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The Vine: May 20, 2004
May 20, 2004 – 5:13 PM | No Comment

Hiya, Sars and AB,
Sars — love the site! AB, love your site also, and I think Mad-Mad is the
second-cutest kid ever. (The cutest being, of course, my own kid.)
I have a
hair question. My daughter …

The Vine: May 20, 2004
May 20, 2004 – 9:23 AM | No Comment

Hiya, Sars and AB,
Sars — love the site! AB, love your site also, and I think Mad-Mad is the
second-cutest kid ever. (The cutest being, of course, my own kid.)
I have a
hair question. My daughter is …

The Vine: May 19, 2004
May 19, 2004 – 9:08 AM | No Comment

AB Chao,
My husband and I don’t really drink much (just a good bottle of merlot every
so often), but we do like to entertain friends who enjoy mixed drinks. So,
what are the basic things that we …

The Vine: May 18, 2004
May 18, 2004 – 8:59 AM | No Comment

Hey hey!
My shoe question comes from England, and it’s mainly about…size. It matters, I kid you not. It’s in three parts, and they all cover the fact that I will be in America soon and …

The Vine: May 13, 2004
May 13, 2004 – 10:59 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Long-time listener, first-time caller.I’m trying to figure out where “suck it up and be a friend” ends and “be true to myself” begins.(I always swore that “if I ever wrote The Vine, I’d be …

The Vine: May 12, 2004
May 12, 2004 – 10:48 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I just wanted to query you and the Etiquette Anthropologist
on how far the rudeness goes.
You see, I don’t drink coffee, because I don’t like it.
There is also a list of fairly innocuous (to the …

The Vine: May 11, 2004
May 11, 2004 – 10:37 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
My problem deals with my two closest friends,
“Ashley” and “Sam.”Ashley has always been a loner,
quiet and distant.As far as I know, Ashley started
cutting her arms last year.I honestly didn’t (and
don’t) think that she would …

The Vine: May 7, 2004
May 7, 2004 – 8:46 PM | No Comment

Sars,
The site rocks.Rocks, I say!Ahem…
So, this question has to do with what seems like two favorite topics of
yours — baseball, and grammar (there might also be some cat stuff thrown in
if I decide to be …

The Vine: May 6, 2004
May 6, 2004 – 8:22 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have been reading TN for a while now, and although I’m pretty new to The Vine, what I have read so far seems like great advice so I thought I’d ask you what …

The Vine: May 5, 2004
May 5, 2004 – 8:10 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
My situation can’t be that unique. I grew up in a very Christian family…we went to church two times a week minimum. I’ve continued to go pretty regularly — not because I’m at all …