I agree almost entirely with dialyn. It's a good idea. Even though I'm just starting the third decade, I balked at that same sentence dialyn did and read it a few times to check if I was misunderstanding. People can still make contributions even after they start "falling apart physically." I would think that would be especially true of writers. That said, after re-reading, I accepted the sentence as is as part of the somewhat jaded outlook of the narrator/bounty hunter. I thought the idea of calling the database Santa was a clever twist, and it becomes more ironic (as you say "sick") as the more sinister elements of the story become apparent. On the final re-read, your first sentence is excellent, though I completely missed the import first time around.