Dave Barry: I'm not thrilled about the possibility of reincarnation, either. Which leaves the third major possibility about death, which is that there is *nothing* afterward. That would mean that, as far as mortality is concerned, human beings are no different from cockroaches: One moment you're scurrying around on the kitchen floor of life, collecting the Cheez-It crumbs of daily existence; the next moment, you get stomped into bug glop by The Big Shoe from Above, and that's it, *finito*, you are nothing more than Purina-brand Bacteria Chow. -- Dave Barry Turns 50 %