11.   For years readers have been asking me to include the stock symbols of companies mentioned in this column.

12.   From time to time, this column will be devoted to discussing some of the questions that readers ask.

13.   How, readers ask, is the public served by the photograph of a grieving mother?

14.   If the eggs were protected from such things as wind and vibrations, some readers asked, would they stand upright during the equinox?

15.   Imagine a column in which readers can ask questions of the richest man in America.

16.   In September, a reader asked about a wine reviewed in the Chronicle Wine Selections, called Buffalo Ridge Syrah.

17.   In view of that, I suggest readers ask their children to read this message.

18.   It has everything a reader could ask for in a love story.

19.   Last month, a reader asked for a recipe for succotash he recalled from his childhood.

20.   Last week, a reader asked about strategies for getting spilled, sticky liquids such as soda or coffee out of a keyboard.