I just came across this alarm clock in my general web surfing at ThinkGeek.com. The description is as follows:

Connects via WiFi to your online bank account, and donates YOUR real money to an organization you HATE when you decide to snooze!

For years the masses have told you that if you snooze you lose. You never believed them. You held your head high and slept in whenever you wanted to, always without fear of loss. Well, dear friends, the times have changed. The ingenious sages at ThinkGeek Labs(TM) have finally created the Ultimate weapon against snoozing – the SnūzNLūz(TM). People who enjoy sleeping in are cowering in fear all across the globe – it’s finally true, when you snooze, you lose!

When I first saw this, I instantly saw the answer to all my needs in one handy alarm clock. You see for the longest time I have had trouble waking up in the morning. In the past I would hit the snooze button a minimum of 4 times before I finally got up for the day. I would drive my wife crazy every morning.

So when I saw this alarm clock, I immediately thought I had found my answer. But then I started to think to myself, “Am I really that lazy?!” I know it would work…because I am the cheap. Forget giving $11 to an organization that I hate. I hate the idea of giving $11 to anyone simple because I want to sleep more.

Plus I have found a way to get up early every morning on a consistent basis. My friend Alf (his full name is Alfonso..but Afl sounds cooler) and I have made a pact (ok just an agreement…but pact sounds much cooler) to pray with each other over the phone at 6 every morning. Now I know some of you are thinking that six isn’t that early in the morning. But for me that is like getting up at 4:30 in the morning. Since we have started doing this, I have only failed once to roll my lazy butt out of bed, call Alf, and pray. It has been life changing to start every day off with prayer with Alf.

Now I just have to work on not going back to bed after we pray.