Baseball

“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

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

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 League Championship Serieseseses: Discuss
October 20, 2009 · 50 Comments
The League Championship Serieseseses: Discuss

1. Jessica thinks Mark Teixeira is kinda fug.   I disagree, but he used to seem a lot cuter; he looks like he gained some weight in the face or something.   Joe R and …

Contest: Boogie Shoes
October 20, 2009 · 19 Comments
Contest: Boogie Shoes

Well, well, well.   $81,274! The thanks of a grateful Nation go to $ and His Mysterians for the 5K match we got at $75,000 — and of course to all 740 of you who …

Contest ’09: INFO/F.A.Q.
October 19, 2009 · No Comment

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The 2009Tomato Nation/Donors Choose Social Media Challenge lasts from October1 to October 31, 2009.
Ourinitial goal: $150,000.
What does$150,000 buy? A lot of books, pencils, microscopes, projectors,footballs, butterflies, computers, and trips to the ballet.A …

Contest: Punctuate The Positive
October 19, 2009 · 18 Comments
Contest: Punctuate The Positive

Good morning, everyone.   We’re very close to our next match: $73,024 at the moment.
Today’s mini-prize isn’t very mini — reader (Yo) Adrian has offered four (4) $50 Donors Choose gift cards to those who …

Contest: Insert crafty pun here
October 18, 2009 · 4 Comments

Guys!   $71,400, AND we hit 700 donors! (701, actually.   Hi, 1!   You’re awesome.)
I am about to head out to Queens for a crafting day at the White Russian’s house, which I plan …

Contest: Seventeeeeeee!
October 17, 2009 · 12 Comments

70K is so very close, friends: $69,598 at the moment.
Before I talk about the weekend’s prizing, two things.
1) Some of you may have received a Vine notification instead of a contest receipt notification this morning. …

The Vine: October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009 · 89 Comments

Hi, Sars,
I’m writing to ask what you think about some advice given by a fellow advice column writer, Lucinda Rosenfeld over at XX. A recent column of hers has caused quite a bit of controversy. …

Contest: You Feel Pretty, And Witty, And Bright
October 16, 2009 · 18 Comments
Contest: You Feel Pretty, And Witty, And Bright

And you should!   You rule!   $67,656!
But juuuuust in case you would like to augment your cleverness and beauty with a little maquillage, your benevolent and chic fellow reader Jennifer W. has contributed two …

Contest/Support Local Biz: Asirda, Greg Heffley, and PayPal
October 15, 2009 · 12 Comments
Contest/Support Local Biz: Asirda, Greg Heffley, and PayPal

I just said a mouthful!
An odd and an end first: 1) my review of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is up on Monkey See — great read, as usz (Kinney, not …

Contest: Christmas in October
October 15, 2009 · 18 Comments

Talented and generous readers Helena and Julia have offered us today’s mini-prize — blind the kids with science, and you could win one of six (6) holiday-card packs from The Spotted Sparrow!
How it works: donate …