Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

The Vine: October 14, 2004
October 14, 2004 · No Comment

Hello,
Okay, you got me. I am officially interested in baseball. I still don’t know how half of the stats work, but I fail to care. I even watched the Astros/Braves game the other night and …

The Vine: October 13, 2004
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Sars,
I had to respond after reading “Might as well change her name to ‘and she’s smart too!’”‘s letter.I was that child growing up.People stopped my parents all of the time to comment on my looks.I …

The Vine: October 12, 2004
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Sars,
Love the site, love TWoP, and in need of help with a parenting issue.
Yes, I’ve read the columns about you and kids, but I’m asking your advice
anyway.
I am a mom, of a two-year-old little girl.Not …

The Subheroes Chapter 8: Happy Family
October 11, 2004 · No Comment

Years ago, Ro Jin lived with his wife and three children in a little house on the canal. His wife Ro Fan was known as a great beauty, and also for her startling hands, long …

The Vine: October 8, 2004
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Sars:
I have this great idea for a stage production that involves adapting a piece of literature that is in the public domain.At least I’m pretty sure it’s in the public domain.Finding that out, however, isn’t …

The Vine: October 7, 2004
October 7, 2004 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
First, thank you thank you for saving me from death by boredom at many a lame temp job.
Now, my question: which is correct, “Napoleon was from France,” or “Napoleon is from France”?People almost always …

The Vine: October 6, 2004
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Dear Sars,
My cat, like yours, tends to vomit from time to time.She has had this problem for ten years now, so I’m not worried about her health; it’s just the way she is.Instead, I would …

The Vine: October 5, 2004
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Hey Sars,
Thanks for taking the time to read this, it seems somewhat ridiculous but I
thought I might see if you could write some sense into me.
I live in a sharehouse, that was once populated by …

The Surgery Channel
October 4, 2004 · 2 Comments

It all started about six weeks ago, when I went back to my dermatologist for the first time in five years. I don’t know why it took me five years; I really like Dr. R. …

The Vine: September 22, 2004
September 22, 2004 · No Comment

Just an addendum to your answer to the vine question from Flummoxed Bridesmaid: I got married six months ago to a man who is as pack-ratty as I am.Since we certainly didn’t need a fourth …