon in the “nature abhors a vacuum” category. In a average American house, all flat surfaces must have objects on them.
Table tops? Vases, with or without flowers. “Coffee table” books.
Kitchen counter tops? Spice racks. Coffee makers. Juicers. Toasters.
Garage benches? Everything that isn’t lying around somewhere else.
There are exceptions. I live next door to a man who spent a good part of his life in submarines: flat surfaces might tip and are therefore empty.
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How right you are.
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I AM SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THIS TOPIC. For those of you who have”our head in the pillow”i can assure you it’s more than style over substance. Enter…Michael Lindel (probably made up name) from” My Pillow” commercials.This guy is a world class marketer extraordinaire….he started his company about 8-9 years ago and is now a multi- millionaire. But this is not just” pillow talk”, his following is cult like….since when you pay one hundred bucks for a pillow you are constantly seeking consensual validation (from others) to justify your purchase.
Nothing succeeds like success! What is remarkable is what he claims his pillow can do for you…..better REM sleep, fewer nightmares, less headaches, better alignment of back and neck bones,a cool night’s sleep (i am not sure i know what he means with this one) perhaps for those suffering from “night sweats”. The list of benefits are numerous and yet what is remarkable in these medical related assertions is that there is not one shred of scientific evidence supporting his claims. No one challenging him, however, he’s now doing “mini pillows” and “bed tops”…”.ca-ching”.
One wonders what the future holds…..perhaps “pet pillows”, Spike has been on edge lately I guess he’s not getting enough REM sleep.
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LOL…. This was a great read. Don’t feel alone, pillow artistry is a daily early morning event in my home also. In fact it frequently grows to include the living room sofa. It must be a genetic thing that the “Y” chromosome causes. “Y” chromosome carriers have produced some of the world’s greatest paintings and sculptures (Da Vinci, Michael Angelo) but pillow art, not so much.
Anyway, thanks for the morning laugh.
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And that is when the argument starts each day!
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Yes indeed.
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