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My brother handed out T-shirts last January. If you knew him, you’d understand. When something entertains, amuses or intrigues him, he wants to share.

The shirts went to my sister and me, the idea being that all of us would wear them at my mother’s 80th birthday party. I wasn’t inclined to be quite that casual, and my sister has always been perfectly capable of dressing herself, so this didn’t work out. It’s still a nice shirt.

And by that, I mean it’s very comfortable. When I reach into my T-shirt drawer and pull this one out, I get a momentary rush of anticipated comfort. It...