91.   Moving on to less personal matters, no mailbag column would be complete without a tax-related letter.

92.   My column was due in a few hours, but the future was written in pink neon.

93.   My column will be on hiatus during my maternity leave, resuming this summer when I return.

94.   My favorite column was the one years ago about a little girl and her mother having breakfast in a crowded diner where everybody looked grouchy and preoccupied.

95.   Nasty columns were at the ready.

96.   No crystal ball column is complete without some conflicting prognostications.

97.   Now, the column is to be collected in a book, part of a growing trend of such Web-inspired publications.

98.   Nyhan column is syndicated and not available to NYT clients.

99.   October is breast cancer awareness month, and this column is not in any way meant to take away from the need for breast cancer screening and education.

100.   Of course, there would be separate columns for money and time slippage and formulas for balancing money spent to avoid time slippage.