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The Vine: May 14, 2007 #3
May 14, 2007 – 11:19 AM | 46 Comments

Dear Sars,
This might be a question for the readers! I’ve been thinking for a while about switching to organic shower products, specifically (for the moment) shampoo, conditioner and shower gel/soap. I’ve been googling it and …

The Vine: May 14, 2007 #2
May 14, 2007 – 11:14 AM | 6 Comments

Dear Sars:
All right, since your readers do such a great job of identifying stories and such, I’ve got another one — this one’s a TV show. When I was a kid I couldn’t sleep one …

The Vine: May 14, 2007
May 14, 2007 – 11:09 AM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I just read the Vine about the roommate with the pooping problem, and I would strongly suggest she visit a doctor to check for intestinal parasites. With her new symptoms of particularly smelly stools, …

Ask The Readers
May 11, 2007 – 10:03 AM | 95 Comments

Sorry for the paucity of Vines this week; I’ve been putting out fires elsewhere and just haven’t gotten it together. (One of those “fires” is actually something fun: an interview with Jack Coleman, Heroes‘s “HRG,” …

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, …