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: January 15, 2003
January 15, 2003 · No Comment

I surely hope that the “friend” that wrote that lovely piece actually heard
from the possibly pregnant friend that they had unprotected sex, because,
well, I just turned around and looked at my four-year-old that was
conceived while …

The Vine: January 14, 2003
January 14, 2003 · No Comment

Sarah,
I don’t know what I expect you to say about this, but this is a problem I’ve kept to myself and have not discussed with anyone, and perhaps it will help me just to get …

Just Mirrors
January 13, 2003 · No Comment

I guess it’s time for me to write about the smoking ban in New York City. Yeah. “Yay.” I haven’t addressed it before — or, to tell the truth, paid much attention to the press …

The Vine: January 9, 2003
January 9, 2003 · No Comment

Dear Sars:
I read someplace that it is a sign of mental illness if you know the right thing to do and cannot bring yourself to do it. That sounds to me like most of the …

The Vine: January 7, 2003
January 7, 2003 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I moved to Portland, OR from NY, NY a year and a half ago. I met a lot of new people, formed a lot of new friendships, and dated several guys that were either …

Let It Snow
January 6, 2003 · No Comment

Driving home from Toronto the other night, I ran into snow right around Syracuse, a turn of meteorological events which I actually welcomed, suffering as I do from a disorder known to the layperson as …

The Vine: December 19, 2002
December 19, 2002 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
Okay, my problem is: I need to get laid. I know this
isn’t a big problem (or an uncommon one), but it’s
been causing me some grief lately.
There’s this guy, you see. I’m not in love …

The Vine: December 18, 2002
December 18, 2002 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
My problem is this: Most of my “friends” don’t like my boyfriend. They feel
that he, “C,” isn’t good enough for me.I went to college and now work for a
telecom company; C went to tech …

The Vine: December 17, 2002
December 17, 2002 · No Comment

Hi,
I have been working with this man side-by-side for a few months now.He
started flirting with me, and I thought, well, he’s attractive and that sure
makes me feel nice.We are good friends at work and have …

Not-So-Hot Sheet
December 16, 2002 · No Comment

It’s year-in-review time in the publishing world, the hallowed season during which print journalists forgo researching and developing actual features in favor of throwing together lists of The Stories That Touched Our Hearts, thereby freeing …