IN MY LIFELONG STUDY OF HUMAN BEINGS, I HAVE FOUND that no matter how hard they might try, they have found no way yet to prevent the arrival of Monday morning. And they do try, of course, but Monday always comes, and all the drones have to scuttle back to their dreary workaday lives of meaningless toil and suffering.

Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.

There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing under the bed.'" --Dexter

Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers. -Dexter

Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be treated as a semiformal occasion.

Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport.