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“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

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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!

Fonts de Leon
April 10, 2007 · 19 Comments

You know that scene in Field of Dreams when Busfield looks around and goes, “When did all these baseball players get here?”   That’s kind of how I’m feeling about the font on TN right …

The Vine: April 10, 2007
April 10, 2007 · 11 Comments

O Wise One,
 
My best friend/roommate, I’ll call her K, works with this guy J. We all went to a lot of the same parties so J and I got to be friends and eventually …

Hee, “fungoes”
April 9, 2007 · 2 Comments

It’s a funny word.   And now it’s a blog also.

Hockey hair optional
April 9, 2007 · 7 Comments

Joe R could use some help here, folks:

Need: a bar that’ll be showing the Islanders-Sabres playoff game next Friday night.
It’s for a Sabres fan (obviously), so on the off chance that some
Buffalo expat has …

Needed: bar in 212
April 6, 2007 · 8 Comments

We’d like to go out and watch the game tonight but we can’t settle on a place.   Desired specs:
1. Below 23rd Street; west side of Manhattan preferred
2. Not a super-crowded hipster joint — more …

The Vine: April 6, 2007
April 6, 2007 · 53 Comments

Dear Sars,
I’m a feminist, and I love your “Yes, You Are” piece. I’ve even printed it out and brought it into classes when there have been debates about feminism and misogyny. But now I’m …

The Vine: March 9, 2007 Part II
April 5, 2007 · 6 Comments

Hi,
I was wondering whether you or your readers could help me out with a book title I’ve forgotten. I read the book in early high school. It’s a dystopian science fiction novel about futuristic society …

You’ll never believe who weighs 18.8 pounds
April 4, 2007 · 53 Comments

Besides Nicole Richie, I mean.  
Sarah: Lift with your legs.
Vet assistant: Heh heh.   …Oo-fah, my back.
Sarah: Like I said.
Dr. Dan: I thought you were going to put him on a diet.
Sarah: I did put …

The Vine: March 9, 2007
April 4, 2007 · 120 Comments

Hey, Sars,
I have an 11-year-old bookworm who is quiet at school, and who has been somewhat down lately, middle school is just not what he had hoped it would be. While at first he loved …

April 4: Housekeeping
April 4, 2007 · No Comment

Apologies.   I don’t know what happened yesterday afternoon, and I don’t know  how Bluehost fixed it.   Sorry for the outage; thanks, Bluehost.
Archives.   Still working on re-timestamping everything; hope to finish this week. …