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“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

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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!

The Vine: January 9, 2008
January 9, 2008 · No Comment

My boss (who is a judge, by the way, thus the legalese) says that the following sentence is correct:
 
“A conclusion that none of Plaintiff’s damages was caused by the fall is not reasonable, so …

Shut up, Robin Scorpio
January 8, 2008 · 19 Comments

Miss Alli, Joe R, and I reminisce unfondly about the ’80s glory days of General Hospital on the Telefile. We’ve probably started to bore everyone else, but until someone can explain to me why Buzz …

Tears in my ears
January 7, 2008 · 46 Comments
Tears in my ears

“…Heeeeeeelp!”
(Anyone else remember that song? “I’ve got tears in my ears, from lying on my back, crying over you”?)
I don’t care for Hillary Clinton. I don’t feel as strongly about it as I used to, …

The Vine: January 3, 2008
January 3, 2008 · No Comment

Hey there,
Need some feedback, please. I met a guy at a mutual friend’s party about three weeks ago. We hooked up, but no actual sex that night. It was super-fun. Since then, we’ve gotten together …

Team America: World Police
January 2, 2008 · 28 Comments
<I>Team America: World Police</I>

“Nice brog!”
Had it on the DVR for ages, didn’t get around to watching it until last week. Loved it! I don’t watch South Park, not because I don’t think it’s funny but because I can’t …

New Year’z Eve
December 31, 2007 · 5 Comments

Guyz Nite is on the bill tonight at the Williamsburg Music Hall with Mr. Brownstone; the show starts at 9 PM.
Whatever you find yourself doing to ring in 2008, stay safe, don’t get too draconian …

A few more baseball headlines
December 28, 2007 · 5 Comments

I’ve got baseball on the brain today…tons of work to do, and a stack of Christmas baseball books calling to me from across the room. But all I’ve got time for is the latest from …

The Little Foxes
December 27, 2007 · 7 Comments
<I>The Little Foxes</I>

 
“If I’d known you would age into Richard Burton’s face, Horace, I’d never have married you to begin with.”
My sense before seeing the movie was that it was a quintessential Bette Davis film, but …

National Mail-It-In Week
December 27, 2007 · 7 Comments
National Mail-It-In Week

Or so Max Kellerman dubbed it on his show yesterday; I was listening in the car driving back from Jersey, and what good timing, because he had The Notorious D.A.N. Naulty on the show, answering …

Zip Code Red
December 21, 2007 · 136 Comments

After a 15-minute conversation with Skyrockets the other night in which each of us claimed that our local post office is the worst in Brooklyn — and I’ve gone to his, but mine is Van …