Happy birthday to actor and author Sterling Hayden who would’ve turned 92 today. I’ve long admired Hayden’s presence in gritty, ’50s-era film noirs such as Crime Wave and Stanley Kubrick‘s The Killing but he’s probably best known for his role as “General Jack D. Ripper” in Kubrick’s 1964 satire Dr. Strangelove as well as his…
Month: March 2008
Sleep Lab
Last night I participated in a sleep study set up by my doctor. I had heard complaints from friends about my snoring so I mentioned it during my last check-up. Within one week I made an appointment to spend the night in a facility off of I-35 and W. Mockingbird here in Dallas. I was…