1
Regina: Hey, you know that guy with the…face? The rat face? From that movie?
Sarah: Jan-Michael Vincent?
Regina: No, no — that guy. The blond rat-faced guy?
Sarah: Big tall blond rat-faced guy, or little scrawny blond rat-faced …

Sars —
So I perked up when I read the letter from Piste Off, because I too am a
fencer (foil and sabre) and have been dealing with obnoxious older men for
as long as I can remember, …

Hey Sars,
I love all the grammary goodness in The Vine, and was especially glad
to see you enact the necessary (albeit a little half-hearted)
smackdown to the they-naysayer yesterday.
One thing that the naysayers often overlook is that …

Hey Sars,
I just wanted to point out a really good link to No-Ana (who wrote about her
friend’s spouse and her ED): www.something-fishy.org.
It’s a pro-recovery website for eating disorders and contains a ton of
helpful information. It’s …

Dear Sars,
I’ve got a problem that needs equal parts etiquette and relationship advice. I
have shared an apartment with my friend S for the past two years. We were both
single women, and aside from the occasional …

It always comes back to the same things — the fear and the sadness.
I remember Ronald Reagan getting shot. The carpool dropped me off at the bottom of the driveway, and as I hiked up …

Sars!
I’m hoping you can offer me some objective counsel on something
that’s creating a rift at work.
I work at a large (type of business) in a very tightly knit group. Our team
has been together for over …

Hey Sars,
Right now, I am going through a really…interesting…time in my life.
Well, more to the point, an interesting break-up. I met a guy about three
months ago, and it was the casual Hey, I Think You’re …

Dear Sars,
I’m an American living in a residence hall for international graduate
students at a university in England, and the situation with my flatmates is
rapidly degenerating. We now write snarky Post-It notes to each other. I
have …

I just wanted to add something to your advice to C. I was in a very
similar situation six years ago — skipping classes, staying at home
depressed and shy, lying to my folks about my failing …