
This victim, R. O. Dent, was found in an expired state at the Shelby County Regional Forensic Center. Proper procedures were followed: the rat was written up, tagged, and the hands were bagged. Subsequent examination revealed the victim was poisoned. No arrests have been made at this time. (Photo: Pamela Pearson)
Back in '99, I met this cool girl named Pamela online. Our non-relationship had progressed to the point where we were talking about where we could meet face-to-face.
"I work nights, so it would be best if you came by my work," she said.
I put the kibosh on that one, "I think we should meet on neutral ground," I said. I had experience with strange women.
"You'd freak out if you had to come here anyway."
"Why? Where do you work?"
"The morgue."
I freaked.
It all worked out in the end; we got married.
Her job is an endless source of macabre entertainment and sobering reminders of our mortality. Her job has taut me that there are only three causes of death: old age, stupidity, and unluckiness.
Here knowledge of biology and anatomy puts me to shame. She knows a myriad of ways to uncomfortably poke me to locate any anatomical feature. She's very deft at handling small, very sharp, knives.
In early 1999, after I had been dating Pamela for a few months, some friends of mine at Synapse, the ISP I worked for, told me about this cool kick-ass role playing game called EverQuest. The game had just come out so I snagged a copy for Pamela because I knew she used to be heavily into MUDs and I figured this would be up her alley.
here is something I hope is doing no evil.
there could be more of them