“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
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Hi Sars,
I have some advice for Amanda S. — try checking out a Unitarian church (Unitarian Universalist in the USA). Okay, this sounds like I’m an evangelical asshole, but bear with me a moment. Unitarianism …
Sars, you are one of the funniest people I know and you give really awesome advice but I gotta say something about that whole “talking at the baseball game” thing. I totally agree that games …
In regards to the letter from Manny Ramirez:
Whoa, whoa, whoa…
No, they weren’t in a law library, but all too often I and my friends find ourselves the unwitting “participants” of other people’s conversations. Who is …
Dear Sars,
Yesterday, I attended the Red Sox/Yankees game with someone I had never met before, but with whom I had had some previous email conversations. So as you could imagine, we spent a good deal …
Dear Sars,
Love your site, especially love The Vine. When I read the letter from “Argh,” all sorts of bells and alarms went off. The fact that she said that she has been diagnosed with ADD …
Last night — the night of the first truly warm day of spring — I couldn’t get to sleep. That happens to me a lot on Sunday nights. I settle into bed with a book, …
And now, part two of my examination of the AFI Greatest 100 Films Of All Time list…although I don’t know if it’s an examination so much as a display of my ignorance of classic film. …
1. The return of warm weather.
2. …followed by the return of hot weather…
3. …followed by the return of “it’s too damn hot and sticky to do a damn thing except lie on the floor in …
You could say, “Oh, come on, now,” to the rain as you and Gustave walk to Penn Station. Then you could comment that your hair already looks like a terrifying cross between Willow’s on Buffy …
Hi Sarah,
Well, here’s as abbreviated a version as I could manage of what I have to say to “Confused” with the Muslim boyfriend:
Dear Confused,
Your letter set off all kinds of warning bells for me. I’m …