“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!
“VF pile” is currently an item on my to-do list. A chore, in other words. Current number of issues in the pile: two, a twelve-month low.
In order to afford anything advertised within, I would have …
Dear Sars,
Since sometimes I can’t tell when I’m reading Vine letters, let me say
up-front that I’m a 23-year-old girl. About three months ago, I met and
started dating a friend of my cousin, who has recently …
Sars,
To avoid future claimants of “I thought he was a jerk, but maybe he’s
just autistic,” you may want to clarify a few things about Asperger’s.
Autism isn’t just poor social skills/learning disabilities. In fact,
many people with …
Hey, Sars,
I read the last letter of yesterday’s Vine with interest, because it pertains to
my own career. Your advice to Beer was certainly correct, as far as it
went, but I think there may be a …
Hi Sars, O Goddess of All Things,
I have one younger brother and one older half-brother. Said
half-brother never lived with us until he was about 13 and I was about
10. Half-brother had, at that point, a …
Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Hi. Okay, here’s the thing.
Wing Chun: Oh, dear.
Sarah: I know Kid Rock should go in the Girls’ Bike Club. I know this.
Wing Chun: But you don’t want him in it.
Sarah: No, I …
Dear Sarah-with-an-H,
In response to Suzy’s letter about unwanted nicknames and your point about
spelling names right, I was wondering if you have any advice
about how to respond when people spell names wrong, especially in email.
I don’t …
Dear Sars,
I’m 21, a junior in college, and hopelessly paralyzed w/r/t post-college existence. Briefly: I’m in a deeply committed relationship with an artist who graduated (BA) in 2001. She’s ready to return to school for …
Hi Sars,
I have a punctuation question for you and I don’t think I’ve
seen it addressed in my several years of reading The Vine. I have a
tiny little ‘blog and in it I’ve referred to myself …
I don’t recall seeing this one around (please forgive me if
that’s due to my Sieve, Class A, memory).
According to several of my friends, uni students at that,
grammar and punctuation is becoming optional. Specifically,
the use of …