Everyone else sleeps more than I do. It's not that I lead a busier life than anyone else or suffer from insomnia or have neighbors in death metal bands. It's just that I've never been able to sleep for more than four hours at a time. I take naps later in the day for an hour or two, but I can't sleep in more than four hour chunks at any one time. This means I spend a great deal of my life waiting for other people to wake up.

I also sleep on my side and must hug something, be it a pillow or a person, in order to slide off to Slumberville. And I prefer the room to be as cold as Dick Cheney's heart. And . . . oh Lord . . . if there's a gentle rain falling as well, I am not opposed.

So, how do you people sleep? What do you sleep on (Futon here)? How long do you sleep? Do you snore so loudly that your neighbors seek shelter from what they believe to be an oncoming tornado? Tell me, tell me, tell me.