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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!

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The Vine: May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009 – 12:34 PM | 44 Comments

Hello Sars,
Longtime reader, first-time questioner! Here’s my dilemma: I have insane, ridiculous, sensitive skin. No eczema or rosacea, just really pale, really hyper-sensitive skin. Because of this, I generally skip a lot of makeup.
But there …

The Vine: May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009 – 4:31 PM | 38 Comments

Hello Sars,
Sometime back in 1976-1980, I had a Snoopy plush doll that was about 10″ (or so) tall, and one could buy outfits for him separately.There was a motorcycle outfit, a baseball outfit, a pajamas …

The Vine: April 24, 2009
April 24, 2009 – 11:04 AM | 59 Comments

Dear Sars,
My husband is driving me crazy. He’s trying to remember a song he heard, oh, maybe five or 10 years ago, about the world ending (and no, it isn’t REM’s “End of the World …

The Vine: April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009 – 1:26 PM | 45 Comments

Hi Sars,
I have a question for you and your readers about a vaguely remembered book from my childhood that I’ve been wondering about off and on for years.It was a Young Adult book; I think …

The Vine: April 10, 2009
April 10, 2009 – 11:42 AM | 23 Comments

Hey Sars,
My beautiful cat, Tasha, has just been diagnosed with lymphoma. The vet says it’s very treatable, but rarely curable. She’s given so much to me in the ten years since I adopted her, the …

The Vine: April 3, 2009
April 3, 2009 – 11:29 AM | 38 Comments

Sars, I’m hoping that you or the Tomatolings can help me find an unfindable item…
My mother-in-law has had both hips replaced, and last time she came for a visit she asked (politely) if we’d mind …

The Vine: March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009 – 11:20 AM | 78 Comments

Sars,
I have a jeans-related problem and thought the good people of the Tomato Nation might be able to help.
I have a round butt, and this is causing all my pants to fit strangely.I’d been wearing …

The Vine: March 18, 2009
March 18, 2009 – 2:25 PM | 36 Comments

Sars,
Here’s mine: it was an independent film, I guess, probably came out in the early-to-mid-nineties but set, maybe, in the fifties. I saw it at the local art-house theater when I was young-middle school-ish.
I’m not …

The Vine: March 6, 2009
March 6, 2009 – 12:08 PM | 47 Comments

Happy birthday, Gen!   Rock that steak.
*****
Sars,
I am a guy and I need casual tops for the cooler months.I have plenty of button-down shirts of varying degrees of dressiness, but still I always feel overdressed …

The Vine: February 27, 2009
February 27, 2009 – 11:25 AM | 49 Comments

I recently wrote a blog entry about a book I’ve been looking for, the second novel from a writer whose first book I loved.The entire entry is here.
A couple of years ago, I bought a …