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Contest: Loosest Slots In Town
September 24, 2009 – 11:57 AM | 17 Comments
Contest: Loosest Slots In Town

…Heh.
Not sure you can donate to the 2009 Tomato Nation/Donors Choose fund drive?   I understand; money’s pretty tight these days.
But one of the awesome things about Donors Choose is that you don’t have to …

The Vine: September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009 – 1:45 PM | 96 Comments

Dear Miss Bunting,
Thank you for making me laugh until my sides hurt. It’s funny because it’s true.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would clarify another word faux pas. My head spins off of my …

Contest: It’s All Coming Together (Sort Of)
September 23, 2009 – 10:27 AM | 10 Comments
Contest: It’s All Coming Together (Sort Of)

Eight days until we get started!   I hope to have a prize list and some other information to share by the end of today, but it’s one of those duck days for me — …

Contest: 9 Days ‘Til Awesome
September 22, 2009 – 5:10 PM | 12 Comments
Contest: 9 Days ‘Til Awesome

October is nigh!   Awesome is imminent!   Eeee!
I’d still love more projects (email the URL or URLs to bunting at tomatonation dot com; please, no misspelled titles, or projects set to expire in the …

The Vine: September 18, 2009
September 18, 2009 – 10:59 AM | 12 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have a shopping question for you and your readers (mighty army that they be).I’ve been looking off and on for a few years now for gloves for my husband.Being a particular person, he …

The Vine: September 16, 2009
September 16, 2009 – 11:19 AM | 62 Comments

Dear Sars,
Here’s one that you’ve never answered: what should I do with my journals?
I have a bunch that I’ve written in for the past decade and was storing them in the basement. I decided to …

Logan’s Run
September 13, 2009 – 6:08 PM | 31 Comments
<I>Logan’s Run</I>

Logan’s Run is a disappointment. It’s disappointing as camp: you’ve seen far more laughable hair and attire in other films of the period, sci-fi and otherwise, and in William F. Nolan’s version of the future, …

Contest ’09: It’s Coming
September 13, 2009 – 9:50 AM | 9 Comments

A few things I need before we get started on the ’09 contest:
1. project suggestions
Please send any and all projects for addition to the master list.I can’t promise that I’ll take them all, but I …

When Half Spent Was The Night
September 11, 2009 – 7:31 PM | 35 Comments
When Half Spent Was The Night

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and known, without moving the curtain to look outside, that it had started snowing? Maybe you’d had a bad or strange dream, or your …

OFD on WNYC
September 11, 2009 – 7:38 AM | 20 Comments

My spot on this morning’s The Takeaway.   Please share to as many social media outlets as you can — thanks.