“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!
Hey Sars,
My friend C and I were friends for about four years. We lived in the same town
for a year or so and instantly bonded. We had the same taste in music,
clothes, we were both …
Dear Sars,
I am currently a senior in high school and have been
having a problem that began during freshman year with
one of my classmates.
Every morning when I come to school, I make sure to
greet him and …
Hello!
I have a salary-related question for you. I’m a college student, and have been working with the company I’m at for over a year now as a medical writer/grant writer/ghost writer/editorial and research assistant…you get …
Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Oh, hello.
Wing Chun: Oh, dear.
Sarah: Heh.
Wing Chun: Well, that isn’t a “we haven’t spoken in the phone in a while” “oh, hello.”
Sarah: No, no, it isn’t.
Wing Chun: That is a “guess who’s …
Dear Sars:
Respect and admiration are yours, oh wise guru, especially if you can help me out with this little dilemma.
I’ve written you before, and thought I might as well give you a try here, since …
Hi Sars —
This isn’t earth-shatteringly important, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to
ask anyway. You said in a past Vine that you don’t like Dickens’ writing.
I was wondering — why not? Do you think it …
Dear Sars,
I am a 25-year-old woman with a major attitude problem. See? I’m the first
one to admit it. But I don’t know what to do about it, and I’m really
scared that it’s going to ruin …
My boyfriend of almost a year has gone to teach English in Japan
for 12 months. I visited him in his second month for a few weeks, and
arrived home in Australia a month ago. I do …
It’s looking like snow. Jenny hopes it snows; snow dulls the old smells, makes it easier for Rina to work, plus maybe they’ll open the bookstore late and she won’t have to go in for …
Dear Sars,
I’ve had some good luck and some bad luck with the ladies in the past, but this current situation has me really confused. I’m a grad student and I met this undergrad girl (different …