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The Vine: April 8, 2005
April 8, 2005 – 4:09 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
There’s a guy in my class at school — I’m the
equivalent of a senior — who I’ll call Bob. We’re in a lot of classes
together, and up until maybe two years ago I didn’t …

The Vine: April 7, 2005
April 7, 2005 – 4:00 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
My problem is my life. I am 23 years old and just finished a post-graduate
teaching qualification. I don’t have a job yet but plan on doing supply
until the right one (when a school says …

The Vine: March 31, 2005
March 31, 2005 – 9:59 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars —
I’m getting married in about nine months (which is great!), and I have a sticky question about wedding guest etiquette. Unfortunately, the question also involves some screwy family politics.
My older brother is mentally …

The Vine: March 25, 2005
March 25, 2005 – 8:28 PM | No Comment

Hi!
Some friends and I translate anime into English as a hobby, and being the
sticklers we are, we like to make sure that everything we do is as close
to being perfect as possible without going too …

The Vine: March 24, 2005
March 24, 2005 – 8:21 PM | No Comment

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 …

The Vine: March 17, 2005
March 17, 2005 – 12:47 PM | No Comment

Sars,
To avoid future claimants of “I thought he was a jerk, but maybe he’s
just autistic,” you may want to clarify a few things about Asperger’s.
Autism isn’t just poor social skills/learning disabilities. In fact,
many people with …

The Vine: March 16, 2005
March 16, 2005 – 12:39 PM | No Comment

Hey, Sars,
I read the last letter of yesterday’s Vine with interest, because it pertains to
my own career. Your advice to Beer was certainly correct, as far as it
went, but I think there may be a …

The Vine: March 15, 2005
March 15, 2005 – 12:29 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars, O Goddess of All Things,
I have one younger brother and one older half-brother. Said
half-brother never lived with us until he was about 13 and I was about
10. Half-brother had, at that point, a …

The Vine: March 9, 2005
March 9, 2005 – 11:43 AM | One Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a punctuation question for you and I don’t think I’ve
seen it addressed in my several years of reading The Vine. I have a
tiny little ‘blog and in it I’ve referred to myself …

The Vine: March 2, 2005
March 2, 2005 – 10:50 AM | No Comment

Dear loveliest and wise Sars,
I shall try to keep this as brief as possible but it’s a relationship problem so please bear with me. Four years ago, I began talking to a guy online. He …