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The Vine: July 20, 2006
July 20, 2006 – 12:28 PM | No Comment

Sars,
Re: the busty bridesmaid: Honestly, my H cups and I say your reader should ask her sister to consider a more bra-friendly style. I’ve seen several weddings where the bridesmaids wear differing styles (from the …

The Vine: June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006 – 4:03 PM | No Comment

Used to work in a vet’s office, and we went through this all the
time.The problem is that flea eggs can lie dormant for long periods
of time, so an infestation just keeps coming in waves, …

The Vine: June 2, 2006
June 2, 2006 – 12:06 PM | No Comment

Sars,
I have a grammar question for you.Over the last week I’ve been hearing the same radio commercial for Brokeback Mountain‘s DVD release.It includes a phrase that has troubled me grammatically and since I am not …

The Vine: May 18, 2006
May 18, 2006 – 9:06 AM | No Comment

Hey, Sars:
I love your column, and when someone asked about book clubs, I couldn’t help but throw my two cents in.I was in a pretty good book club for a while when I was …

The Vine: May 17, 2006
May 17, 2006 – 8:54 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’ve been really good friends with “Carl” for about the past six years. When we first met through mutual friends, we had about two or three days of garbled, grapvine-type communication and he-said/she-said — …

The Vine: May 2, 2006
May 2, 2006 – 7:05 PM | No Comment

Oh Grammar Great One,
I know you must get sick of these, but I’ve come across different answers to this one from different people.When a hyphenated word is in a title, do you capitalize both parts?For …

The Vine: April 26, 2006
April 26, 2006 – 7:04 PM | No Comment

Sars —
Just curious if you may have some advice on my topic: sex and marriage.
I have married been a few months now and have noticed a dramatic decrease in the amount of sex my husband …

The Vine: April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006 – 4:24 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
About six months ago, my family lost our pet. Now, it’s just me and my parents, so to lose the dog that we’ve had since I was five and was my parents’ baby and …

The Vine: March 15, 2006
March 15, 2006 – 12:31 PM | No Comment

Sars —
How much hot sauce is too much hot sauce? And who gets to decide that burning issue?
Here’s the background: I am a Latina from the southwest. I was brought up eating extremely spicy food …

The Vine: March 7, 2006
March 7, 2006 – 11:29 AM | No Comment

I can answer “Why was I cursed to care about this?”‘s question. I was just checking on that point for a coworker the other day (I kept deleting her second space, and she kept adding …