I would recommend checking out the works of Mikhail Bakhtin,
particularly Speech Genres and Other Late Essays and The Dialogic Imagination.
He’s a Russian literary critic/theorist/linguist who may well have
pioneered a lot of the understanding of …

Two ideas:
1) Smell. If, for example, a lemon doesn’t smell lemon-y, it isn’t ripe yet.
2) http://yourproduceman.com/. It’s goofy, but he usually explains how to pick a ripe whatever he is raving about that day. …

Katie found Mike standing motionless in the kitchen of the cottage, grocery bag on his hip, staring into a corner of the ceiling. She reminded him that he was supposed to look up into a …

Hey Sars,
I have a problem — as does everyone. It’s not about boys or living conditions or anything like that.
I’m scared of the grocery store. Seriously.
I’m 25 years old and have never really learned how …

Hello there,
I have had a couple of instances in which someone who works for me has had a serious hygiene problem. In the first, I worked for a Major Entertainment Company, which has VERY well-defined, …

I recommend American Apparel’s Sheer Jersey Cap Sleeve Raglan. It’s in the Short-Sleeved section on the website, but it fits like a tank top. It’s lightweight, hides a bra perfectly, and comes in all kinds …

Hi Sars!
My suggestion for Not a Fashonista is to try taking her daughter to juniors departments, especially at department stores like JC Penney.
My largest gripe as a 5’2″, 135-pounder is that nothing they have is …

Okay, folks, just some administrative business before we start today. First of all, the Ask The Readers thing is doing quite well. I’d had it in mind just to run it as a summer feature, …

Hey Sars,
While I’ve never tried it for duct tape adhesive, this has worked on many other kinds of adhesives for me in the past. Pharmacies sell little wipes (similar in size/packaging to alcohol wipes) for …

Musicplasma.com is the music website you’re thinking of. As far as recommendations, I think A might like Thievery Corporation. They are more sort of lounge/downbeat, but I think they’ll have the groove A is looking …