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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 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: August 26, 2003
August 26, 2003 – 4:08 PM | No Comment

Sars,
I don’t have a huge drama-scene problem. But I’ve got things that have been turning over and over in my head, and it seems like they’re all coming to a head at once, so I …

The Vine: August 12, 2003
August 12, 2003 – 9:49 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I’m writing in response to “What do you mean you can’t take kissing lessons?” in The Vine. I had my first kiss two months ago (at the age of 21). I was in the …

The Vine: August 8, 2003
August 8, 2003 – 4:11 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
For the longest time I’ve been itching to start my own web journal — yours being my all-time favorite (along with Squishy, The Redhead Papers, Pound, and some others) — but I have some …

The Vine: August 7, 2003
August 7, 2003 – 4:07 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
The letter about “free rein” struck a chord with me. I frequently twitch when I hear or read folks twisting a saying because of phonetic similarities. Some I’ve noted recently:
“Shoe-in” vs. “shoo-in”
“Mute point” vs. …

The Vine: July 30, 2003
July 30, 2003 – 2:47 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
What is a Twinkie? What? I’ve never known, and I’ve become more confused than I was before after looking at the Planet Twinkie website. People dress them up? Is it a bread roll? Is …

The Vine: July 24, 2003
July 24, 2003 – 1:28 PM | No Comment

“A ‘tautology’ is a redundancy, not a logical lapse.”
Could you explain that more? I’ve always gotten by with the mathematical definition that a tautology is a statement that is always true. For example, “Sars will …