“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 have a feeling this might be The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.The
version I had as a child had a lot of red on the cover, the stock market
does figure prominently in one of the …
Hi Sars,
The letter from the reader asking for help to find the title of a book
they read as a kid made me think to ask your readers for help to hunt
down a book from my …
Sars —
I have three sheddy cats and lots of tile –- I find that the dry Swiffer cloths can get stuck in the grout and leave more white fluffy mess to clean up, so I …
Hi,
A year ago, my partner and I entered into a foster/adopt situation with
a two-day-old baby with only four hours’ notice. We knew from the second
that we met her that we really, really, really wanted to …
I love, love, love George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
It’s very addictive and I think he is the best author I have ever read.
AR
Dear AR,
Thanks — I got lots and lots …
When you first hear the old saw about never discussing sex, religion, or politics in polite company, you think to yourself, my God how dull. Your mother explains to you the reasoning behind the principle …
Hi Sars,
I have boys in sports and bleach is the worst thing you can do to nylon sports equipment (like football pants, turns them yellow-grey and it never comes out). I’m afraid the same thing …
I second the shoe-repair suggestion…I have had other leather items
repaired by cobblers.Stitchwork is stitchwork, in many cases.
For the lining she might contact a tailor…I bet a tailor could make
the fix, or have good suggestions for …
Hi Sars —
This doesn’t necessarily address the alarm part, but Seriously
Sleepless in Seattle mentioned her earplugs falling out — she might
want to consider custom earplugs.I have mine made at the annual
motorcycle show (I’m a biker), …
I can’t seem to get any holiday-shopping momentum going this year. I’d like to blame the weather, which had lodged itself firmly in t-shirt territory until two days ago, but it got cold Friday night …