Hi Sars,
So, I have a question for you and your readers. Here’s the background:
Last year, during a period of unemployment, I moved back home with my parents.Luckily, I’m employed again and have saved up enough …

Hi, Sars! Hi, Nation!
Got an Ask-The-Readers twofer. Both of the things I seek are incredibly nerdy.
The first is a standup comedian I remember seeing on a 1990s cable comedy hour — Caroline’s, or Evening at …

Dear Sars,
Here’s another mystery for you and the Nation. I’m racking my brain trying to remember the title of a play that I read maybe ten or so years ago. I don’t remember the playwright’s …

It’s another on-the-road Ask The Readers; today’s theme is missing songs. Go!
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Hoping one your readers can help.
Years ago I was a nanny — the kids had a great cassette tape (this proves it was years …

Hello Sarah and readers!
I once came across a very good cover, by Badly Drawn Boy, of “Come On Eileen.” I found it here. Listen to it! It’s very good. And then please tell me where …

Dear Sars,
A few months ago, I remember hearing (on NPR?) about a newish website which allowed users to rent/put up for rent rarely used appliances and household items to help others and make some extra …

Okay, so you have probably gone over this before but I missed it! I am shall we say “vertically challenged”?!I am under 5 feet tall and in desperate need of a pair of jeans.I …

Hi,

This isn’t the typical book question, but I know that the readers are an observant and helpful bunch so hopefully this isn’t too weird for them.   Here goes.
I got a coupon off Facebook …

Hi Sarah,
Seeing so many reader entries about children’s books has gotten me nostalgic for the books of my childhood. I remember a lot of them, but there were two I loved but cannot remember the …

Hello!
So, I am beginning to think I might be crazy, because I am looking for a book I loved but I am having no luck at all.
I read it in the 1970s; it was about …