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It’s gotten harder — it’s gotten a LOT harder, and I’ll tell you why. Well, okay, I guess I should say first that it’s a different world from when I started out. Back in the …
Oh, oh, I know this one! I do! Impulsiveness-Impaired said:
“But you want to go to the beach and hang out? Ummm, sorry, can’t. I’ve got
readings and papers to catch up on, say I.”
Several paragraphs later, …
Dear Sars,
I had two cats. Callie, 11, Anya 1. Sweeties, but they never really
caught onto the getting-along thing. They had their areas and stayed
out of reach, and after a few months, I had no cat …
Hi Sars,
I have a dilemma involving an ex and a trip to Japan. I’ll start with
some background.
Let’s not give the ex an alias, because “he” works just fine. He and
I met over four years ago …
Dear Sars,
I have a fairly new problem, and I’m desperately seeking all the
advice I can for it.
About six months ago, after a few months of medium/large problems piling up, I
thought I was going to die …
Regina: Hey, what’s up — ack ack ack AAACK!
Sarah: Hi, nothing much — what what what what?
Regina: I just — erk! — have to disentangle these — guh! — wire hangers from themselves — ACK! …
Dear Sars,
One of my cats has died. It was traumatic, and a really big shock, and in the end I had to agree to let him be put to sleep. He had a blockage in …
Hi Sars,
Quick one: When you post a Q&A to the Vine, do you also email the Q end
to give them your answer personally? Or do they need to read the Vine
daily to catch the reply?
Thanks,
A …
I’ve totally been there with “Burning.” I’ve plotted my dramatic and
righteous escape from journalism hell countless times. When I took my most
recent promotion to Associate Editor, the gal that was there before me left
a card …
Hey, kids — it’s time to turn those “you can’t fucking smoke in the fucking bars in New York fucking City anymore, for fuck’s sake” frowns upside-down! Well, we at Deadly Nightshade Industries do know …