“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 recently got cable hooked up in my home office, which is both a huge productivity drain and completely awesome, as I can now watch unlimited Cops reruns and classic Family Feuds while I work …
Dear Sars:
At age 30, I suddenly find myself horny as hell, single as can be, and having constant sexual fantasies about a man I had my one and only one-night stand with about nine months …
Sorry to bother, but you are the only person I know of who a) owns cats
and b) live(d) in the city. I have a new cat (who I love), an
apartment in a city and, as …
Hi Sars,
Am I crazy? Paranoid? I really don’t know. I need some objective input.
My husband of five years is a wonderful guy, and we have a great relationship. I know he would not cheat on …
How often do you end up talking about Richard Grieco three times in the space of a week? Not that often — fortunately — but please, dear readers, allow me to give you a short …
Dear Sars,
There’s a guy in my class at school — I’m the
equivalent of a senior — who I’ll call Bob. We’re in a lot of classes
together, and up until maybe two years ago I didn’t …
Dear Sars,
My problem is my life. I am 23 years old and just finished a post-graduate
teaching qualification. I don’t have a job yet but plan on doing supply
until the right one (when a school says …
Hi there,
When I went to school for my Bachelor Degree in journalism (Carleton
University, Ottawa), we were taught by a veeery particular professor
to go with this option when verbally indicating a quotation:
“The defendant stated quote I …
When spring training started, so did the emails, asking if I planned to write about steroids in baseball. I didn’t plan to; I didn’t want to. Like many baseball fans, I didn’t want to think …
Here’s the deal: I’ve been going to a particular waxer, at a particular
spa, for over a year now. The prices are a bit steep, but honestly, this
particular waxer is worth it; if you’ve dabbled in …