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Kiss Of Death
November 26, 2001 – 1:11 PM | No Comment

Sarah: Okay, hypothetical.
Regina: Okay.
Sarah: Let’s say there’s a guy, and he —
Regina: What guy?
Sarah: What “what guy”?
Regina: What — what GUY what guy!
Sarah: There is no guy. It’s a hypothetical.
Regina: But it’s the guy who …

The Vine: November 16, 2001
November 16, 2001 – 4:31 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah!
Here’s my problem: I’m basically best friends with “Janie.” I’m also moderately good friends with “Tom.” In fact, we dated for a short while. Now I’m civil enough to him without giving the …

The Vine: November 15, 2001
November 15, 2001 – 4:08 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have kind of an unconventional problem.Reading your column (and, well, existing in society), I’m confronted on all sides with love and sex and romance.It seems like that’s all people ever talk about at …

The Vine: November 14, 2001
November 14, 2001 – 3:48 PM | 3 Comments

Dear Sars,
Due to the lack of decent television viewing, I’ve been forced to spend more time with my in-laws than usual, which prompted a recent unfortunate incident on which I’d like to get your take.
A …

The Vine: November 9, 2001
November 9, 2001 – 7:41 PM | No Comment

Sars,
There’s this boy. We’re from the same smallish town, so I’ve known him since we were about five or six, though we were never really friends, just passing acquaintances, at most. In high school, we …

The Vine: November 8, 2001
November 8, 2001 – 7:25 PM | No Comment

Sars,
If it were my advice column (which, admittedly, it’s not), I wouldn’t be so quick to encourage “A Grateful Reader” to a do-or-die confrontation with her husband.
First of all, there are lots of physical issues …

The Vine: November 7, 2001
November 7, 2001 – 7:12 PM | No Comment

Hiya Sars.
I am in need of one of your patented nuggets of witty yet insightful wisdom — I hope you can help me out.
Me: 26, smart, funny, a little on the shy and reserved side …

The Vine: November 6, 2001
November 6, 2001 – 7:01 PM | No Comment

Sars,
I really need your advice, O Level-Headed One.
The situation: at 29, I’ve just finished two years of college, and damn proud of myself I am too. I’ve been fighting with clinical depression, agoraphobia, bulimia, and …

The Vine: November 1, 2001
November 1, 2001 – 2:15 PM | No Comment

Hey there, Sars.
Just read your response to “Considering,” the girl whose roommate is so very annoying.Usually I agree with your Vine advice, but this time, I’ve got to take issue with your solution. I lived …

The Vine: October 31, 2001
October 31, 2001 – 11:41 PM | No Comment

Ah, porn.Everyone’s got an opinion about it.
If you recall, I ran a letter from a woman who didn’t know whether she should tell her former semi-friend about the former semi-friend’s fiancé’s incest-porn habit, and I …