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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!

The Vine: April 29, 2009
April 29, 2009 · 81 Comments

I have a question for you and/or the readers, and it’s kind of a dating etiquette question, but with legal overtones too.
A few weeks ago I met the Guy on a blind date, and we’re …

My girl B. Art
April 27, 2009 · 34 Comments
My girl B. Art

I really can’t say it better than Wing and I said it in the TWoP book.   So, I won’t.   (Awesome image via Pop Hangover.)
Arthur, Bea. Bea Arthur starred in Maude and The Golden …

Who’s a good girl?
April 25, 2009 · 21 Comments
Who’s a good girl?

1) The Boosh, who has just departed for her new home with 2) Miss Laura.   Yay for both of them!   And thanks again to 3) Elena at S.I. Feral Initiative, and to all …

The Vine: April 24, 2009
April 24, 2009 · 59 Comments

Dear Sars,
My husband is driving me crazy. He’s trying to remember a song he heard, oh, maybe five or 10 years ago, about the world ending (and no, it isn’t REM’s “End of the World …

The Yankee Years
April 23, 2009 · 12 Comments
<I>The Yankee Years</I>

On balance, an excellent read in spite of some frustrating overwriting.Plum-colored prose is a frequent fault of baseball books that I can tolerate at some times better than at others; here it’s bothersome because Verducci …

“Psychic Friends”
April 22, 2009 · No Comment

The latest 90210 recap at Soapnet.com:

The Wilsons have finally sold their house in Kansas. The sole purpose of this development is apparently to inspire a subplot about Harry refusing to sell his Big Mouth Billy …

The Vine: April 22, 2009
April 22, 2009 · 50 Comments

Hey Sars,
I can’t shake these feelings I have for a guy.
We dated for less than three months in the summer of 2007 (geez is right). Met at work, started light flirtations, and then took the …

Meet the Boosh
April 19, 2009 · 67 Comments
Meet the Boosh

I have another foster cat.   Her provisional name is “the Tiny Boosh” (her silly shelter name is “Babooska [sic],” which obviously could not stand), but “La Bouche” is equally appropriate, as girlfriend weighed only …

The Vine: April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009 · 45 Comments

Hi Sars,
I have a question for you and your readers about a vaguely remembered book from my childhood that I’ve been wondering about off and on for years.It was a Young Adult book; I think …

The Vine: April 15, 2009
April 15, 2009 · 71 Comments

Hang in there, taxable citizens.
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Dear Sars…I suspect this letter is more for your readers’ input than your own, but it’s a topic I need some unbiased and impersonal advice on.
It has to do with drinking, …