Softball is the reason Washing Machines and Bleach are so popular. Don't think so? Just ask a softball Mom.

The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you.

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

You do not question an author who appears on the title page as "T.V.N. Persaud, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), F.F.Path. (R.C.P.I.), F.A.C.O.G.

The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge.

Normally I object to strangers beaming force fields into my brain.

Death. It doesn't have to be boring.