Da sunt misogin.

What's the difference between a woman on PMS and a terrorist?

You can negotiate with the terrorist.

“This deck of cards is a little frayed around the edges, but then again so am I and I’ve got fewer suits… ”

Piers Anthony, in On a Pale Horse, suggested that Death was not always the same person. Although immortal, if a mere human managed to kill death when it came for him, he took the robes of office and became the Thanatos until the next mortal killed him.

Of course, my favorite story based around death was Grim Fandango. The main character, Manuel Calavera, is a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, selling people Luxury cruises and Express Train tickets to the final resting place. Manny's best quote, or one of them at least... "My scythe. I keep it where my heart used to be."

The voice talent on Grim Fandango is exceptional, and the mood they set in year 2 with the art deco graphics, and music score - different for each location - is something to savor. I kept the game on one scene in the bar at the Calavera Cafe for about thirty minutes. Maybe I should get out more, but doing some reading while a massive orange...um, thing played some lightly introspective piano jazz and a skeleton nattily dressed in a white dinner jacket smoked a cigarette was very soothing. Just tell me where I can get that kind of experience in the real world.