We all need advice from time to time.

We have tricky problems that we don’t know how to handle — or else we think we do know how to handle them, but we want someone impartial who can confirm that our solutions won’t make us terrible people.

In the olden days, people turned to oracles and soothsayers to find these answers. More recently, the newspaper era gave us Dear Abby and Ann Landers.

For those of us who are less discriminating in our advice needs, we had the Magic 8 Ball.

But newspapers and magic pool balls are so old media. That’s why you should submit your advice needs to “Just Ask Emily.” It uses Google Docs, for heaven’s sake! What could be more modern than that?!

After the jump: a sampling of some of the questions Emily has handled during her tenure as Spec advice columnist.

“Just Ask Emily” is the brainchild of Spec’s own Emily Tamkin. The topics “Just Ask Emily” has covered are many and varied. Here are a few of the more interesting ones:

• Where can I find a date?
• Is it weird that I’m addicted to reality TV?
• How can I motivate myself to work harder?
• What clubs should I join?

Emily offers sound advice — or, at the minimum, humorous advice — on these topics and many others. What are your questions for Emily? Submit them here.