“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!
Sars, help me out. It is, of course, a boy problem.
I’m a freshman in college, and I’ve been writing Buffy fanfic since I
was twelve. He’s a sophomore, and vice-president of the anime club.
Halloween night, I …
Dear Sars,
Hey there, I’m hoping maybe you can help me with a wee problem I’m having.
I’m 21, and in my final year of university. Last year I moved off-campus into a shared house (our university …
Hi Sars,
I’ve a family problem that is really nagging me. A
little history first.
I am an only child of elderly parents, and going to
school for the arts at the most prestigious college in
my state. Frankly, I’m …
[hums]
I played it on the piano, I played it for my father, after supper. It was a trick to get the pedaling right, the notes ran together if I wasn’t quick at it, but I …
Dear Sars:
My husband and I are inexperienced party-throwers, and after much
deliberation we’ve finally decided to try our hand at entertaining. We sent
out invitations to friends we know from several different places, so that
everyone will have …
Dear Sars:
My mother-in-law is great — really. Okay, most of the time. We’re super-close; we shop, we go to the movies, we work together. My own mother lives almost a thousand miles away and I …
Dear Sars,
I hooked up with this guy last week. He’s a good friend, and let’s say for the sake of this letter, there’s a very good chance said hooking up will occur again.
The problem was…he …
Dear Sars,
My situation basically addresses the question: Is there ever an
exception to the butt-out rule? The one about interfering in other
people’s consenting relationships?
I’ll try to condense this as much as possible, while not leaving out
anything …
It’s okay if you don’t like baseball. Truly, it is. I didn’t like baseball either, at one time in my life. Of course, at the same time in my life, I had a gigantic crush …
Barber: That Stevie girl — she don’t talk much, and of course you got folks like that in the world. Prewitt, now, Prewitt got plenty to say, he just don’t do it out loud.
Neely: Just …