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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: July 25, 2008
July 25, 2008 – 11:45 AM | 41 Comments

Hi Sars,
So now that I’ve done the whole first job thing, and the emigration thing, and the settling into what kind of adult I want to become thing, I find myself pondering the important stuff, …

The Vine: July 23, 2008
July 23, 2008 – 9:58 AM | 141 Comments

I really don’t know if there is a solution to this problem, but you give good relationship advice and don’t seem too squicked by grossness, so here goes.
How do I get my boyfriend to stop …

The Vine: July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008 – 8:47 AM | 37 Comments

Hi Sars,
I have a question for you and your readers: How does one make their fingernails grow hard and strong?
I am a guitar player, primarily a fingerstyle-steel-string acoustic kinda guy. Due to a disastrous experiment …

The Vine: July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 – 10:24 AM | 55 Comments

Hi Sarah,
This past year I started a graduate program in social work, and I’m learning that there are certain social service-y buzzwords that get thrown around, like, a lot. Two of the most commonly heard …

The Vine: July 11, 2008
July 11, 2008 – 11:05 AM | 18 Comments

Sars,
My friends and I are throwing a birthday slumber party for a friend of ours. We want to make gift bags like we got when we were kids and we want to put slap bracelets …

The Vine: July 10, 2008
July 10, 2008 – 10:39 AM | 39 Comments

Sorry for the delay; my parents’ internet absolutely refused to work on my computer yesterday.(“Is it plugged in?””YES, DAD.IT IS.GOD.”)Anyway: Vine!
My stepmother organised my dad’s funeral. She and my father were de facto partners for …

The Vine: July 2, 2008
July 2, 2008 – 3:03 PM | 60 Comments

Hey Sars,
I met a guy a few months ago and we fell hard and fast for one another.Things have been terrific except for one thing.He doesn’t think I’m sexy.He loves me, thinks I’m attractive, smart, …

The Vine: June 27, 2008
June 27, 2008 – 9:57 AM | 28 Comments

Hey Sars,
I’m hoping this would be a good and hopefully fun challenge for your Vine readers.
I’ve got some old reel-to-reels that I’m converting to digital before they disintegrate. They’re recordings of an old radio show …

The Vine: June 25, 2008
June 25, 2008 – 10:33 AM | 32 Comments

Dear Sars,
I’m hoping you can give me a bit of advice regarding a difficult situation at work. I was placed in my current job through a temp agency last summer, and it has mostly worked …

The Vine: June 20, 2008
June 20, 2008 – 10:00 AM | 21 Comments

This is seriously hampering my productivity at work.
The Cartoon Network used to show anime movies on Saturday morning (not sure if they still do this, since I don’t watch cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore), …