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

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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 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 …

Rating And Raving, Part 2
August 22, 2005 · No Comment

When last we left our heat-addled heroine, she’d undertaken a defense of Forrest Gump, the last of which she fears she has not heard…
Heh. I stand by that position, although I probably shouldn’t, but let’s …

The Vine: August 18, 2005
August 18, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
Hoping you can help, here goes.
I have been with my girlfriend for about 11 months now, she is 30 and myself 32. The relationship never really got off to a good start as she …

The Vine: August 17, 2005
August 17, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars:
I love reading The Vine, and I’m hoping you might be able to offer some of your characteristically clever and blunt advice.
A little background: I feel that my friendship with T has reached its …

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

Hi Sars.
Loved your “25 and Over” essay, couldn’t agree more although while reading it I felt a guilty twinge once or twice.
Here’s a question. What do you do when the party in question doesn’t want …

Rating And Raving
August 15, 2005 · One Comment

You can ask the Couch Baron — the minute Trog mentioned the other night that Premiere had a 20 Most Overrated Movies list, I clapped my hands and wiggled in my seat like a little …