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 Vine: September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009 · 70 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have what I consider to be rather sticky situation. My policy up to this point has been to keep my big mouth shut, but I’m not sure that I shouldn’t say something, so …

OFD goes global
September 2, 2009 · 4 Comments

My appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Americana,” from Sunday, talking about trying to find Don.   The podcast is available via free download on iTunes; I come in at minute 22-ish.
OFD is also a Facebook …

21 Jump Street: “21 Jump Street, Part 1”
September 1, 2009 · 28 Comments
<I>21 Jump Street</I>: “21 Jump Street, Part 1”

Credits.Speaking of credit, I have to give it to the theme song: it’s unpleasant to listen to, and yet it gets stuck in my head every time.
A suburban family, the Weckerles, readies for supper.The dialogue …

Support Local Biz: August 31, 2009
August 31, 2009 · One Comment

“Summer of ’84: The Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster, Part 1” is above.Written by Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas and narrated by one Dave Bunting Jr., it’s the first of a five-part series, all …

Happy birthday, Mr. S
August 30, 2009 · 10 Comments
Happy birthday, Mr. S

Supporting the Pepperidge Farm flight of the N Cookie AA since at least 1980.   Have a good one, bro.

The Vine: August 28, 2009
August 28, 2009 · 29 Comments
The Vine: August 28, 2009

Hi Sarah,
I’m in a wardrobe rut and hope your readers can help. I have been trying more layered looks lately and really like the effect, but I’m trying to be thrifty and make the most …

Editorial Comments In Cat-Barf Form, Vol. 1
August 27, 2009 · 28 Comments
Editorial Comments In Cat-Barf Form, Vol. 1

Barfed on: my notes for a recap of the two-part 21 Jump Street pilot; a catalog from Costume Express whose back page pictures a tween girl in a slutty-goblin outfit; a final-issue notice from Star …

The Vine: August 26, 2009
August 26, 2009 · 66 Comments

Hey Sars,
I have an ex-boyfriend question for you. I’ll try to sum up as well as possible.
I dated my ex-boyfriend off and on since we were teenagers, then seriously for 5 1/2 years. We broke …

The man, the myth, et cetera
August 26, 2009 · 23 Comments
The man, the myth, et cetera

I made jokes, but he’ll be missed.

N Cookie AA: Keebler Prelim Polls
August 25, 2009 · 34 Comments
N Cookie AA: Keebler Prelim Polls

Can’t tell the difference between some of these selections? Welcome to Keckler’s and my lives during the set-up of these tourneys. Heh. Vote for what you’ve heard of, tried, or liked, and we’ll sort it …