I watch enough “vintage” movies and television that I find myself thinking about bygone customs and technology a lot — like how writers will contrive to have characters overhear phone messages not meant for them, …

Hey, remember the Ask The Readers book I put you guys onto in July, about the kid with the glider and the school play?   I ordered a copy from Half.com and re-read it in …

Hi,
I have scoured the internet and your site for the past few hours over an etiquette dilemma that’s just fallen into my lap.
Backstory: My mom is an only child.She has three adult cousins on …

First, we admire the crafty initiative of reader Deanna in dressing her own Miss Tomatohead up as a member of the nightshade family using only materials at hand.   Excellent use of green felt, young …

I went with an olde-timey title because Cliff Lee threw a good old-fashioned CG last night.   Can’t say I love the result as a Yankee fan, but I have to give it up for …

$314,158.   1,120 donors.   51,507 students reached.
And it’s my mom’s birthday!   Aw.   Put your feet up, Nation; we’re done here.   (Until the giving cards arrive.)

Would you like to thank HP for helping us to reach our goal?   So would I.   Candice recommends doing the following:

Our contact at HP suggests that readers contact CEO Mark Hurd via the …

In previous years, when I’d tell someone our fundraising goal for October — at a cocktail party, say, or while arranging a match with $ and the Mysterians — that someone would always say something …

Dear Sars,
As a longtime reader, at long last, I have a question that I’m desperately hoping can benefit from the wide-ranging good taste of the TN readership.And my question is: bath towels.Where do I find …