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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

Moving Pictures
July 29, 2002 – 2:02 PM | No Comment

I recently received a rather acidic email from a reader, demanding to know how I could “review” the AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies if I hadn’t seen half the films on the list. Well, I’ll tell …

The Vine: July 26, 2002
July 26, 2002 – 1:45 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
I had a cat that also loved nothing more than peeing and/or crapping on the bathmat, but the bathmat ONLY. The vet remarked that the rubber backing on bathmats smells like ammonia to cats, …

The Vine: July 25, 2002
July 25, 2002 – 1:31 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I love The Vine. Your responses are consistently perceptive, on target and entertaining. I have yet to disagree with any advice you’ve given, so I feel rather strange writing in to add to a …

The Vine: July 24, 2002
July 24, 2002 – 1:27 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have been thinking about writing for quite some time and am not sure I am doing the right thing, but I am kind of stuck on someone and it is hard to figure …

The Vine: July 23, 2002
July 23, 2002 – 1:22 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’ve been reading The Vine for months, and now I have a question I know you can help me with.
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine the other day about homographs. …

Testing My Patience
July 22, 2002 – 1:58 PM | No Comment

You’ve gone to the post office to mail eighteen boxes of various shapes and sizes to a friend in Belgium. When should you fill out the customs forms?
a. At home, before you come to the …

The Vine: July 19, 2002
July 19, 2002 – 12:00 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I don’t particularly condone Ms. Edgar Allan Poe’s actions, but it occurs to me that a semi-easy way to clear the air with her friend would be to call her friend and say that …

The Vine: July 18, 2002
July 18, 2002 – 11:53 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Last week I did something kinda stupid. Without getting into the specific details, I lied to a friend, pretended to be her on the phone, and charged something to her credit card without her …

The Vine: July 17, 2002
July 17, 2002 – 11:45 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
So here’s the deal. I’m a 19-year-old student going to a good college. When I was in about the third grade I was diagnosed with as LD (learning disabled). Over time, by learning my …

The Vine: July 16, 2002
July 16, 2002 – 10:54 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
As a former journalist who also quickly realized she’d never make a stellar reporter, I’ve got two bits of wisdom for “Probably Not Lois Lane,” who’s trying to figure out whether to start a …