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The Vine: February 1, 2013
February 1, 2013 – 9:53 AM | 12 Comments
The Vine: February 1, 2013

I'm hoping you can help me track down a book I loved as a kid so I can give it to my nieces. It was a collection of fairy tales (predominantly European), set up so …

The Vine: January 30, 2013
January 30, 2013 – 10:49 AM | 74 Comments
The Vine: January 30, 2013

How do you push yourself into having sex if your body/gut instinct doesn't necessarily want to? I know from reading previous columns that you're normally a fan of "getting it over with" with a good-enough …

The Vine: January 25, 2013
January 25, 2013 – 1:00 PM | 52 Comments
The Vine: January 25, 2013

One for the great Red Cloudsource: I watched a movie when I was very young and only remember bits and pieces, but it is now bugging me as I cannot remember the name and I am …

The Vine: January 23, 2013
January 23, 2013 – 10:29 AM | 76 Comments
The Vine: January 23, 2013

I married a great guy, T, in 2008. In 2010 we found out I was expecting. I had a completely normal, if barfy pregnancy. I had a terrible doctor (that problem is taken care of; …

The Vine: January 18, 2013
January 18, 2013 – 9:03 AM | 16 Comments
The Vine: January 18, 2013

I've got a question for the TN readers, particularly those who have access to the BBC. While studying in London in 2001, I saw a television show that was so weird and twisted that it …

The Vine: January 16, 2013
January 16, 2013 – 9:24 AM | 39 Comments
The Vine: January 16, 2013

I have a small child who loves the Berenstain Bears and we read them over and over. The phrase below seems incorrect, but I'm not a grammar expert so I'd like to get a definitive …

The Vine: January 11, 2013
January 11, 2013 – 1:00 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: January 11, 2013

When I was young, I read a couple of kids' books that were way older than me. Probably published no later than the '60s, possibly quite a bit earlier. A family purchased an old estate …

The Vine: January 9, 2013
January 9, 2013 – 1:16 PM | 23 Comments
The Vine: January 9, 2013

Guy and I are graduate students in the same program and have all the same friends. We'd been dating on-and-off for about a year and broke things off last week. If I'm honest, it was …

The Vine: January 4, 2013
January 4, 2013 – 9:16 AM | 21 Comments
The Vine: January 4, 2013

I'm hoping you can help with a song that's been stuck in my head ever since the late '80s or early '90s. It's a silly little pop song sung by a female artist, it went …

The Vine: January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013 – 1:43 PM | 94 Comments
The Vine: January 1, 2013

Dear Nation,
Happy New Year! And welcome to your resolutions open thread: share/gut-check your resolutions; get/give support for everything from new workouts to budgeting to cookie recipes; second-guess your break-ups with Diet Coke and post-10-PM chocolate.
I'll …