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

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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!

“Where have all the viewers gone?”
May 9, 2007 · 40 Comments

It’s kind of insane to me that anyone is trying to pin the slump in TV ratings on Daylight Savings Time, but evidently this is considered a workable theory. The Wurtzel fellow quoted in the …

Recs Du Jour: “It Wasn’t THAT Funny” Edition
May 8, 2007 · 26 Comments

Stuff that made me laugh over the last 48 hours:
1. Russian performance art with cats. My favorite part: “A few minutes later police arrived and arrested them together with a few cats as a clue …

The Vine: May 8, 2007
May 8, 2007 · No Comment

Sars,
I have a roommate problem I hope you can help me solve. It’s disgusting, but I thought, given the topics of some of your essays, maybe you wouldn’t automatically delete this.
My roommate Lauren and I …

Roger that
May 7, 2007 · 23 Comments

Clemens is coming back to the Yankees. This is, in my opinion, good news. My opinion of Clemens as a person is not the highest; when he accepted accolades and standing ovations during his “farewell …

Contest Deux!
May 4, 2007 · No Comment

The headline: “An Imprisoned Fish”
The deadline: May 10, 5 PM
The rules: same as last time
The prizes: a gift certificate from Brooklyn Industries for the winner; swag for the runners-up

The Vine: May 4, 2007
May 4, 2007 · 12 Comments

Hi Sars! I was hoping you and your readers could help me find a movie I used to watch as a kid. It was an animated version of Romeo and Juliet…with robots. Yeah. Juliet commits …

Your cheating heart
May 4, 2007 · One Comment

Friend of TN David Dickerson is part of This American Life‘s show on the Ten Commandments this week — listen for him in the “adultery” section.

The Vine: May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007 · 14 Comments

Dear Sars,
I just got out of my first legitimate relationship (I’m a measly 22-year-old) and I feel like I’m ready to move on to something better. But I don’t know where to meet the right …

Brothers and Sisters: “Bad News”
May 3, 2007 · No Comment

Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Kitty refrains from telling Steve what I probably would have, that a presidential race is a sweet feather in the old résumé cap but perhaps not the place to look for …

Recs Du Jour: Amusingly Screamy Edition
May 1, 2007 · 20 Comments

1. So, I go into the TN dashboard, see who’s linking to me, click on a link to some shteez called Yummy Turtle, and start reading a really long entry involving a) the author’s Hobeyesquely …