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!

I Know What You Did Last Summer
June 2, 2008 · 14 Comments
<i>I Know What You Did Last Summer</i>

On the second day of summer, my Netflix sent to meee…two three-name actresses, and a Corvette and a Bonadoo-cheeeee! The Couch Baron takes us to a terrifying place — kind words for Jennifer Love Hewitt’s …

Corvette Summer
June 1, 2008 · 23 Comments
<i>Corvette Summer</i>

On the first day of summer, my Netflix sent to meeee…a Corvette and Bonadoo-cheeeee! Please welcome the Couch Baron as he kicks off our 12 Days Of Summer Movies coverage with Corvette Summer.
Before I can …

On the first day of summer, my Netflix gave to me…
May 31, 2008 · 21 Comments

Starting tomorrow, June 1, Tomato Nation is proud to present 12 Days Of Summer Movies, in which the Couch Baron, Joe R, and I review a dozen movies with the word “summer” in the title, …

The Vine: May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008 · 56 Comments

Sars,
I just stepped out of the shower, and I’m at the end of my soap-on-a-rope. About the shower, that is.
See, my husband, dog, and I live in a beautiful apartment in an 1887 “castle” which …

Due Respect
May 29, 2008 · 74 Comments
Due Respect

“Everyone except me is just so STUPID.”
I like finding out that people or institutions don’t suck as much as I’d thought. It happened three years ago, during the writing of the TWoP book; I had …

Ad-min
May 28, 2008 · 46 Comments

You may have noticed the new ad bar at the top there; I haven’t decided whether to leave it where it is.   Unfortunately, I will have to have an ad bar somewhere, at least …

The Vine: May 28, 2008
May 28, 2008 · 56 Comments

Dear Sars,
After long pining for it, I received Garner’s Modern American Usage for my birthday. In the entry on pronunciation, he claims that “almond” should be pronounced without the L. What is he smoking?
Confusedly,
Language Nerd …

In The Realm Of The Senses
May 24, 2008 · 5 Comments

Assessing a movie like In The Realm Of The Senses is tricky, because the subject matter — and the unstinting presentation of same — makes it difficult to render an opinion that doesn’t seem like …

The Vine: May 23, 2008
May 23, 2008 · 17 Comments

Dear Sarah,
Hoping you or the readers can help me before I become even more out of shape…
After my son was born in March 2005, I Tivoed some yoga programs that I would do for 20 …

The Corner
May 22, 2008 · 8 Comments
<I>The Corner</I>

the historically underrated Khandi Alexander as Fran Boyd
[NB: When I refer to “Simon” or “Simon’s” hereunder, co-author Ed Burns is also implied. I don’t know which man was responsible for which portions of the narrative, …