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!

FMK: Quirky Teen-Focused Indies
March 9, 2008 · 41 Comments

For those of you not familiar, “FMK” stands for “Fuck, Marry, Kill”; for those of you not familiar with that, it’s like Death Is Not An Option, but with another element added. Like DINAO, you …

Reader follow-ups
March 7, 2008 · 6 Comments

Reader Alexis had this to add re: the Vine letter of March 4:
 

The case of “hard to underestimate” that you discussed in The Vine recently was investigated on the linguistics blog Language Log in 2004: …

The Vine: March 7, 2008
March 7, 2008 · 20 Comments

Hi Sarah,
Your readers have done such a good job of finding books and music I thought I’d give you all a shot at this one. My sister and I are looking for a children’s book …

So…
March 6, 2008 · No Comment

…that happened. (tm State And Main)

I love Simon Tofield
March 5, 2008 · 32 Comments

The genius behind “Wake Up Cat” is back with “Let Me In.” Miss Alli had it on in the bullpen, and I heard that distinctive “mrow” and without even looking up asked her, “‘Wake Up …

Better late than…even later
March 5, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’m knee-deep in old Vine letters, porting them over from the previous system. I know, I know. Anyway, the formatting is not going to win any beauty contests, but at least they’ll have made it …

The Vine: March 4, 2008
March 4, 2008 · No Comment

I have a usage question that occurred to me while listening to NPR recently. There was a piece full of praise for a person who has done a lot of good. The anchor used a …

Dewey Have Something To Share?
March 4, 2008 · No Comment

After posting about the Dewey Donation System last week, I got an email from Logan Kleinwaks, the president of an organization called Book Wish Foundation. Logan asked,

Dear Sarah,
I just found Tomato Nation through an article …

Product Crush: Mystery Boots
March 3, 2008 · 32 Comments

I first saw these boots on the train; a Gothy sort of girl had on a green pair of them, a mid-calf boot in a light, distressed forest-meets-Kermit color, very thin (almost cord) laces, and …

The Vine: February 29, 2008
February 29, 2008 · 35 Comments

 
Hi Sars,
My annual hunt for jeans, which always leaves me dissatisfied and homicidal, is about to start again. I think you and I have a similar shape, and I was wondering which brands you’ve found …