On my block, there is a deli.It is not a good deli; the coffee is awful, the ice-cream “selection” is buried in a grimy chunk of Hoth, and between the lottery people, the OCD bacon-sandwich …

Sarah,
I found your site through a Google search. Great article on usage, but it still leaves me with a question.
I’m writing a scene, and Zeus says to Roger (my main character): “Not only have …

You know that scene in Field of Dreams when Busfield looks around and goes, “When did all these baseball players get here?”   That’s kind of how I’m feeling about the font on TN right …

O Wise One,
 
My best friend/roommate, I’ll call her K, works with this guy J. We all went to a lot of the same parties so J and I got to be friends and eventually …

It’s a funny word.   And now it’s a blog also.

Joe R could use some help here, folks:

Need: a bar that’ll be showing the Islanders-Sabres playoff game next Friday night.
It’s for a Sabres fan (obviously), so on the off chance that some
Buffalo expat has …

We’d like to go out and watch the game tonight but we can’t settle on a place.   Desired specs:
1. Below 23rd Street; west side of Manhattan preferred
2. Not a super-crowded hipster joint — more …

Dear Sars,
I’m a feminist, and I love your “Yes, You Are” piece. I’ve even printed it out and brought it into classes when there have been debates about feminism and misogyny. But now I’m …

Hi,
I was wondering whether you or your readers could help me out with a book title I’ve forgotten. I read the book in early high school. It’s a dystopian science fiction novel about futuristic society …

Besides Nicole Richie, I mean.  
Sarah: Lift with your legs.
Vet assistant: Heh heh.   …Oo-fah, my back.
Sarah: Like I said.
Dr. Dan: I thought you were going to put him on a diet.
Sarah: I did put …