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The Vine: May 28, 2004
May 28, 2004 – 12:53 PM | No Comment

Dear AB Chao,
I have a shoe question that’s been troubling me for some time now.
I’ve been invited to be a bridesmaid in a wedding this summer, for which we
have to wear rather horrible “banana”-yellow tea-length …

The Vine: May 27, 2004
May 27, 2004 – 12:59 PM | No Comment

AB Chao, Expert of All Things Bang-Related,
I always find myself wanting new hairstyles before vacations. In a few weeks, I’m hopping over the Pacific to go to Hawaii (for a wedding! on the beach! with …

The Vine: May 25, 2004
May 25, 2004 – 2:22 PM | No Comment

Dear AB,
I’ve been told that rinsing my hair with cold water will make it shiny.
It sounds like BS, but it does seem to work. So, does it really work
or have I fallen prey to some …

The Vine: May 13, 2004
May 13, 2004 – 10:59 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Long-time listener, first-time caller.I’m trying to figure out where “suck it up and be a friend” ends and “be true to myself” begins.(I always swore that “if I ever wrote The Vine, I’d be …

The Vine: May 11, 2004
May 11, 2004 – 10:37 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
My problem deals with my two closest friends,
“Ashley” and “Sam.”Ashley has always been a loner,
quiet and distant.As far as I know, Ashley started
cutting her arms last year.I honestly didn’t (and
don’t) think that she would …

The Vine: May 7, 2004
May 7, 2004 – 8:46 PM | No Comment

Sars,
The site rocks.Rocks, I say!Ahem…
So, this question has to do with what seems like two favorite topics of
yours — baseball, and grammar (there might also be some cat stuff thrown in
if I decide to be …

The Vine: May 6, 2004
May 6, 2004 – 8:22 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have been reading TN for a while now, and although I’m pretty new to The Vine, what I have read so far seems like great advice so I thought I’d ask you what …

The Vine: May 5, 2004
May 5, 2004 – 8:10 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
My situation can’t be that unique. I grew up in a very Christian family…we went to church two times a week minimum. I’ve continued to go pretty regularly — not because I’m at all …

The Vine: April 29, 2005
April 29, 2004 – 7:36 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars, dispenser of wisdom,
I have a mini problem concerning two of my close friends, “Alexandra” and “Nicole.” We like to say that we share a brain, and that we’re really too much alike for …

The Vine: April 29, 2004
April 29, 2004 – 7:34 PM | One Comment

This is in response question about speech patterns from Wednesday, 4/28/04.
I took a linguistics class last semester and learned about glottal stop and dialects and vernaculars. All that good stuff.
There were some disagreements about lazy …