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: November 28, 2007
November 28, 2007 · 16 Comments

Sars —
Can you recommend a book on New York City that chronicles its historical, political, and social evolution from its discovery to today? I want something that is thorough, but readable, more like Peter Ackroyd’s …

Wanted: Berol Mirado No. 1 Pencils
November 28, 2007 · 18 Comments

I need to buy them online. No. 1 pencils, not No. 2s or any other grade. I’d like a U.S. retailer; anyone who can suggest an identical/similar style or brand that’s available here, please do …

The Vine: November 27, 2007
November 27, 2007 · 31 Comments

Hey there,
I’m looking for an inexpensive desk — under 100 dollars, hopefully. Why is it that a sleek, simple desk made of metal and plastic can cost upwards of 1,000 dollars? I’ve already checked out …

Guyz Nite Hits Road, Shelves
November 24, 2007 · 3 Comments

Finally I see one of the ads for Live Free Or Die Hard, and…it’s the one without music. Boo! But the DVD is out now. Word to the wise, though: Gunz “Mick” Bones tipped me …

Thanksgiving Weekend News & Notes
November 24, 2007 · 19 Comments

First of all, thanks to Tomato Casual.com for the incoming link. The site is “everything tomato for people who love tomatoes,” so if you’d care to make a lycopene hat trick in your bookmarks with …

All Things Considomared
November 18, 2007 · 7 Comments

All y’all Omar G fans, keep an ear out for the man himself on All Things Considered tomorrow on NPR, doing a segment on OS X Leopard.And don’t believe what he says; Om has superpowers …

The Vine: November 16, 2007
November 16, 2007 · 30 Comments

Sars,
A query for your ever-helpful armies of readers; hopefully, they’ll have some ideas that I haven’t, and I can stop wanting to tear my hair out.
I am powerfully coveting a pair of wool stockings (tights, …

Oh, A-Rod
November 16, 2007 · 12 Comments

You can get the story — and commentary on it — anywhere, but if you’re looking to kick back with some “A-Rod re-signs with the Yanks” reading, I’d suggest Replacement Level Yankees Blog’s post and …

Book = thrown
November 15, 2007 · 17 Comments

Of course, said book is but a mote compared with Bonds’s massive cranium: “Baseball home-run king Barry Bonds used steroids to fuel his success and then lied about it, prosecutors said on Thursday in charging …

Today’s designated time-killers
November 13, 2007 · 60 Comments
Today’s designated time-killers

“It’s a stupid name!”   “So’s your face!”
The UN free-rice vocab game, guaranteed time-suck for word-nerd know-it-alls like me (thanks to reader Smash for the tip).
The new TWoP blogs, with daily picks and random bitching …