Gold was discovered in California on this day in 1849 and the big rush was on. But if every day’s a big rush at your house for no reason other than you slept right through your alarm clock’s bell, then listen up, because we’ve got news for heavy sleepers and those snoring their way into unemployment and poverty. If you have trouble waking to your alarm clock try putting your TV and bedroom lights on a timer. If you try it and feel it’s a bit too harsh, jarring, or even blasting you out of a sound sleep, try one of the new “sunrise/daylight” table lamps that increase very slowly from a soft glow to bright light, creating the feel of dawn and natural daylight. If that doesn’t work, better hook up a car horn and buckets of cold water, you may be hopeless. And that’s the On The House tip for today...