“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.
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Sorry for the late post today, friends. I’m at Aunt Camp, where internet is spotty, and spent a productive morning scything grass; mulching heather; avoiding a giant, needy bumblebee that seems to believe it’s not …
I have a couple of questions about coffee — about the word “coffee,” the ways we use it, not about the beverage itself.
The first one: “coffee black.” I don’t order my coffee in the same …
Hi Sars,
Can you help me find this book that’s been driving me crazy? I probably read this book in the late eighties or mid nineties, and I think it was relatively new, as I owned …
Silkwood has so many unexpected charms: that Karen Silkwood is not a saint, but a basically decent and courageous woman, and a feckless and sometimes bratty woman; Drew leaving, then coming back to tell her, …
The Cups ranneth over Twix with 70% of the vote.
Stay tuned for the classic cocktails bracket (a.k.a. “The NC Make It A Double”), under construction as we speak — and the non-chocolate-candy version after that!
You don’t need an Amex to vote, and it could mean 200K for Donors Choose. DC founder Charles Best breaks it down:
As you can see, we are literally neck-and-neck for 1st place. (Go to …
Dear Sars,
When I was younger, my mom and I had a number of cats and two dogs. The last of the dogs passed away right around the time that my mom was changing her career …
1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup vs. 5 Twix.
It’s been a long road. Getting from there to here. It’s been a long time, but Reese’s dominance is finally near. I like Twix a lot, but there …
I did not manage to clear the entire backlog…because y’all’s enthusiasm for the anniversary project created an entirely new backlog. Heh. We’ll get to them all in time; until then, see what you can do …
Dear Sars,
Would love a little help figuring out what the heck I am remembering here.
It’s something I saw as a kid in the mid-to-late eighties on a children’s program. I’m pretty sure it was a …