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Sars,
I have a problem that I’ve created, and I don’t know who else I can talk to
that won’t be all judgmental on me.My friends would absolutely freak if
they knew.
I’m straight, or at least I’m 90 …
Okay, autumn. It’s almost October. I’ve always considered you my favorite season, but enough with the David Chase routine — let’s get on with it. I want to see red and yellow leaves. I want …
Sars,
I agree with absolutely everything you said to “Wandering” yesterday, but I’d add one thing.It’s possible that it’s the last thing she wants to hear, and it’s hardly the panacea some folks would have you …
Hi Sars,
Could not resist responding to “Obsessed’s” request for information.
While support groups are great, for both emotional stuff and for information,
when dealing with medical matters it is essential to check and double-check
anything anyone tells you.This …
I am writing in regards to Coffeedrinker.I’d like to add to your
assurances that these kinds of dreams are totally normal before the wedding.
I just got married three weeks ago, and the last couple of months …
Seeing as you are my fount of editorial wisdom, I figured I’d ask you a
question before I decided to kill my editor.
As a publications designer, I
have a fairly good sense of how to copy-edit. I …
Regina: You know what we need to do?
Sarah: Ohhh, do I ever. Have you got a week?
Regina: No, seriously. You know Nerd-B-Gon spray?
Sarah: That used to advertise in the back of Mad Magazine?
Regina: Next to …
Hey Sars —
I’m getting married in a couple of months. My fiancé and I have been
together for five years, we’re happy together, all is well. We’re both certain
that we’re ready to get married, and are …
Hi Sars,
Need a little cat-related advice and so am asking a dumb
question. I’ve been reading through your old TN columns and I
recently came across the one in which you rant about not
being able to find …
1. Stand in front of the bathroom mirror and perform the voice-over for a Discovery Channel documentary on spelunking. “While stalactites often take millennia to form, this fine specimen — composed entirely of snot — …