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

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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!

N.C. Double Scoop: The Scooper Bowl
September 20, 2008 · 59 Comments
N.C. Double Scoop: The Scooper Bowl

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Mint chocolate chip vs. vanilla. Is this match-up proof that vanilla isn’t boring and green dyed ice cream isn’t radioactive? I’m not sure. What I do know is that I love vanilla ice cream. …

The Vine: September 19, 2008
September 19, 2008 · 23 Comments
The Vine: September 19, 2008

Hey Sars —
Have you (or any of your readers) heard anything about the new Bolt Bus? It sounds great, but is it? Or is it just another Chinatown bus? I’d love to us it for …

Awesome ’08
September 18, 2008 · 41 Comments

The contest approacheth; we kick off October 1.
If you would like to donate a prize, please email me at bunting at tomatonation dot com.
If you would like to suggest a project for the challenge, ditto …

The Vine: September 17, 2008
September 17, 2008 · 41 Comments

Hi Sars,
So I just broke up with my husband almost two months ago; he’s a wonderful guy: responsible, great father, dedicated to his job. Frankly, I would have broken up with him three years ago …

Consider The Author
September 15, 2008 · 45 Comments

Because a few people have asked…fans of David Foster Wallace should read Troy Patterson’s write-up for Slate.   Troy is a fellow vet of our college paper, and his take is on point as usual.
Well, …

The Fall of the 1977 Phillies
September 15, 2008 · 17 Comments
<em>The Fall of the 1977 Phillies</em>

It’s ambitious, the book — the subtitle, “How a Baseball Team’s Collapse Sank a City’s Spirit,” is indicative of the grand parallels Mitchell Nathanson intends to draw between the Phillies’ Keystone kollapse to the Dodgers …

WordPress widget hunt + your help = prizes!
September 15, 2008 · 9 Comments

I’m looking for a WP widget for use with photos, one that either 1) allows me to put a graphic ONTO the photo (a little cartoon head, a virtual Post-It, like that), or 2) works …

NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups
September 14, 2008 · 38 Comments
NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough vs. mint chocolate chip. I have the same problem with cookie dough ice cream that I have with candy corn: I can’t eat just one kernel, or just …

Support Local Biz: September 13, 2008
September 13, 2008 · No Comment

From The House Next Door poobah Keith Uhlich:
I’m helping to run a film society in my neighborhood called “Film Park Slope.” It’s held, as long as scheduling allows, every month at Congregation Beth Elohim(271 Garfield …

The Vine: September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008 · 33 Comments

I’m trying to find out the name of a show that I think was either on FOX or UPN.It was on TV roughly in the same time period as Dark Angel, and I believe it …