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The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

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The Vine: September 29, 2010
September 29, 2010 – 12:16 PM | 56 Comments
The Vine: September 29, 2010

I’ve had my 7-year-old kitty since she was a 3-week-old rescue kitten that had to be bottle-fed. For the most part, she is wonderfully behaved.
However, she whines.
She’s always been very vocal kitty, and that is …

The Vine: September 24, 2010
September 24, 2010 – 3:35 PM | 16 Comments
The Vine: September 24, 2010

I have gone crazy trying to find two “movies” that were aired on (I think) HBO back in the early to mid-1980s. Google and other sites have failed my usually pop-culture-infused brain.
(Note: I think these …

The Vine: September 22, 2010
September 22, 2010 – 10:14 AM | 45 Comments
The Vine: September 22, 2010

Dear Sars,
One of my husband’s best friends (I’ll call him Kevin) is married to Kate. I feel close to both Kevin and Kate, although we only see each other every few months because we live …

The Vine: September 17, 2010
September 17, 2010 – 1:37 PM | 126 Comments
The Vine: September 17, 2010

Dear Sarah,
I will be spending a month in the States shortly, flying into New York on the third of October and out of San Francisco third November. Those flights are pretty much my only parameters. …

The Vine: September 15, 2010
September 15, 2010 – 10:30 AM | 40 Comments
The Vine: September 15, 2010

Dear Sars,
For all of high school, I’ve felt like a fraud. I’m supposedly really, really smart, but I’m lazy and worthless. I scrape by with Bs and A-minuses, but the amount of work I …

The Vine: September 8, 2010
September 8, 2010 – 10:19 PM | 29 Comments
The Vine: September 8, 2010

Hi Sars,
You’ve said that we all want to have our exes admit it was all their fault and apologize — I just got that letter and I am not sure what to do about …

The Vine: September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010 – 10:30 AM | 13 Comments
The Vine: September 3, 2010

I’d love help finding two books, one for myself and one for a friend. Friend’s is a children’s book about a hunter who shoots the tail off a swamp monster and eats the tail. He …

The Vine: September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010 – 9:37 AM | 21 Comments
The Vine: September 1, 2010

My boyfriend of two years has four cats. He has three of them for almost 12 years and the youngest for four. These are his first pets (we’re both in our late 30s) as he …

The Vine: August 27, 2010
August 27, 2010 – 11:56 AM | 13 Comments
The Vine: August 27, 2010

Hi Sars,
I have a song question for you and the readers. I’m in Baltimore and spend most of my radio time listening to WTMD, which is a local university’s radio station. They play a lot …

The Vine: August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 – 10:26 AM | 61 Comments
The Vine: August 25, 2010

Dear Sars,
I am writing because I find myself increasingly…angry. I live in London and have done so for almost ten years. Because of my family situation, I won’t be leaving the city any time soon.
I …