“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!
Thanks to everyone who wrote in with the obvious solution to Mic’s kids-at-the-wedding problem that I didn’t even think of: getting a babysitter or designating a “kids’ room” for the duration of the ceremony.
Dear Sars,
I …
Dr Pepper Lipsmackers. I’ve sworn by it for five years running.
Yeah, it’s a little tween-y, but it gives my fair-skinned, dark-haired
self just enough color when I’m not in a lipstick mood. It doesn’t
have the best …
This is an roommate question wrapped in a cat question wrapped in a vest.
I’m a university student, living for the first time off-campus. I’ve come to live with a friend of mine, and after overcoming …
Dear Movies,
I just had the misfortune of watching The Good Girl last night, and you need to hear the things I am about to tell you, because: no. And: boo. And: zzz. I hope you …
One of my close relatives is in hospital, and I am
very upset about this. My two best (girl)friends are
out of the country, and I’ve needed someone present.
The only other option for that kind of friendshippy
comforty …
Dear Sars,
So how do you completely change your career path?
For the past four years I’ve been working as a
substitute teacher. I took a long-term position this
August that ends next June, and I’m already miserable.
I know …
I was in this position — quite literally — when I was pregnant. Phone calls are great as books, yarn, magazines, et cetera. In the four weeks I was on bedrest, I blew threw all …
O Wise Sars,
I have a question for you. It’s not about a boy, but it is, in its own way, about negotiating relationships.
First a little background: I am a Ph.D. student at a large university. …
Last week, I had some time to kill before an appointment, so I stopped at a newsstand and bought a paper. I have a special fondness for that particular newsstand, which is set into the …
Dearest Sars,
To make a long story as short as I can, I have a Boy Problem. No, not THAT kind of boy problem. The Problem Boy is a friend of a very dear friend of …