As you may have noticed, Sharon Kirkey is working on a series of stories about sleep, or our lack of it. It should be required reading because the world would be a better place if everyone got more rest and were a little less cranky, don't you think? It's not like we can sleep with our eyes open. Actually ... some people do. Nocturnal lagophthalmos is the name of the condition experienced by about 20 per cent of the population.