“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!
Or, “Time to hack this pile of Christmas books down to a manageable size.” It’s a fiction/true crime/pop culture fest…with some overlaps there (Bourdain is the first and last things; Spungen is the last two things).
Poll’s open for a week; vote early and often!
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Thanks to Reader Gretchen, I have more Bob Uecker-iana than some Brewers fans: multiple bobbles, a Uecker Magic 8 Ball, and an old-school alarm clock that ticks so loudly I had to banish it from …
I’ve (re-)discovered a few things over the course of the recent Days Of Rage. Some of them are great!
Pizza, TV, a lunatic Frenchman in ballet slippers, and a makeshift cake. “Welcome Back,” indeed.
Dear Sars,
I was surprised and delighted to learn that there’s new Vine material when I checked in recently for the annual 9/11 essay. Yay! I used to LIVE for Vine day. You have no idea. …
C’mon Sid and Nancy!! I first read this book in high school (required reading for the punk rock set) and I have many thoughts, nitpicks (though it’s her mom writing it so you have to make certain allowances, I’m sure) and wonderings.
Ooh, the Death Hag in me wants to read about Sid and Nancy! Have read snippets of this book, and I’m fascinated with them.
Sid and Nancy are one of those couples that the more I find out about them, the more I can’t believe they lived as long as they did.
Now, I am supposed to not buy any more books until I read down my own pill–I already made one exception–but this is the Nation!