Great Baseball Goddess Sars,Tell me, O Wise One, why is it that during the regular season, some games do not go the whole nine innings? I tried Googling this AND asking Jeeves, but I wasn't …

Hi Sars,
You might have answered a similar "just moved to a new city and now my life is an existential mess" question a while back, but hopefully mine's got a slightly different twist to it…
About …

Okay, while I'm not sure exactly what a "formal" boot would be, I will have to profess love for Famous Footwear.Trying to find anything in a men's size 14 is a nightmare, because shoe manufacturers …

Dear Sars,
I have questions that I've never seen addressed anywhere.My family and friends
can't answer them — they have no experience with this. Perhaps you can help.
Here's my situation:
I'm an artist who pays the bills by …

Note: The answer to yesterday's "you/your visiting" grammar-nundrum is found under "fused participles" in the Garner.I never would have looked there in a billion years.Thanks, AB Chao!

Sars,
I met Joe through a personal ad six weeks …

Hi Sars,
I need to know if I'm wrong or just being picky.
There seems to be a trend where the word "female" is being used in place of the word "woman," as in: "I saw the …

Sars: I love your site and have been an avid reader for quite some time.I feel I must add a recommendation to the list of true crime books.For a seven-year period during the late '80s …

Sars,
I really enjoy reading The Vine both for the great advice and your ability to cut a problem down to its root cause.That's exactly what I've been trying to do with a certain issue in …

Sars,
You might direct Cute towards Torrid.com or Hot Topic — or other stores that cater to the "freaky" teen demographic. They quite often carry adult sizes of kiddie-type clothes/shoes. Also, Payless has some cute pink …

Dear Sars,
I'm a twenty-year-old male living in the American midwest with my father…and as much as living with him sucks sometimes and I hope to one day strike out on my own and eventually get …