Dear Sars:
About a year ago, I began experiencing several episodes of what I’ll call existential depression (that’s my fancy term for it, anyway). Bypassing the rather uninteresting details of these episodes, the upshot is that …

Oh, oh, I know this one! I do! Impulsiveness-Impaired said:
“But you want to go to the beach and hang out? Ummm, sorry, can’t. I’ve got
readings and papers to catch up on, say I.”
Several paragraphs later, …

Dear Sars,
I had two cats. Callie, 11, Anya 1. Sweeties, but they never really
caught onto the getting-along thing. They had their areas and stayed
out of reach, and after a few months, I had no cat …

Hi Sars,
I have a dilemma involving an ex and a trip to Japan. I’ll start with
some background.
Let’s not give the ex an alias, because “he” works just fine. He and
I met over four years ago …

Hi Sars,
Quick one: When you post a Q&A to the Vine, do you also email the Q end
to give them your answer personally? Or do they need to read the Vine
daily to catch the reply?
Thanks,
A …

I’ve totally been there with “Burning.” I’ve plotted my dramatic and
righteous escape from journalism hell countless times. When I took my most
recent promotion to Associate Editor, the gal that was there before me left
a card …

Hi, Sars:
So, my boyfriend of three years and I broke up in the last few weeks, an act
that was not my choice and was also a bit shocking to me. I’ve been through
a rather gross …

Dear Sarah,
Love your site. Love the cat stories. I wish the Vine had been around when I was 15. This is not really a major issue, just one of those things that annoys me a …

Dear Sars,
I’m writing this letter because I need an objective viewpoint, and everyone I turn to is somehow involved in this. I’ll try to keep it as brief as possible, but it is a bit …

Hey Sars,
In about a month, I’ll be going back to university, which is about a four-hour commute from the city I’m living in now. Campus residence is a lottery
for the privileged, so I’m moving into …