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“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

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Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

The Seventh Seal
December 8, 2009 · 8 Comments
<I>The Seventh Seal</I>

The Seventh Seal broke ground in its own time, no doubt, but to a present-day viewer it’s pretty obvious stuff.Watching it, I kept thinking of Eddie’s dismissive line in Diner: “I went to Atlantic City …

Contest: Looking Ahead
December 7, 2009 · 45 Comments
Contest: Looking Ahead

The Atlantic City trip
For a variety of reasons, I’ve postponed this until early next year.   I’ll give you plenty of notice, but the tomato won’t head to AC until at least Martin Luther King …

The Vine: December 4, 2009
December 4, 2009 · 80 Comments

Keep those holiday-themed Ask The Reader requests coming, folks — ’tis the season to suffer giver’s block, so let your fellow TNeers help out.
*****
Dear Sars,
I have a dilemma and I’m hoping Vine readers might be …

The Vine: December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009 · 74 Comments

Dear Sars,
I’m looking for a great self-help book that can teach me how to deal with difficult people. Specifically, my sister-in-law Carrie.
If I spend too much time trying to describe her, it will only make …

21 Jump Street: “America, What A Town”
December 1, 2009 · 10 Comments
<I>21 Jump Street</I>: “America, What A Town”

“Shut Up, Penhall” Count: 5
Accompanied by a David Coverdale-oid wailing, “YOU stole my WOOOORRRRLD,” a guy takes about four days to steal a Mercury Sable under cover of night.Well, sort of.He’s directly under a streetlight.Heaven …

Colors
November 29, 2009 · 29 Comments
<I>Colors</I>

Another one for the “I added it to my Netflix queue years ago and have no memory of why” file, I sat down to Colors expecting to have to endure it. For one thing, Sean …

The Vine: November 25, 2009
November 25, 2009 · 29 Comments

Hi Sars,
For ages I’ve been trying to find an animated movie version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe that I saw as a child (during the ’80s).
I checked IMDB first, of course, …

Contest ’09: Deal
November 25, 2009 · 257 Comments

And awaaaaaay we go!
You can find the contest FAQ and the prizing page at the top righthand side, or by clicking these links; the baffled should click here for more information on Donors Choose and …

The Vine: November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009 · 20 Comments

Sars,
I have just discovered your site and am nearly jumping up and down that there is a place for me to ask about books I read as a child that I can’t remember the …

The Vine: November 18, 2009
November 18, 2009 · 67 Comments

What’s the proper construction for the possessive form of a noun phrase such as “commander-in-chief”? I know the plural is “commanders-in-chief,” but is the plural possessive then “commanders’-in-chief”? “Or commanders-in-chief’s”? That doesn’t look right…
This question …