“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!
Hi, Sarah:
The odor is caused when the bacteria on your skin gets onto your watch. The best way to solve the problem is to kill the little buggers. Do this by putting your watch in …
Instead of working, I would like to:
Paint the wall I’ve meant to paint since I moved in seven months ago, which is in a state of decorating indecision as a result, since why hang anything …
Dear Sars,
Okay, this is probably one of those letters where I already know what I need to do, I just need to hear someone else — not my husband — say it. So. I have …
“Midwestern Summers” sounds like he/she has a rather common skin disorder called keratosis pilaris. It’s essentially how they’ve described it — the pores can’t clean out the dead skin cells fast enough, so you get …
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 …