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

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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!

Out With The Crowd: “I bet Pudge would come back in a heartbeat”
May 28, 2012 · 10 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “I bet Pudge would come back in a heartbeat”

Is it all coming together at last for the Washington Nationals in 2012? It looks that way — if catchers stop dropping like Spinal Tap drummers, at least. Photographer and Nats loyalist Cheryl Nichols talked …

Girls 107: Enjoy going through life as yourself
May 28, 2012 · No Comment
<I>Girls</I> 107: Enjoy going through life as yourself

From my recap of Girls 107, “Welcome to Bushwick AKA The Crackcident,” over at Press Play:
Lavoyt is apparently used to the sad-sack routine working, because his face hardens instantly and he calls her a tease. Jessa …

Red Ops Day 6: The Dakotas
May 28, 2012 · 5 Comments
Red Ops Day 6: The Dakotas

8:45 PM
Great work today, everyone: 6 projects completed! And we still have that DAKOTAS match code all evening, so if you’re winding down from the weekend, soothe that sunburn with a donation!
I have another Old …

The Vine: May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012 · 15 Comments
The Vine: May 25, 2012

I’m hoping the Tomato Nation will be able to help me find a book that I read in high school. It was for an English class during my junior or senior year, 1991-1993. We had …

Red Ops Day 5: Columbia, SC
May 25, 2012 · 4 Comments
Red Ops Day 5: Columbia, SC

2:45 PM
Maybe you were too busy packing for the long weekend to donate yet today? Fear not; it’s not too late! Put down that beach towel you’re rolling for one quick sec and donate to …

Red Ops Day 4: Camden/Trenton
May 24, 2012 · 5 Comments
Red Ops Day 4: Camden/Trenton

2 PM
Strong day so far! 4 projects already done, just $100 left on this one — and we have a match code, JERSEY, in effect all day!
Just to sweeten the deal here: how about a $25 …

Red Ops Day 3: Buffalo, NY
May 23, 2012 · 10 Comments
Red Ops Day 3: Buffalo, NY

9 PM
Well north of 11K as of this writing. Awesome job, guys! And another hat tip to our matcher, Marie T.
Let’s finish out the day strong — why not wrap up this “Lifecycles” project? (Bugs!) …

Red Ops Day 2: Brownsville, TX
May 22, 2012 · 13 Comments
Red Ops Day 2: Brownsville, TX

4 PM
Done! That’s awesome. Thank you so much, everybody. We polished off the whole high-need list for Brownsville/Harlingen. 
The Red Ops page will probably flip back to unfinished Albuquerque projects for the rest of the day. …

Out With The Crowd: “You’re a self-indulgent vulgar slob”
May 21, 2012 · 6 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “You’re a self-indulgent vulgar slob”

The minute I decided to do the Out With The Crowd series, I wanted to try to get Old Gator to talk to me about the Miami Marlins — or, as he calls them, “the …

Red Ops Day 1: Albuquerque, NM
May 21, 2012 · 25 Comments
Red Ops Day 1: Albuquerque, NM

11:45 PM
Just a short while left in Albuquerque, friends! And as of this writing, just $44 to go on that iPad project. Let’s finish that off before the page flips over to Brownsville, TX in …