“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.
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I’ve never understood picky eaters. I’ll eat anything — and I mean anything. I’ve always eaten anything and everything, even as a little kid; I knew from reading the comics pages that kids as a …
“Man-made leather” is not leather. It has very little to do with man, or any real “making” as we understand the word. It is not pleather; it is not vinyl; it is not plastic, or …
Sarah: So you just left?
Regina: Yeah.
Sarah: Just grabbed your bag and —
Regina: Hell yeah!
Sarah: No explanation. Nothing.
Regina: Dude. He ordered a girl drink. It’s not like I could stay there.
Sarah: What kind of girl drink?
Regina: …
I try not to get snitty about the crappy English usage of other people. I breathe in through my nostrils and slowly out again with my mouth shaped like an “o,” reminding myself that not …
Hi Sarah,
Here’s some background on my dilemma…there’s a woman from college (we’ll call her Jane) that I’ve kept in touch with because we ended up living in the same city after graduation.She’s rather high-strung and …
Dear Sars,
I love the Vine and have been a Tomato Nation fan since the days when it was on a site with CyberSleaze…
Just a quick note to about the woman whose mother will be losing …
Dear Sarah,
I just discovered you write these advice columns and while I really can’t believe I’m writing to you about my personal problems I do want to tell you how much I enjoy your DC …
Sars,
Here’s the problem.I’m a senior in high school. I’m also a social pariah, by choice — I’ve just never gone in for all that typical teen spirit crap, and that’s fine by the cheerleaders.Now, I …
Hi Sars
How do I tell a girl politely to get lost. She totally screwed up my life; she used me like a bank machine and taxi service. I left university and I moved 90 miles …
Dear Sars,
I live in a co-ed dormitory and have developed a crush on a guy who lives on my floor.We started hanging out on Superbowl Sunday and didn’t leave each other’s presence for more than …