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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

Get Happy: Way up high
May 4, 2013 – 10:13 AM | 8 Comments
<I>Get Happy</I>: Way up high

I knew scarcely anything about Judy Garland before I read Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland; I don’t know much more about her now.

The Vine: May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 – 8:12 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: May 3, 2013

This isn’t so much a query for a lost book as it is a chance to hopefully wallow in childhood book nostalgia with a few (or more) of you.

Out With The Crowd: “Just the fact that they’re in the AL East is a concern”
May 2, 2013 – 4:40 PM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Just the fact that they’re in the AL East is a concern”

David Bakke is the editor “and sports fanatic” at Money Crashers, and a fan of both the Tampa Bay Rays and the Atlanta Braves. Bakke talked to me via email over the last week or …

The Vine: May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 – 10:50 AM | 40 Comments
The Vine: May 1, 2013

I have been friends with a woman for about 10 years now. I have known her much longer through mutual acquaintances, but we really just started having a personal friendship not that long ago.

War of the Worlds: Close Encounters, Take Two
April 30, 2013 – 11:32 PM | 9 Comments
<I>War of the Worlds</I>: <I>Close Encounters</I>, Take Two

A fantastic two hours; I didn’t get bored once. I like Tom Cruise so much more when he’s playing a borderline douche, as he does here.

The Vine: April 26, 2013
April 26, 2013 – 11:42 AM | 35 Comments
The Vine: April 26, 2013

Got an “Ask the Readers” question for you, although the topic is a bit off the traditional Tomato track. It concerns the intersection of diabetes and sex. 

The Vine: April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013 – 12:11 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: April 24, 2013

I’ve known for a long time that my husband did not have an ideal childhood.

Out With The Crowd: “Hey, hey, he was framed!”
April 22, 2013 – 5:06 AM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Hey, hey, he was framed!”

The Milwaukee Brewers didn’t get off to a great start in 2013. That plus the PED-shaped cloud that continues to follow their biggest star around meant I was eager to get a Crew fan’s take …

The Vine: April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013 – 10:54 AM | 19 Comments
The Vine: April 19, 2013

I have started composing this question several times, but have always left off for fear of looking like a deviant.  But this book is still bugging me, so I decided to finally give it a …

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
April 16, 2013 – 2:29 PM | 2 Comments
<I>Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston</I>

An odd documentary whose amateurishness gets the best of it in the end, Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston can’t get its arms all the way around Roy Halston Prowick.