“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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To the one and only Sars —My problem is simple. I wrote a lot in high school, mostly “my poor little
teenage heart is broke” poetry that makes most people ill. Hell, it makes me ill
reading …
Hi Sars,
I have a problem that could use some outside perspective, and as a smoker, I’m hoping you can help me see a side of the situation that I’m having a hard time seeing myself. …
As a little kid, I used to watch Electric Company every day — PBS aired it in a block with Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. I remember a lot of the skits and punchlines from …
Hi Sars,
I just read your Vine regarding “Terminally Gender Confused”, and I have a
book to recommend that might be of some help.I had a friend in college
that was MtF, and while I supported her, I …
It’s the twenty-second of the December. I’ve finished my Christmas shopping, I’ve rented a car to ferry me and my brother and several dozen unwieldy packages out to New Jersey for the holiday, and I’ve …
Dear Wing Chun,
I bet you’re going to get a ton of email expressing this same woe — I feel like I’m getting buried in clutter!We’re so busy that we’re almost never home, and when we …
Here’s the basic situation: a 1200-square-foot house containing two people,
a normal amount of furniture and goods, and 10,000 books.I’m assuming you
already see the problem.We ran out of wall space for bookcases within a
year of moving …
Dear Wing Chun —
I have a small problem. Actually, it’s a big problem in a small apartment. I
am a self-admitted pack rat — I mouse away souvenirs, books, mementos, and
especially paper. Anything that looks even …
Okay, so here’s the deal. I work for this professor. I was originally hired to do basic office tasks, but they quickly realized that I have more than half a brain and I’ve been given …
“Life.” That word. You still use it all the time, “get a life,” “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life,” it’s still a part of your…your existence. And your existence…feels…like life. You still …