The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?

It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.

But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.

When faced with people who have very limited conversational skills and no apparent desire to cultivate any it's always easier to simply go along.

Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?

It took me a moment. I blinked, and suddenly it swam into focus and I had to frown very hard to keep myself from giggling out loud like the schoolgirl Deb had accused me of being. Because he had arranged the arms and legs in letters, and the letters spelled out a single small word: BOO. The three torsos were carefully arranged below the BOO in a quarter-circle, making a cute little Halloween smile. What a scamp.