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: October 31, 2008
October 31, 2008 · 61 Comments

Sars:
This is one of those product-related questions for your other readers. I have naturally curly hair, sensitive skin, and asthma. What do these things have to do with one another? They are making it really …

Support Local Biz: October 31, 2008
October 31, 2008 · One Comment

7A Productions is pleased to present the documentary Nikki: A Girl with Rett Syndrome — more information is available by clicking the link.   The movie is now available on DVD via pre-order, and the …

Awesome: The Sequel
October 31, 2008 · 163 Comments

It’s not a good time to ask for money.I’m-a do it anyway.

Two days left!
October 30, 2008 · 5 Comments

I apologize for the delay; real-life stuff + horking email + other deadline = delayed mini-prizing.   So sorry!
But we have about a day and a half to get some kids into some frolf, so! …

The Vine: October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008 · 62 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have reason to suspect my one of my coworkers is a pathological liar, but I can’t be sure.

Update: 10/29, 10:30 AM
October 29, 2008 · 7 Comments

106K and change with three full days left.   Stay tuned for one last mini-prize, coming up later today (possibly tonight).   Stay tuned also for info on DC Tomato Fun Times; when I go …

Update: 10/28, 11 AM
October 28, 2008 · 9 Comments

$105,500-ish as of this writing.   Only one word will suffice, and that word is, of course, “awesome.”
Just a reminder: if you haven’t gotten an email from me telling you I’d logged your receipt, you …

Andrew Johnston, RIP
October 28, 2008 · 16 Comments
Andrew Johnston, RIP

My friend Andrew Johnston passed away on Sunday.   You can read an interview I did with him on TWoP about TV criticism here.
I wish I could find the original sound file for that and …

Update: 10/25, 9:30 AM
October 25, 2008 · 73 Comments
Update: 10/25, 9:30 AM

Last time I checked, 101K.That means that we’ve beat last year’s figure.
Another figure for you: best as I can guess, around the time I crossed the state line into Jersey yesterday, the Tomato Nation readership …

$100,863
October 24, 2008 · 40 Comments

Thank you, Nation.