11.   Not surprisingly, the regular readers scored significanty higher in vocabulary and cultural literacy.

12.   Publishers and bookstores had long contended that the majority of regular readers reside in the Northeast.

13.   Regular readers are familiar with my never-ending quest for the perfect portable computer.

14.   Regular readers of this column have probably discerned my bias in favor of mutual funds by now.

15.   Regular readers of this column know that not long ago I found myself the target of a minor-league smear campaign.

16.   Regular readers will know I strongly believe in the deterrent effect of a few good gallows.

17.   Regular readers of the tabloids were not surprised by such details.

18.   Regular readers of this column know that I have had a breast cancer that was detected early but not by a mammogram.

19.   Regular readers of this column will know that the deck attached to the back of my house has been one of the larger banes of my existence.

20.   Regular readers of this column will recall a rather lighthearted view I took recently of African-American churches and beauty salons.