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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 miss Mattingly’s awesome mustache also
February 5, 2008 · 3 Comments

…but perhaps this is, as reactions go, a mite severe.

It’s super, all right
February 4, 2008 · 19 Comments

I love the Superbowl.The game itself, whatever — although we got an exciting one last night, for sure, and 18-1 looks pretty good on Tapehead Belichick — but every year, it means that the NFL …

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
February 1, 2008 · 3 Comments

Fantastic movie — the crowd at BAM Rose Cinema notwithstanding. Get there on time, people, and if for some reason you can’t manage that, please carry on any conversations about where to sit in a …

Lost…and I don’t mean the show
February 1, 2008 · 23 Comments

I apologize for the interruption in service; something that remains unidentified attacked the database server (it may have been one of the comments, although that explanation doesn’t quite add up), and the site went down …

File under “U” for “Un! Comfortable!”
January 15, 2008 · 42 Comments

In case you haven’t seen the Tom Cruise Scientology-recruiting clip show that’s circulating these here Webs of inter-ness, you really owe it to yourself to check them out.Erin (or, as I like to call her, …

The Vine: January 15, 2008
January 15, 2008 · No Comment

Hiya Sars,
I’m so deeply mired in a squabble with my now-former roommate, I could really use a sane outside voice to tell me who’s right and who’s wrong. The issue is this: when Roomie and …

The Grudge
January 15, 2008 · 13 Comments
<I>The Grudge</I>

“I’m-a get out of this boring movie even if I have to crawl.”
The Grudge gets off to a promising start — the opening sequence with Pullman is startling and effective — but it’s all downhill …

The Caine Mutiny
January 14, 2008 · 5 Comments
<I>The Caine Mutiny</I>

“It’s all ball bearings these days!”
I’m told that Altman’s TV-movie version, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, is superior to this one; I’ll have to check that out. I read the book back in high school …

Russian Orthodox Guyzmas
January 12, 2008 · One Comment

Actually, I think Orthodox Christmas has come and gone, but it’s my go-to line for stuff that happens in early January — like tonight’s Guyz Nite show, which starts at 10 PM at Crash Mansion …

Gaslight
January 10, 2008 · 12 Comments
<I>Gaslight</I>

“You want the prime minister of Malaysia killed, you can do it your own damn self.   Now give me your cell, I’m calling a cab.”
Not an unenjoyable two hours, but Gaslight fell somewhat flat …