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: May 7, 2008
May 7, 2008 · 24 Comments

Dear Sars:
I’ve got a sticky situation and I need help coming up with something good to tell my friend. Here’s the thing. My girlfriend of almost 20 years has been begging me to come out …

The 2008 NCheeseAA Final: British Cheddar vs. Mozzarella
May 6, 2008 · 58 Comments
The 2008 NCheeseAA Final: British Cheddar vs. Mozzarella

Beautiful Cheddar Gorge
(Ready to vote? Click here! The poll stays open until Thursday morning.)
 
Bunting: I love pizza. I love it so much that even working in a pizza parlor for two semesters couldn’t break …

Product Crush: Sephora Brand Nail Polish
May 5, 2008 · 9 Comments
Product Crush: Sephora Brand Nail Polish

I like a product that is cleverly teeny, and this here bitty bottle of polish is so cleverly teeny that I actually crooned “awwww” at it in the Sephora checkout line (ask Wing, who edged …

No, really: What of our hens?
May 5, 2008 · 10 Comments

Reader Lori S. tipped me to International Respect For Chickens Day, which I very dis-respectfully missed (it was yesterday). United Poultry Concerns does have a store, if you would like to purchase a chicken-themed shirt …

Marchman Wants Willie Booted. Discuss.
May 2, 2008 · 7 Comments

I like Tim Marchman’s work; today, he’s saying it’s time to fire Willie Randolph as Mets manager. Faith And Fear In Flushing.com agrees, and it came up on Michael Kay’s radio show yesterday, although I …

The Vine: May 2, 2008
May 2, 2008 · 19 Comments

This may be a tricky one — I’m looking for the title and author of a short horror story. It came out a year or three before the Internets got big, so I’m having trouble …

NCheeseAA: The Final Four-mage
May 1, 2008 · 5 Comments
NCheeseAA: The Final Four-mage

(Ready to vote? Click here!)
British Cheddar vs. Vermont Cheddar. Here it is! The match-up I’ve been waiting for — the American Cheese-olution!

The Vine: April 30, 2008
April 30, 2008 · 28 Comments

Dear Sars,
Things are a little bit wonky with my family, and I’m trying to figure out how best to deal with the situation. My brother and I both live pretty far (6+ hours’ worth of …

“Why did I have to be the to-mah-to?”
April 29, 2008 · 11 Comments

Thanks to Reader Anne S. for tipping me to the new Film Four ad — in which Ewan McGregor is wearing a tomato costume! Looks pretty cute in it, too, although I think the hat …

Top Seeds
April 29, 2008 · One Comment

You think that, someday, I’ll run out of tomato puns. And it just never happens. Anyway, a few links and little whatnots for you here…
Voting for the NCheeseAA Elite Grate stays open until tonight: Tuesday …