A colleague's plea after sending me a confidential email: "Please keep it under your belt." Good idea. My hat is temporarily full.

Overheard on the tennis court during a discussion of the chance that Marco Rubio would win the Republican nomination for President: "It would be easier to get a camel into heaven." Not to mention getting a fat man through the eye of a needle.

Former Boston Mayor Tom "Mumbles" Menino on the future of his beloved city: "Hope burns eternal." We'll spring for that.

An ESPN basketball commentator on Notre Dame's overtime win over Duke: "I have to give my hat to those young men." We tip our hat to such a generosity.

The Happy Wonderer

A psychologist wrote in a manuscript about the effect of exercise on mood: "When you get bored, your mind wonders off." I've often wandered about that myself.