11.   Johnson now does a few columns ahead if he goes on vacation.

12.   My difficulty getting the column done actually has nothing to do with brain block.

13.   Safire will do a column about words.

14.   Years ago I did a column about a man named Bart Simpson who was born more than three decades before the cartoon character came along.

15.   Last June, a crime columnist in Manila, Danny Hernandez, was shot to death in Manila on his way home after doing his column.

16.   Last June, a crime columnist in Manila, Danny Hernandez, was shot to death on his way home after doing his column.