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The Vine: October 16, 2003
October 16, 2003 – 10:18 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
This isn’t a life-or-death question. Mostly a “why the hell do cats do that”
question.
I have been looking on websites everywhere for an explanation to something
my cat Bob does. My cat makes me laugh harder …

The Vine: October 15, 2003
October 15, 2003 – 9:54 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’ve been dealing with this issue for a year or so, and it’s almost at the
boiling point.A friend of mine, we’ll call her “Single White Female,” is
fast on the track to becoming me.It’s been …

The Vine: October 3, 2003
October 3, 2003 – 9:34 PM | No Comment

Sars oh! unending source of wisdom and mirth,
Looongtime listener, first-time caller. I’d like to lend a little support for my sister Hellspawn. I grew up in fairly strict Protestant household. Very much immersed in the …

The Vine: September 25, 2003
September 25, 2003 – 3:03 PM | No Comment

All right. Cat issue.
A little less than a week ago, I moved cross-country for a three-month
internship. Not wanting to find my own place for that short a time, I decided
to rent a room from T, …

The Vine: September 23, 2003
September 23, 2003 – 3:01 PM | No Comment

The responses to the “Hispanic vs. Latino” question came in pretty much like I thought they would — some people distinguished between them by saying that “Hispanic” applies to folks from Spain originally, and “Latino” …

The Vine: September 19, 2003
September 19, 2003 – 9:00 PM | No Comment

Querida Sars,
As I have expressed many times in my fan-mail, I adore your site and think
The Vine should be adapted into a relationship handbook. Usually, my daily
glance at The Vine gives me plenty of laughs …

The Vine: September 12, 2003
September 12, 2003 – 6:27 PM | No Comment

I’ve been struggling with wording for this all morning and afternoon.
Mmmm, tough subjects.
So you wrote a wonderful response to Post-Coital Worrier, but I still wanted
to throw in some advice from someone who’s been there.
Essentially…I’m like …

The Vine: September 11, 2003
September 11, 2003 – 6:23 PM | No Comment

As a dog-trainer apprentice
and the owner of a dog who suffered VERY extreme separation anxiety
until age three, I thought I might be of some help.
There are a number of issues taking place from the training
perspective.The …

The Vine: September 10, 2003
September 10, 2003 – 2:35 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars —
Longtime reader, first-time writer.Your sites — all of them — rock.
I just wanted to say you were absolutely on target in your response to “Caring Cousin” — that she not try to make …

The Vine: September 5, 2003
September 5, 2003 – 2:12 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars:
Just read the letter from “In” Love Alone, and I swear that could have been me talking two weeks ago. Here’s the thing — he’s not going to stay. He wants to break up, …