“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.
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Hi Sars,
I read your column nearly every day and could use some advice myself.
I’ve been in a lot (6) of long-term relationships and seem to always get myself into the same position. I’ve been in …
I would have updated more extensively yesterday, but Wing and I finally got a TV in our office and the time I’d planned to spend on an entry was devoted instead to staring at a …
Thanks at least in part to your votes, Donors Choose has made it into the final round of the American Express Members Project — one of five finalists.
One of the other five finalists, though, isn’t …
I’ll be on vacation for the next week; in the meantime, take a spin through the archives — or, since Bonds’s record-breaker seems imminent, read Tommy Craggs’s take on Bonds and Aaron.
And if you’re neither …
The American Express Members Project is awarding up to $5 million to the organization that receives the most votes from cardmembers, and Donors Choose is in the running. If you have an Amex card, this …
Dear Sars,
I have what could potentially be a sticky situation. I may be making nothing out of it, but I’m worried that it will be a big problem down the road.
A little background: when …
Hi Sars,
Question for you! Why do Americans have wedding rehearsal dinners?I have seen the practice on movies/TV and wondered if it was just the movies? But then someone on your site asked a wedding-related question …
Bronx Banter’s Will Weiss is my favorite of the columnists over there; today, he takes on The Sheffield Thing. It’s a good piece, but I take some issue with one of his main points, namely …
Hi Sars,
I have a bit of a problem finding pants that fit me. Let me explain my situation: I’m 5’11”, which isn’t really all that tall, but I’m also a little heavy — meaning that …
Hi Sars,
I received a giant painting for a wedding present and it’s not my style. Besides a subject matter that doesn’t interest me (jazz musicians), the background is hot red-and-yellow tie-dye. The picture is …