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: July 31, 2007
July 31, 2007 · No Comment

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 …

Still somewhat vacated
July 31, 2007 · 16 Comments

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 …

Donors Choose and Goliath
July 30, 2007 · 9 Comments

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 …

…And so, I vacate
July 21, 2007 · No Comment

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 …

Vote Donors Choose in the American Express Members Project
July 21, 2007 · 3 Comments

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 …

The Vine: July 19, 2007
July 19, 2007 · No Comment

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 …

The Vine: July 18, 2007
July 18, 2007 · No Comment

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 …

Crying wolf
July 17, 2007 · 25 Comments

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 …

The Vine: July 13, 2007
July 13, 2007 · 49 Comments

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 …

The Vine: July 12, 2007
July 12, 2007 · One Comment

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 …