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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

Auld Lang Whine
January 5, 2005 – 9:32 AM | 2 Comments

So, I decided to move the week before Christmas, which, who in this fine old world has better timing than I? Nobody. No. Body. Well, maybe my own sinuses, which — coated in a shag …

The Vine: December 16, 2004
December 16, 2004 – 3:30 PM | No Comment

A question for the Grammar Goddess:
I work in chemistry lab, and we have a softball team called “The Degenerate HOMOs.”
This is really funny if you’re a chemist, I promise.
Anyway, my question regards the HOMO bit. …

The Vine: December 15, 2004
December 15, 2004 – 8:35 PM | No Comment

Sars,
Wedding etiquette inquiry for you, o wise one.Okay, here’s the deal.I’ve been dating the girlfriend for about a year and a half.We’re not engaged, but pretty much as soon as I find some time to …

The Vine: December 14, 2004
December 14, 2004 – 8:09 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
My workplace has an abundance of people and not enough office space.Those not lucky enough to have an office to themselves either have to double up or sit in Cubicle City.
I tend not to …

The Subheroes Chapter 10: The Ghost Is The Machine
December 13, 2004 – 9:29 AM | No Comment

Lionel and Tjinder are standing on The Driver’s side porch. Lionel is on the phone with Diz; Tjinder is shifting from foot to foot. He looks at their car in the driveway, and at his …

The Vine: December 10, 2004
December 10, 2004 – 12:50 AM | No Comment

So!
There’s an Issue that has been slowly evolving in my relationship.
I’m hoping you haven’t heard this one a thousand times before because I
really need an outside view and neither my friends nor his friends are …

The Vine: December 9, 2004
December 9, 2004 – 12:39 AM | No Comment

Sars,
I divorced my wife three years ago leaving me a 28-year-old single father of two absent from the dating
scene for over a decade.
Three years later, I’m 31 years old and still single,
but that isn’t …

The Vine: December 8, 2004
December 8, 2004 – 12:24 AM | No Comment

Sars,
You are the best person to answer my problems as they are about grammar and the Yankees.Yay for you!
1. I’m writing this guy to tell him some documents are missing from a package he sent …

The Vine: December 7, 2004
December 7, 2004 – 12:13 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Great websites, both. Here’s a Vine question, or
rather issue, since I’m leaving out most of the
back-story on this one. How do you stop obsessing
about a guy you barely know, rarely see, can’t ask out
yourself …

Frosty The Snowman…Is Melted
December 6, 2004 – 9:28 AM | No Comment

At a cocktail party last week, a guy told me that, actually, it’s not just you — the onslaught of Christmasiana did start early this year. Usually, it just seems like the tinselly retail-driven barrage …