“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!
I love the product advice, and thought I’d try my fellow readers out on a question. I need exfoliating advice. I have dry skin, and it is terrible. Summer weather just makes it more apparent.
The …
Dear Sars,
Last year I became friends with a really nice guy who was a Muslim. I kept asking him loads of questions about his religion so he gave me a translation of the Qur’an. I’ve …
The last few days, I’ve started to miss my old summer jobs — not the jobs themselves, but the mindlessness of them, the frank sweating, the clear boundaries, physically going and working with my hands …
OH LORD FINALLY. The master music list. You are SO WELCOME!
Okay, here’s how it works…I listed the bands and artists that got multiple votes ONLY, because cutting it down to consensus choices is less confusing …
Please tell Moon Unit, and anyone else who wants to thrown in their opinion on other people’s choices on baby names, to keep their traps shut, unless specifically asked, “One of the names we’re thinking …
Dear Sars,
I work in a small publishing office. I really enjoy my job, but there are lots of little things that add up to the sense that there is not enough money to keep the …
Sars,
I’ve been to a number of a general admission shows. Well, okay, about four or five in the past seven years. So, I am by no means an expert. After re-reading your essay, “So, You’re …
Dear Sars,
So here’s the deal: In five weeks I’m moving from California to New York for grad school. Depending on a few factors, I could be gone from one to five years. Aaaand of course …
Last night, we bowled. And when I say “we,” I mean about twenty people, and when I say “we bowled,” I mean we bowled the hell out of that alley — at one point, we …
O Salacious Sars,
My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost six months. He’s a generous, kind guy who treats me like a lady should be treated, blah blah blah. But alas, he has no …