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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: June 27, 2008
June 27, 2008 – 9:57 AM | 28 Comments

Hey Sars,
I’m hoping this would be a good and hopefully fun challenge for your Vine readers.
I’ve got some old reel-to-reels that I’m converting to digital before they disintegrate. They’re recordings of an old radio show …

The Vine: June 20, 2008
June 20, 2008 – 10:00 AM | 21 Comments

This is seriously hampering my productivity at work.
The Cartoon Network used to show anime movies on Saturday morning (not sure if they still do this, since I don’t watch cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore), …

The Vine: June 13, 2008 (Bookfest)
June 13, 2008 – 9:25 AM | 26 Comments

Bookfest!Party on!Excellent!
Hi Sars,
There’s a book I read as a kid that I can’t find anywhere, nor remember the title. I was hoping your readers could help. I read it when I was about 11 or …

The Vine: June 6, 2008
June 6, 2008 – 9:51 AM | 16 Comments

Hey Sars,
I’ve got a Vine question for you and perhaps the readers. It’s kind of gross, so maybe not so much with the lunchtime reading on this one.

The Vine: May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008 – 8:43 AM | 56 Comments

Sars,
I just stepped out of the shower, and I’m at the end of my soap-on-a-rope. About the shower, that is.
See, my husband, dog, and I live in a beautiful apartment in an 1887 “castle” which …

The Vine: May 23, 2008
May 23, 2008 – 10:46 AM | 17 Comments

Dear Sarah,
Hoping you or the readers can help me before I become even more out of shape…
After my son was born in March 2005, I Tivoed some yoga programs that I would do for 20 …

The Vine: May 2, 2008
May 2, 2008 – 9:50 AM | 19 Comments

This may be a tricky one — I’m looking for the title and author of a short horror story. It came out a year or three before the Internets got big, so I’m having trouble …

The Vine: April 25, 2008
April 25, 2008 – 11:42 AM | 86 Comments

Three queries on Ask The Readers Friday today, all clothing-related. If you post an answer/solution, please make sure it’s clear which letter you mean, and as always, keep those URLs short ‘n’ manageable. Thanks!
Hi, Sars. …

The Vine: April 18, 2008
April 18, 2008 – 10:52 AM | 23 Comments

Hi Sars,
Seeing as your readers have such great taste in blogs, I’m wondering if anyone has any blogs to recommend on the subject of gardening, particularly vegetable gardening — the more specific to the …

The Vine: April 4, 2008
April 4, 2008 – 10:00 AM | 9 Comments

Hi Sars,
I’m a librarian, and I’m trying to help a patron find 1941 baseball box scores — all of them, for all teams, including batting orders. I can’t find it online anywhere. Other than going …