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“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!

The Vine: June 3, 2011
June 3, 2011 · 14 Comments
The Vine: June 3, 2011

Hi Sars! I have a friend in Cobble Hill who just had a baby (yay!). My usual gift to new parents is a gift certificate for take-out food, for a night when they just cannot …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #10: Poll
June 2, 2011 · 10 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #10: Poll

We’ve got true crime; we’ve got baseball; we’ve got reflections on true crime by my favorite baseball writer; we’ve got TV studies, memoirs, and an investigation of the fate of Pudding Pops by my colleague …

The Vine: June 1, 2011
June 1, 2011 · 20 Comments
The Vine: June 1, 2011

I am having some serious doubts about a friendship I have from my job and how/if to proceed with the relationship.
This friend and I have similar senses of humor and struck up a close relationship. …

Day Saved: Prizes Ahoy
May 31, 2011 · 6 Comments
Day Saved: Prizes Ahoy

updated 31 May
I still have not heard from about half the winners. I will send the prize list one more time later today; you will have until Friday, 3 June to send me your preferred …

The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 2
May 31, 2011 · 27 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 2

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients breakdown? We recommend Google, straight up with a twist.
1 Martini / Gibson vs. 9 Mimosa. The Martini pounded its opponent last time; I …

The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 1
May 27, 2011 · 26 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 1

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 8 Black / White Russians. Okay, as gross as the Russians sound to me, even worse is the cocktail …

The Vine: May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011 · 100 Comments
The Vine: May 27, 2011

I am not looking for one book, but for many books. I tend to read mostly fiction, with some non-fiction thrown in. I am looking for ideas for fiction books and thought I would come …

The Vine: May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011 · 27 Comments
The Vine: May 25, 2011

I’m just going to launch right in to this one:
Six months ago my father died. Both before and after he died my mother’s brother, J, and his wife, B, made assurances to my father, mother …

Squared Up: Wilponzi
May 24, 2011 · 5 Comments
Squared Up: Wilponzi

It’s not that Fred Wilpon aired out specific players on the Mets in his comments to The New Yorker that bothers me. Rather, it’s all the things that the particulars of said airing-out say about …

The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4
May 23, 2011 · 22 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Screwdriver vs. 16 Vesper. I know the Vesper’s going down hard here and I know full well Bunting only agreed to add …