There’s an awful lot about the world that defies logic, isn’t there?  Like when your best friend downs a burger and fries every time you have lunch together, yet remains slim as a reed.  Or when your co-worker gets a big fat bonus, but you know she has her minions do all the real work.  Or when your pregnant neighbor looks like she’s having quintuplets but is back to a size 4 in a week.  What’s with that?   Well, here’s one thing that’ll take no mental contortions to understand -- this delicate but powerful pair of gold-plated floral earrings with a lavender glass pearl.  Cuts a most flattering silhouette...