“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!
I think the animated clip to which that headline refers has gotten forwarded all over the internet in the last week, so some of you may already know what I’m about to link to, but …
Steven Pinker on why we curse.
And following a link from PCJM to an exhaustive Halloween-candy review, I found on the same site “The ‘I Don’t Like It’ List,” which had me rolling. “DaaaaAAAAAAAAAVE!”
So…the costume arrived just now.
I am pleased to report that it fits. In fact, I can sit down in it, and am sitting in it right now, typing this entry. It’s kind of big and …
Sars,
I know you’ve resolved not to care about that slim piece of floor next to your toilet, but I’m not sure I’m ready to give up yet. My idiot DIY-er landlord mismeasured just about everything …
It’s worth it, though: the singing-Jaws-theme guy is back with his version of the Halloween theme song.Skyrockets didn’t like this one as much, because it’s a dullish piece of music to work with, which I …
Has the Fenway PA guy always sounded like Reverend Lovejoy from The Simpsons, or is that a recent development?
Hi Sars,
Now that my beloved Sox will have to face off against Colorado, I’ve been thinking about how tough it will be for them to play there. It’s started an internal debate about whether or …
Bad news first: Claire Danes had hoped to attend the tomato dance, but play-related commitments won’t permit that. Which is a little bit disappointing on the one hand, but on the other hand, I was …
Thanks to Joe R for the graphic; thanks to all of you for awesomely hitting 89K today.
A couple of the remaining projects need less than a hundred bucks to get finished.