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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: May 8, 2007
May 8, 2007 – 9:43 AM | No Comment

Sars,
I have a roommate problem I hope you can help me solve. It’s disgusting, but I thought, given the topics of some of your essays, maybe you wouldn’t automatically delete this.
My roommate Lauren and I …

The Vine: May 4, 2007
May 4, 2007 – 10:39 AM | 12 Comments

Hi Sars! I was hoping you and your readers could help me find a movie I used to watch as a kid. It was an animated version of Romeo and Juliet…with robots. Yeah. Juliet commits …

The Vine: May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007 – 8:33 AM | 14 Comments

Dear Sars,
I just got out of my first legitimate relationship (I’m a measly 22-year-old) and I feel like I’m ready to move on to something better. But I don’t know where to meet the right …

The Vine: May 1, 2007
May 1, 2007 – 10:51 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I recently took the Swedish equivalent of the SATs (the SWATs, if you will). One part of the test is designed to tests students English skills. While most of the tasks were no-brainers (I …

The Vine: April 26, 2007
April 26, 2007 – 9:51 AM | No Comment

Okay, here’s my problem. I’m 31, single, I don’t want to be, and I’m wondering if I’m being too picky. Typical, huh? Maybe not so much. This might actually be a case where the guy …

The Vine: April 25, 2007
April 25, 2007 – 10:46 AM | 21 Comments

Dear Sarah,
I was born and raised in St. Louis until I left for college, and one of the things that I left with was an undying loyalty to the 2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
Sorry, …

The Vine: April 24, 2007
April 24, 2007 – 1:24 PM | No Comment

Did you see the most recent episode of Lost, called “Catch-22”? It made me cranky because there was no actual Catch-22 in it. I’ve always understood a Catch-22 to be a situation in which two …

The Vine: April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007 – 8:06 AM | 28 Comments

Sars:
I’m coming to New York this weekend and am in search of the ultimate Little Italy cannoli. Any chance you can add this request to Tomato Nation so the NYC foodies can weigh in?
Thank you,
I’m …

The Vine: April 18, 2007
April 18, 2007 – 9:49 AM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a quick piggyback question from a recent Vine about a guy who’s stringing along the girl who loves him. In your response to her, you told her to tell him not to …

The Vine: April 17, 2007
April 17, 2007 – 1:47 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a grammatical question for Tomato Nation. Is “Didn’t you used to …” grammatically correct? It sounds funny but I’m not sure. A pedantic person I know says it should be “Didn’t you …