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 11, 2013
October 11, 2013 · 3 Comments
The Vine: October 11, 2013

I came across a brief mention of a NY no-man’s-land, The Hole, on the internet and found it fascinating.

N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 1: Vote!
October 10, 2013 · 27 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 1: Vote!

This isn’t one of the tougher flights to predict; the randomizer gave us a couple of doozies, but I think it’s Goldfish cheddar’s to lose.

The Vine: October 9, 2013
October 9, 2013 · 6 Comments
The Vine: October 9, 2013

A friend of mine, Jen, is going through a rough time personally (sudden and unexpected divorce, finding a job, finding a place to live, trying to remain positive and strong for her two kids, etc.). …

Gravity: Just breathe
October 5, 2013 · 17 Comments
<em>Gravity</em>: Just breathe

Gravity‘s 98-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes at this writing is appropriate.

The Vine: October 4, 2013
October 4, 2013 · 25 Comments
The Vine: October 4, 2013

Hello! I am looking for socks. 

The Vine: October 2, 2013
October 2, 2013 · 27 Comments
The Vine: October 2, 2013

This has been kind of an ongoing thing, but it’s starting to bother me more and more. First a bit of background.

The Vine: September 27, 2013
September 27, 2013 · 35 Comments
The Vine: September 27, 2013

I am someone who never was really exposed to classical music, or any kind of musical theory, growing up.

The Vine: September 25, 2013
September 25, 2013 · 45 Comments
The Vine: September 25, 2013

I’m hoping you can settle a grammar discussion for me. What’s the accepted rule for pluralizing words that come from other languages?

Tiger Eyes
September 22, 2013 · 14 Comments
<em>Tiger Eyes</em>

“Second-Act Problems” is not a spirit animal, folks.

The Vine: September 20, 2013
September 20, 2013 · 7 Comments
The Vine: September 20, 2013

I have a head-scratcher for the Nation — fairly recent, but it’s driving me positively BUGGY that I can’t remember the title.