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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

Sick And Wrong
February 18, 2002 – 1:22 PM | One Comment

I do not like to throw up. Okay, nobody likes to throw up, obviously — it’s not an activity people list among their hobbies in personal ads, and we’ll never see Alex Trebek interviewing contestants …

The Vine: February 13, 2002
February 13, 2002 – 1:14 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
Rather than lying awake nights worrying about whether my new website will net me a stalker (okay, I exaggerate slightly — and that is on the off chance anyone will actually read it!), I …

The Vine: February 12, 2002
February 12, 2002 – 1:08 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’m a mixed-race woman from the Deep South, with a husband from the Northern ‘burbs. When my husband and I got married fourteen years ago, his parents were horrified. They are shallow, nouveau riche …

Five Uneasy Pieces
February 11, 2002 – 1:21 PM | One Comment

1. contradiction
The cats love to go outside the apartment — love it. The hallway is their favorite place, their one true love. Hobey likes to sit at the front door and stare at the crack …

The Vine: February 7, 2002
February 7, 2002 – 12:15 PM | No Comment

Sars,
Where do I begin?
Oh yes, at the beginning. I have a son. I’ve never been married, did not finish my degree, and come from meager socio-economic background.
We have lived with my boyfriend for almost two …

The Vine: February 6, 2002
February 6, 2002 – 12:07 PM | No Comment

I agree with you completely on why people procrastinate. I have been trying very hard to deal with my time-management issues of late, and I have a few suggestions.
If you have to do something huge …

The Vine: February 5, 2002
February 5, 2002 – 11:45 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Just taking a brain-break at work to read the Vine. If you still post Vine feedback now and then, I have a thought to share with today’s Procrastinator — this helped me greatly in …

Songs In The Key Of “Huh?”
February 4, 2002 – 1:20 PM | 3 Comments

Regina: Let’s say you could do anything you wanted.
Sarah: Oh, yes — let’s.
Regina: No, really. Let’s say you could do whatever you wanted and get away with it.
Sarah: Okay. Hee.
Regina: What?
Sarah: Oh, just thinking about …

The Vine: January 30, 2002
January 30, 2002 – 7:03 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I started dating “Mike” three years ago when I was 15 and he was 18. We both shared a dark past (he was in remission for leukemia; I had received a kidney transplant two …

The Vine: January 29, 2002
January 29, 2002 – 6:58 PM | No Comment

Ms. Sars:
Am I missing the clues? Am I just not picking up on the signals he’s throwing out? A few months ago, he told me he still loved me, but that he didn’t know if …