Miscellany

• Son's height makes me feel older than his age does.

• Why do I put off preparing the taxes when I almost always get some money back?

• Why did I give up chocolate for Lent when I had such a hard time doing just that last year?

• Why is it okay to smell like dirt after working in the garden, but if you smell like dirt any other time, you're just dirty?

• Daughter told me that I looked "bulky." She said it as though it was a compliment. Bulky?

• How much is too much to spend on Easter candy? And do the calories count if the candy you eat was stolen from your children's baskets?

• Why was I so sad when our stockbroker died recently? I never even met the man.

• Why do I care who the father of Anna Nicole's baby is? And why do I hope it's Larry?

• Am I the only person who doesn't care that CDs replaced vinyl? Am I the only person who finds CDs preferable?

• Why do I feel embarrassed that son's school guidance counselor called while I had music blasting? Isn't it better that she heard tunes than the t.v.?

• And once again, why do these thoughts, and others equally inane, swim about my brain?