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The Vine: September 21, 2012
September 21, 2012 – 10:25 AM | 21 Comments
The Vine: September 21, 2012

I’ve been desperately trying to come up with the name of this animated short I saw a while back. I was convinced — CONVINCED — it was Pixar, but after browsing the Pixar shorts wikipedia …

The Vine: September 19, 2012
September 19, 2012 – 3:19 PM | 4 Comments
The Vine: September 19, 2012

A friend and I have been batting around the idea of starting a blog together, as a way to keep in touch, bounce ideas off of each other, in essence have the conversations that we …

The Vine: September 14, 2012
September 14, 2012 – 12:04 PM | 8 Comments
The Vine: September 14, 2012

I’m trying to find a book I read in the mid to late ’80s. When I Google what I remember, I usually get to the Madeleine L’Engle Wrinkle in Time books, which sound like they …

The Vine: September 12, 2012
September 12, 2012 – 2:11 PM | 11 Comments
The Vine: September 12, 2012

Microsoft Word’s spell-check feature continues in its quest to drive me bananas, and turning to Dr. Google for an answer confused me even more. So obviously I’ve turned to you.
“Assumably.” Is it a word? Microsoft …

The Vine: September 7, 2012
September 7, 2012 – 10:49 AM | 15 Comments
The Vine: September 7, 2012

Folks, believe it or nicht, I’ve begun to run low on Ask The Readers letters. The TN readership (Native American name “Red Cloudsource”) doesn’t just find books and movies, you know; we outfit hard-to-shop-for boyfriends for …

The Vine: September 5, 2012
September 5, 2012 – 12:12 PM | 55 Comments
The Vine: September 5, 2012

I’ve been with my boyfriend for 5 years, living together for 2+ of those years. Near the beginning of our relationship I broke up with him over a differing opinion on the topic of parenthood …

The Vine: August 31, 2012
August 31, 2012 – 10:11 AM | 41 Comments
The Vine: August 31, 2012

I need the Nation’s help finding me a pair of shoes, because apparently I’m too picky and my google-fu is failing me. Actually, I suspect part of my problem is that I’m too hung up …

The Vine: August 29, 2012
August 29, 2012 – 1:14 PM | 203 Comments
The Vine: August 29, 2012

I can’t decide if I should try for something, or just let it go and figure it wasn’t meant to be. And if I do try, how?
I have been on a team at work for …

The Vine: August 24, 2012
August 24, 2012 – 10:45 AM | 6 Comments
The Vine: August 24, 2012

This is a movie-related Ask the Readers question, driving my husband and me nuts. But I have faith that someone out there in the Nation knows the answer. Here goes: I think the film was …

The Vine: August 22, 2012
August 22, 2012 – 12:19 PM | 12 Comments
The Vine: August 22, 2012

Husband and I have a vacation home that we are able to visit every couple of weeks. We have a 73-year-old neighbor who waters our lawn and generally looks out for our house.
His wife of …