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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 Famous Ghost Monologues, Intermezzo: The Dominski Twins
May 20, 2003 · No Comment

Lizzie: Off we go, then.
Minnie: Quickly.
Lizzie: Off we go, then.
Minnie: Quickly.

The Famous Ghost Monologues, No. 5: Hugh Enright Hammersley
May 19, 2003 · No Comment

Ah, yes. The Dominskis. An interesting story. You wouldn’t know it, to see them the way they are now, but…the stuff of legend, that family. For lack of a better way to put it. Not …

The Vine: May 16, 2003
May 16, 2003 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
I am writing you because after looking through the archives of The Vine I
found problems similar to mine, but not quite. Here’s the deal: I guess the
best way to put it is that I …

The Vine: May 15, 2003
May 15, 2003 · No Comment

I am in need of some anonymous reassurance and probably a reality check.
Lately I have become obsessed with the life of my ex-boyfriend (let’s call
him “J”).I am in a wonderful relationship with someone else.I have …

The Vine: May 14, 2003
May 14, 2003 · No Comment

Hi Sars:
I wanted to drop a very quick line about Broke’s question.I was the
first one of my friends to get married, and most of them were in
medical/law/graduate school.Emily Post dictates that (1) the mothers
or sisters …

The Famous Ghost Monologues, No. 4: Monday Neely, Travis Barber, Jesse Woolman, and Leonard Prewitt
May 12, 2003 · No Comment

From the left, Woolman, Barber, and Prewitt stand shoulder to shoulder. Neely stands centered in front of them.
Neely: Easier singing it than to say it, sometimes. Lots of times. A woman I knew, down Trenton, …

The Vine: May 9, 2003
May 9, 2003 · No Comment

Sars,
I’d like to suggest to It’s My Own Fault that she contact a credit
counselor at her local Consumer Credit Counseling Service.They are
funded in part by the United Way, and they can put her in a …

The Vine: May 8, 2003
May 8, 2003 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’m 19 years old and a first-year student at the University of Washington. I love it here, I love (most) of my classes and my professors, my roommate and I get along well, and …

The Vine: May 7, 2003
May 7, 2003 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
You’re the coolest. Seriously. Anyway, my question: I’m in eighth grade, and my friend Lindsay is suffering under the iron fist of a
really crappy math teacher (Mr. K). Though I don’t have him personally, …

The Vine: May 6, 2003
May 6, 2003 · No Comment

Sars —
Whether or not this makes it to The Vine’s final cut, I wondered it somehow
you could write to some extent on the separation of friends. I graduated high
school in 1998, and the best friends …