If you can conjure up any dusty cobweb-covered memories from childhood, you probably remember how kids hated having to go to sleep. Every night was a dramatic power struggle between my parents , myself, and consciousness. Eventually I would succumb - but not before asking the most inane and convoluted questions possible as a sort of stalling tactic. Things are different as an adult. I would like to be sleeping most of the time. If you're sleeping, you're usually not feeling pain, sadness, or a…