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The Vine: November 4, 2004
November 4, 2004 – 10:16 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
The letters over the past couple of weeks have made me want to ask a baseball expert a question that I’ve been thinking about for a long while now.And please, let me be clear …

The Vine: November 3, 2004
November 3, 2004 – 3:17 PM | No Comment

Sars,
The Vine letter from “Take My Blood, Please” is correct. A male is
ineligible to donate blood if he has had sex with another male since
1977, even once. A bunch of other populations are also considered
to …

Scary Stories
November 1, 2004 – 9:25 AM | No Comment

I didn’t have Halloween plans yesterday — or, more precisely, I had plans yesterday, but not of the Halloween variety. I’d gone to Bean’s legendary Halloween fete the night before, kitted out as Zombie Jackie …