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Slate’s advice columnist, Dear Prudence, counsels a woman who loves to cook and is struggling with a boyfriend whose idea of gourmet is macaroni and cheese.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Dear Prudence, offers words of wisdom to a woman driven to distraction by a colleague's weird nasal sounds, which she calls "snonking."

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Recent UFO sightings in Stephenville, Texas, sent Slate V scurrying to YouTube to look for video evidence of aliens. We discovered an amazing array of fake flying saucers, some of which look surprisingly real. At least, we think they’re fake.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Dear Prudence, counsels a computer consultant who is sick and tired of his family calling him for free advice and tech support.

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On Super Bowl weekend, Slate V looks at the history of the Telestrator--the electronic crayon that forever changed the way we watch football.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Dear Prudence, counsels a woman who recently left her job. Now, her husband has discovered her secret weakness for expensive massages.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a guy with a problem that most men dream about having.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

A woman complains to Slate’s advice columnist, Dear Prudence, that her vacation home neighbors won't leave her and her husband alone.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a man whose father shows his wife a little too much affection.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

A young woman asks Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, how to deal with an overwhelming number of invitations to far-flung weddings, showers and house-warming parties.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Forget best picture. How can any of us judge what should win the Academy Award for best editing? Hollywood editor Mark Helfrich walks us through well-edited scenes from this year’s five Oscar-nominated films.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

You’ve seen cats flushing toilets, Will Ferrell and his toddler/landlord, Filipino prisoners dancing, and hot babes hosting gadget shows. But wait, and we mean wait, until you've seen this!

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, answers a letter from a teenager involved in a long-distance virtual courtship.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, gives counsel to a woman whose live-in boyfriend can't wake up without hitting the snooze alarm button over and over and over again.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s Emily Bazelon and Dr. Sydney Spiesel discuss children's health and parenting. In this episode, the health benefits of whole grain foods¿and how to get your kids to eat them.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

It seems like everywhere you turn, memoir authors are admitting they made things up. The latest is Margaret B. Jones, who wrote about life among L.A. gangs. Perhaps a brave publisher should just embrace this new fiction genre?

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s Emily Bazelon and Dr. Sydney Spiesel discuss children's health and parenting. In this episode, what to do about fingernail biting.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

Slate’s advice columnist Prudence tries to help a woman whose husband thinks every day is casual Friday. He won't even dress up when it's really important to his wife.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

A woman whose friend adorns her own house with trite adages seeks advice from Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, after receiving one of the signs as a gift.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:25 PM

On this edition of "Dr. Syd’s House Call," pediatrician Dr. Sydney Spiesel talks with Emily Bazelon about a recent study on children and the Internet. It turns out sexual predators are not nearly as common as old-fashioned bullies.