wow! can you believe i've been doing the column for a whole year ??? sometimes deep, sometimes less so , sometimes just plain weird , but i've done it every day for a year - only minus days when i was away from a computer or when recovering from surgery last summer. i'd say that there are 350 entries at the least. to answer the oft-asked question, i make them up every day myself, based on my past and present experiences. i don't quote other people, books, or services. i take all the credit or blame, whichever the case may be . i hope some of you like reading it as much as i like writing it, and i hope to write a year worthy of following this one .