“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!
Dear Sarah,
I know this is a silly question. It’s usually pretty common sense, and a normal person who is not a slob would be able to deal with this. My apartment is overridden with gnats. …
Dear Sars,
I’m fairly young, and a few months ago, I scored what I thought was the
perfect job.A lot of responsibility, really interesting, and something I
thought I’d be able to do very well. Getting a job …
My husband lost his computer programming job a few months ago, and the IT industry here is very depressed.We expect that he’ll be unemployed for several months or longer.I’m currently employed and my job is …
Sars —
Never thought I’d be writing you, but I have a bit of a problem and I’m kind
of in need of somebody to play Switzerland for me.
About nine years ago, I developed an extremely close …
I am tired
The car comes for me at 5:45 AM. I stayed up all night, but everything is done — the cats went to the kennel, the clothes came out of the dryer, the legs …
Dear Sars,
I have to write a rough-draft short story for my sophomore writing class by November 8th. No length requirements, except that it be longer than three pages double spaced. I’m stumped for ideas, but …
Hey Sars,
I know that, in the greater scheme of things, my
“problem” isn’t that life-altering, but I’d really
like your opinion on this.
Today, my mother and I went shopping for an outfit for
my university graduation dinner/dance.I got …
Dude.Check it out.
Here’s my letter to Quoi Faire?, which ran on August 21, 2002.Here’s the Annie’s Mailbox version (that’s Ann Landers’s daughter or successor or whoever), which ran yesterday.
It’s obviously the same letter; Annie edited …
Sars,
I have a problem that I’ve created, and I don’t know who else I can talk to
that won’t be all judgmental on me.My friends would absolutely freak if
they knew.
I’m straight, or at least I’m 90 …
Okay, autumn. It’s almost October. I’ve always considered you my favorite season, but enough with the David Chase routine — let’s get on with it. I want to see red and yellow leaves. I want …