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The Vine: July 7, 2005
July 7, 2005 – 3:57 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars:
I’d recommend Captain Klutz just replace the tiles outright. If they’re similar to the ones I saw in Home Depot last week, then new ones are cheaper than a dollar each and installation is …

The Vine: July 6, 2005
July 6, 2005 – 3:50 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars —
Thanks so much for the great list! I have listened to every artist I could find on iTunes (St. Etienne, the Soup Dragons, Tei Towa, “Girls in the Garage,” and Squeeze’s “Argybargy” fell …

The Vine: June 29, 2005
June 29, 2005 – 10:38 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I adore The Vine, and I’ve noticed the recent influx of
reader-response to various questions, so I decided that now was a
great time to get some input.
I have a problem with hair.More precisely, I’m losing …

The Vine: June 21, 2005
June 21, 2005 – 4:06 PM | No Comment

I have a few suggestions for your reader who wanted a tattoo.My first piece of advice is one that people rarely take: don’t get a tattoo until you’re 25, and make sure you’ve been …

The Vine: June 16, 2005
June 16, 2005 – 3:03 PM | No Comment

I am looking for a hair product. I have pretty fine, straight-as-a-board hair and it tends to get oily so I wash every day, but I am still getting the frizzies when I blow dry. …

The Vine: May 26, 2005
May 26, 2005 – 2:12 PM | No Comment

Hi. A friend tuned me into your site — awesome, if I may say so — after she got some great advice from you, and I was hoping you could do the same for me.
See, …

The Vine: May 25, 2005
May 25, 2005 – 2:19 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars and Dare,
Sars is completely right — there’s nothing wrong with
eating the rind. Camembert and Brie are known as a
“soft-ripened” or “bloomy rind” cheeses. Over the
aging process (or affinage), the rind naturally
grows all velvety …

The Vine: May 24, 2005
May 24, 2005 – 2:33 PM | No Comment

This story is about seventeen and a third days long, but I shall condense it.
Teenager. First boyfriend. First sex. STD pops up. I’m horrified and feel like, basically, a dirty filthy whore (and I know …

The Vine: May 20, 2005
May 20, 2005 – 9:26 AM | No Comment

Hello, Sars:
First of all, thank you for making my days brighter with Tomato Nation.
Regarding the proper way to serve yourself and eat a portion of Brie: My mother always told me that it is …

The Vine: May 19, 2005
May 19, 2005 – 9:13 AM | No Comment

Hi Sars — so I find myself with the most ridiculous issue, and I’m
hoping you or your readers have been in the same place and will be
able to help me out.
The problem is …