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The Subsomnulative Railroad

Sub, meanung “under,” and -somnulative, deriving from the Roman god of sleep, “Somnus,” combine to make the new word I have now invented known as “Subsomnulative,” meaning “under sleep.” The official definition will be:

Sub-som-nu-lat-ive (sub-säm-nyōō-lāt-iv): Of or pertaining to the area that lies beneath a bed, couch, loft, cot, box, or other apparatus generally used for sleep. See SUBSOMNULATE, SUBSOMNCRALATE, SUBSOMNCREPENATE,  SUBSOMNSTACATE, SUBSOMNMONSTRUCREPENATE, SOMNSUBSOMNULATE, SUBSOMNLOCOMOTION (to see watered-down definitions, hover mouse over appropriate link).

–Cunningham’s New World Dictionary

Now that you know what subsomnulative means, read on.

I began around 3:30 PM yesterday to first test certain materials and then build a subsomnulative railroad. It hangs underneath my bed from the grate keeping my mattress atop the loft. Using pieces of wood from a leftover fence, push pins, paper, and wire of some nomination that rubs off on hands, I built wooden, hanging trusses of sorts for the track to rest on above my computer. It’s relatively level yet still slanted slightly to one side making the train’s speed slow down or speed up depending on which part of the course it’s on. It now runs the Union Pacific’s Overland Limited and the Hogwarts Railways’ Hogwarts Express daily.

Subsomnlocomotion is the new Pokemon.

A special thanks to Bachmann Trains for making affordable HO scale model trains for children worldwide to enjoy.