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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: April 10, 2009
April 10, 2009 – 11:42 AM | 23 Comments

Hey Sars,
My beautiful cat, Tasha, has just been diagnosed with lymphoma. The vet says it’s very treatable, but rarely curable. She’s given so much to me in the ten years since I adopted her, the …

The Vine: April 8, 2009
April 8, 2009 – 3:19 PM | 70 Comments

Hi Sars —
I have wonderful, sweet, loving kitty cats, and I’m about to throw them out the window.
They both have good manners when it comes to using their litterbox. Everything goes in the correct place, …

The Vine: April 3, 2009
April 3, 2009 – 11:29 AM | 38 Comments

Sars, I’m hoping that you or the Tomatolings can help me find an unfindable item…
My mother-in-law has had both hips replaced, and last time she came for a visit she asked (politely) if we’d mind …

The Vine: April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009 – 4:37 PM | 36 Comments

Dear Sars,
I want to end a friendship without creating any animosity or ill feelings.I have been friends outside of work with someone I work fairly closely with, both in physical proximity and a lot of …

The Vine: March 25, 2009
March 25, 2009 – 1:22 PM | 17 Comments

Just one letter today; I’m traveling later and don’t have as much time as I’d like.
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Dear Sars,
I have a close group of friends that I have hung out with since high school, and we’ve all …

The Vine: March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009 – 11:20 AM | 78 Comments

Sars,
I have a jeans-related problem and thought the good people of the Tomato Nation might be able to help.
I have a round butt, and this is causing all my pants to fit strangely.I’d been wearing …

The Vine: March 18, 2009
March 18, 2009 – 2:25 PM | 36 Comments

Sars,
Here’s mine: it was an independent film, I guess, probably came out in the early-to-mid-nineties but set, maybe, in the fifties. I saw it at the local art-house theater when I was young-middle school-ish.
I’m not …

The Vine: March 11, 2009
March 11, 2009 – 9:46 PM | 51 Comments

Dear Sars,

I need help. We live in the suburbs with our two-year-old cats. About six months ago our neighbors acquired two cats who belong to their elderly father (he moved in with them). We have …

The Vine: March 6, 2009
March 6, 2009 – 12:08 PM | 47 Comments

Happy birthday, Gen!   Rock that steak.
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Sars,
I am a guy and I need casual tops for the cooler months.I have plenty of button-down shirts of varying degrees of dressiness, but still I always feel overdressed …

The Vine: March 4, 2009
March 4, 2009 – 2:59 PM | 119 Comments

Hi Sars,
About five years ago, when I was younger and not so smart, I went out and got a tattoo on my lower back. (Like everyone else in the world.) Perhaps not surprisingly, I decided …