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!

Tomato Happy Hour
November 2, 2007 · 14 Comments

Loki Lounge, 304 5th Ave. @ 2nd St., Brooklyn — 6 PM.
As of this writing:
people who thought I was an apple: 3
people who asked if I forgot what day Halloween is: 4
oogy semi-suggestive remarks involving …

Tomato Dance: Photo Pool
November 2, 2007 · 21 Comments

You can find it here. I’ve never started a Flickr group/pool before, so if anyone is having problems, let me know and I’ll go into the admin panel to investigate.

Tomato Dance: Damn You, Cranberry Bog
November 2, 2007 · 7 Comments

Due to the stupid Ocean Spray branded bog out front of 30 Rock (…I don’t know), we had to move to the plaza in front of 10 Rock; I hope I didn’t miss anyone, but …

Tomato Dance: The Early Girl Has Landed
November 2, 2007 · 23 Comments

Apparently I made the NBC internal feed; I think you may be able to see me on feeds in later time zones. Mr. S was singing the 30 Rock song and I was doing a …

Tomato In Motion
November 2, 2007 · 6 Comments

After defeating a few mild technical difficulties, Mr. S and I are about to leave. Should be arriving at Rock Center c. 10:15.

Tomato Dance: Clip ‘N’ Save
November 1, 2007 · 19 Comments

And now, a tentative schedule for tomatorrow’s tomactivities:
9-9:30: Leave Brooklyn via subway. N/R or D line to Rock Center.
10:15-ish: Pass through Today Show area. Whether I’ll show up on camera, I can’t say. They may …

The Vine: October 31, 2007
October 31, 2007 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
Where I work, we have bells to signal the changing of activity periods during the day. We have developed a problem, however, in that we do not know how to refer to the sound …

Boo!
October 31, 2007 · 3 Comments

Guyz Nite salutes Halloween. And if you haven’t watched their “Cockblock” video, you can do so right here.
…Some of the sentences I type sometimes, I swear.

Hey, Joe
October 30, 2007 · 23 Comments

Well, it’s not going to be dull:
 
Joe Girardi thought back to when he replaced Mike Stanley as the New York Yankees’ catcher in 1996, Joe Torre’s first season as manager. “I remember walking into spring …

The Descent
October 30, 2007 · 29 Comments

Damn!
Inspired by Joe R’s horrorthon over on Low Res, I shuffled my Netflix list to move some horror movies to the top, and they began arriving last week, starting with The Descent, and I can’t …