You know how it is. You get a cat, seeking companionship and amusement, and are rewarded with the occasional tea-time display of self-serving affection. It’s charming, so you get another. And one more. Pretty soon, your home makes visitors’ eyes sting. People stop calling by. You let your hair grow wild. You enthusiastically take up […]

  In a murder trial, the defense attorney was cross-examining the coroner:“Before you signed the death certificate, did you take the pulse, listen to the heart or check for breathing?”“No.”“So, when you signed the death certificate, you weren’t sure the man was dead, were you?”“Well, the man’s brain was in a jar on my desk, […]