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!

Update: 10/11, 10 AM
October 11, 2008 · 2 Comments

It’s the weekend.   I’ll be engaging in the weekendiest of activities — going to a wedding — but I’ve found a few other weekend-activity-ish projects you may care to donate to in the meantime: …

The Vine: October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008 · 13 Comments
The Vine: October 10, 2008

Hi Sars,
I’m hoping you and/or the readers can help me find a book I read in college.I can’t remember the title or the author, but I do remember some of the plot.
It starts with …

Update/Support Local Biz: 10/10, 9:45 AM
October 10, 2008 · 3 Comments

As of right now, almost 7,000 students reached, and $47,500 and change.   $ and the Mysterians have done their work; we’re very close to the initial goal and almost halfway to Washingtomato.
Thank you so …

Update: 10/9, 1:30 PM
October 9, 2008 · 9 Comments

OH HELL YES.   $40,500 right now.
$ and the Mysterians will match every dollar over 40K, up to 50K.   Keep ’em coming, my friends.

Update: 10/9, 10 AM
October 9, 2008 · 12 Comments

I continue to amass prizes; check the prizing page for the latest.
iTunes mini-prize notifications going out in 15 minutes.
Next mini-prize: a donation to “Volley Into Learning” will net five (5) lucky winners a “Brooklyn, County …

Update: 10/8, 4:15 PM
October 8, 2008 · 5 Comments

Sorry for the service interruption, y’all — Bluehost had to replace some hardware.   Things should run okay now, though.
Current total is $38,700, which is awesome.   Let’s drive through to 40K and pick up …

The Vine: October 8, 2008
October 8, 2008 · 34 Comments

Dear Sars,
Four years ago, I moved into an apartment with my cousin, signing a month-to-month agreement.The rent was $1000, $500 each, plus utilities that we also split evenly.
In February 2007, my cousin started dating a …

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
October 8, 2008 · 20 Comments
<I>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</I>

It’s a surprisingly boring movie — too long, too many broody discussions about confronting death.It lacks tension, and the campiness that gives the duller episodes of TOS a shot in the arm isn’t consistent here.Yes, …

Update: 10/7, 12:30 PM
October 7, 2008 · 24 Comments

$36,400-ish right now; awesome work, my friends.   Keep pushing; only $330 left on the poetry challenge (don’t forget, a forwarded receipt enters you for a mini-prize, described below), and it’s not far to 40K, …

Update: 10/5, 6 PM
October 5, 2008 · 10 Comments

Good progress over the weekend; $33,500-ish as of this writing is pretty darn awesome.   Thanks so much for keeping it going.
I apologize for not getting my act together sooner on the weekend mini-prize, but …