I did not manage to clear the entire backlog…because y’all’s enthusiasm for the anniversary project created an entirely new backlog. Heh. We’ll get to them all in time; until then, see what you can do …

Dear Sars,
Would love a little help figuring out what the heck I am remembering here.
It’s something I saw as a kid in the mid-to-late eighties on a children’s program. I’m pretty sure it was a …

Dear Sars,
Yet another “help me find a book to share with my kids” request is in the offing. I can’t help myself. I have Googled the living tar out of it, but I have not …

Hi Sars,
Reading the plot summary of An Education reminded me of a book I read as a youth. This would be young-adult material, which I read around the early 1990s (late junior high/high schoolish).
Like …

A quick administrative note: I won’t pick prize-winners until all the anniversary Vines have gone up; that’ll give everyone a decent enough crack at answering. On to today’s questions!
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Hi Sars,
I have one for you and …

Dear Sars,
You know how some people will refuse to watch a show because of the silliness of the premise, name, genre, etc.? Well, my question is basically how would you describe Buffy to someone like …

Dear Sars,
I have been looking and looking and looking for a reproduction of the “Thinker of Hamangia.” I have scoured the nets for this thing, hoping a museum shop or art gallery would have …

I know it’s usually books that people want to know the names of, but I have a half-remembered movie that is driving me crazy that I can’t remember it.
What I remember most about it was …

Hi Sars,
I’m hoping that the infamous TN reader knowledge can help me out here. I’m looking for long johns that aren’t “squeezy” in the waistband. I both dislike the feeling, and wear an insulin pump …

“Hap-py anniversary! Hap-py ann-i-versary to you!” (That will get stuck in your head now. Sorry.) (Sort of.)
I realized yesterday that The Vine is ten years old. It appeared for the first time on April 20, …