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: June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006 · No Comment

Used to work in a vet’s office, and we went through this all the
time.The problem is that flea eggs can lie dormant for long periods
of time, so an infestation just keeps coming in waves, …

Helena, Part One
June 19, 2006 · No Comment

Helena had first started asking to hear the story years ago, when she was still little enough to be carried — the story of the lady with the great boomerang-shaped scar crossing the right side …

The Vine: June 16, 2006
June 16, 2006 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a very random question for you.It is not
about boys or cats or grammar.It is about my
fingernails.
My fingernails are weak.Weak like they rip if you
look at them funny.If I manage, through extreme
diligence and …

The Vine: June 15, 2006
June 15, 2006 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
Having lived on both sides of the border, I can say that most US-based financial planners/tax people will know next to nothing
about Canadian issues. I can point you in the direction of the …

The Vine: June 14, 2006
June 14, 2006 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
This is for the Vine Reader moving to Brooklyn, looking for a cheap gym.
The city parks may be a very good idea.Many parks have indoor “fitness centers”; you do have to pay a …

The Vine: June 13, 2006
June 13, 2006 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
The show your reader is thinking of is, I think, Hull High.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hullhigh.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098826/
http://epguides.com/HullHigh/
I’ve never seen or heard of it, but I get paid to find things on the
Internet (essentially) and, like any good researcher, can’t …

Hello Muddah
June 12, 2006 · 6 Comments

I’d had a long day — not a bad day, just a long one, which had begun in a rental car with cursing and self-flagellation because I’d managed to miss the turn-off for 678 North …

The Vine: June 9, 2006
June 9, 2006 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
I am a Canadian who lives in the Washington, DC area, and has been living in
the States now for nearly six years. During that time, I have sporadically
looked for a) a financial planner who’s …

The Vine: June 8, 2006
June 8, 2006 · No Comment

Dearest Sars,
I tried to pare it down as much as possible, but this doesn’t just involve one boy, it involves two.And they’re twins.
A couple of weeks ago, I went out with B, a guy I …

The Vine: June 7, 2006
June 7, 2006 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a friend problem.
Brief backstory: my friend Kim was one of my English professors in undergrad, and we currently live 12 hours apart. The problem: Kim is terrible about keeping in touch and …