“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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, …