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The Vine: Novemberainbow 14, 2008
November 14, 2008 – 12:41 PM | 34 Comments
The Vine: Novemberainbow 14, 2008

Dear Sarah,
My 27-year-old sister came out to me and the rest of our family recently. I think everyone’s dealt with it fairly well — we all asked a lot of questions at first and my …

The Vine: November 7, 2008
November 7, 2008 – 1:35 PM | 24 Comments

Hi Sars,
I read a science fiction book in my teens in the nineties, and I can’t remember the title.
It was about people genetically engineering their kids to not ever need sleep.For example, when they …

The Vine: October 24, 2008
October 24, 2008 – 10:06 AM | 29 Comments

Dear Sars,

I’m hosting an Alfred Hitchcock marathon on Halloween. I was planning onjust screening three films, but tonight I found the first two seasons of AlfredHitchcock Presents and three seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour …

The Vine: October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008 – 10:30 AM | 13 Comments
The Vine: October 10, 2008

Hi Sars,
I’m hoping you and/or the readers can help me find a book I read in college.I can’t remember the title or the author, but I do remember some of the plot.
It starts with …

The Vine: September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008 – 10:49 AM | 33 Comments

I’m trying to find out the name of a show that I think was either on FOX or UPN.It was on TV roughly in the same time period as Dark Angel, and I believe it …

The Vine: August 8, 2008
August 8, 2008 – 10:21 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: August 8, 2008

Hi Sars,
I’ve asked the blue-haired children’s librarian who’s been doing this for a hundred years.She doesn’t have anything for me.I’ve searched and scoured used bookstores.I’ve looked online, but I don’t really have much of anything …

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: May 14, 2008
May 14, 2008 – 8:21 AM | 129 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have read your blog for a long time, and I’ve searched the archives and I haven’t seen your estimation of the Best Baseball Movie Ever. Who better than you to make the call?