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: September 22, 2005
September 22, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’m a twenty-year-old male living in the American midwest with my father…and as much as living with him sucks sometimes and I hope to one day strike out on my own and eventually get …

The Vine: September 21, 2005
September 21, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars, who cares (ho, ho, ho),
I am, apparently, the jealous type. I’ve been in my relationship for almost three years, but I still have crazy, wrenching little flashes of jealousy over crazy, mundane little …

The Vine: September 20, 2005
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Dear Sars,
I recently moved into an apartment at school with three good friends from the
past couple of years.We have all gotten along well in the past, but yet are
very different.
One big difference between me and …

The Subheroes Chapter 12: The Sultans Of Chop, Part I
September 19, 2005 · No Comment

One Sunday afternoon, years ago, Miranda took Oppenheimer II out for a walk. A big thunderstorm had just passed through, and at each intersection, while Oppenheimer II sniffed around, Miranda eyed the storm drains to …

The Vine: September 16, 2005
September 16, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sarah,
I was reading some of the archives today and came across the entry about the difference between “flammable” and “inflammable.”
Before some time in the 1950s, lighter fluid, gasoline trucks, cleaning fluid, and the like …

The Vine: September 15, 2005
September 15, 2005 · No Comment

Hi Sars —
I have an issue that’s cropped up recently, related to Teetotaler’s concerns
(5/19). I’m a 24-year-old woman who’s generally healthy, exercises
regularly, etc. I am a social drinker — generally a couple drinks, a couple
nights …

The Vine: September 14, 2005
September 14, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I was wondering if you have any advice for me on a tough situation.
I have two best friends, C (a girl) and J (a guy). Both of them are awesome and the three …

The Vine: September 13, 2005
September 13, 2005 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
I’m not quite sure what to do with myself at the moment
and writing to you seemed like a better idea than staying in bed and
crying all day. Though I may still do that.
Do you …

All Is Not Lost
September 12, 2005 · No Comment

Four years. A college career. A presidential term.
After a year, two years, even three, a moment, an event is still close at hand, in use, unfiled, but after four years, it’s crossing over — from …

Trained
August 29, 2005 · No Comment

Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate the New York City subway system. I do. It gets me where I need to go, it’s reliable most of the time, and it is bar none the best …