“Midwestern Summers” sounds like he/she has a rather common skin disorder called keratosis pilaris. It’s essentially how they’ve described it — the pores can’t clean out the dead skin cells fast enough, so you get …

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 …

Hey Sarah,
I have a little-old-lady suggestion for Stank, but it does work, I’m told!
Get an old pair of pantyhose and cut the feet off, with a good bit of the ankle part as well. Fill …

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 …

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 …

Dear Sars,
I work in academic research, and recently, to my pleasure, my boss has started relying more heavily on me to edit her writing for journals, grant proposals, and reviews. I’ve used a couple of …

Dear Sars,
After an exhaustive internet search, my friend and I have been unable to find the origin of the saying “Jinx! Buy me a Coke.”
Any ideas?
Sincerely,
Phrase origination challenged

Sars,
I’ve been casually dating X for about two months. This weekend, I got drunk with his roommates and some of their friends while he wasn’t around (he knew I was doing this and was cool …

Hi Sars,
I have an ethical dilemma, and I’d really like an opinion from someone who doesn’t know me.
I recently got a very wonderful, fantastic internship, that is fun, relatively prestigious, and is giving me a …

Dear Sars,
My workplace has an abundance of people and not enough office space.Those not lucky enough to have an office to themselves either have to double up or sit in Cubicle City.
I tend not to …