“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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Sunday night, coming off a pointlessly protracted border crossing that added an hour and a half to what’s already an eight-hour drive in the best-case scenario, I started stabbing the radio console in the car, …
Hey Sars,
I’m wondering if you or your readers have any good remedies for an itchy, flaky scalp. I’ve tried Head and Shoulders and Garnier anti-dandruff shampoo/conditioner, as well as Neutrogena T-Gel (both the regular bottle …
I asked my mom who’s a college english professor, and she suggested Billy Collins’ “Picnic, Lightning.”She said she didn’t think it was about suicide, but it does start out with a death by lightning.
K
The only …
Sars:
I’m a somewhat regular bike commuter to my new job and the trick I’ve discovered is to simply bike in with my hair wet.That way, since I don’t have access to a shower, I can …
I agree with you for the most part [about resubmitting an ms.], but I wanted to chime in on just
one thing, speaking from experience as an editor who reads a lot of
unagented material.
See, I probably …
Flipping through the digital-cable programming guide, trying to find something to tidy up the apartment by, I settled on VH-1 Classic, the existence of which I had utterly forgotten despite various friends of mine extolling …
Hey Sars,
Now that you’ve opened the floodgates for ATR messages, I have one that I hope you’ll put out there.It involves LP furniture.
Yeah, I’m that old.I have about 300 LPs.When I was younger, they were …
Hi Sars,
The colour choice is important, but you’re right in that it isn’t so much the “light colours vs. dark” issue.
What Shoe needs to do is look for cold colours as opposed to warm. …
Hi Sars,
A couple quick makeup recs —
Wet ‘n’ Wild eyeshadow in the little squeeze tube, in cafe au lait,
makes a great eyeshadow base.
Revlon 12-hour Colorstay Eyeshadow quads.
Stila Convertible Color (really pretty on your cheeks, but …
The best replacements for Umbros that I have come across are the Adidas soccer shorts.
I have actually been able to find Umbros every now and then at soccer shops. Actually any the shorts designed …