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!

The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 2: Co-H
May 18, 2011 · 37 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 2: Co-H

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. To refresh your memory on ingredients, we recommend Google.
1 Gin and Tonic vs. 16 French 75. See, this is a sucky match-up because I love both of these …

The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 1: A-Ch
May 16, 2011 · 40 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 1: A-Ch

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. To refresh your memory on ingredients, we recommend Google.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 16 Americano / Campari and Soda. A Campari cocktail has such a wonderful mid-century …

The NC Double Shot
May 14, 2011 · 11 Comments
The NC Double Shot

We’ve crowned kings in the snackets for cheese, ice cream, cereal, and candies both chocolate and non-. Now it’s time for yet another series of face-offs — but this one’s at the bar, as the …

The Vine: May 13, 2011
May 13, 2011 · 22 Comments
The Vine: May 13, 2011

I’m hoping you and the TN readers can help me out. I’ve used curved bobby pins in my hair — Caucasian, abundant but fine, wavy, and a few inches below my shoulders — for years. …

The Vine: May 11, 2011
May 11, 2011 · 77 Comments
The Vine: May 11, 2011

Please bear with the prom drama, as I’m hoping to get your opinion.
My daughter is a high-school sophomore, and was asked to the Junior/Senior Prom by a guy friend. JL, a good friend of hers …

Marwencol
May 10, 2011 · 5 Comments
<I>Marwencol</I>

Marwencol presents initially as your typical Independent Lens documentary feature, a bittersweet meditation on the strength of the human spirit that, while informative, doesn’t maintain good boundaries with the twee. But this film, about Mark …

The Vine: May 6, 2011
May 6, 2011 · 12 Comments
The Vine: May 6, 2011

I’m hoping the TN readers can help me ID a short story I read back in the (brace yourself) 1960s.
I’m 99% certain I read it in one of the Childcraft books — we had …

The Contest 2011: Prizing
May 6, 2011 · 6 Comments
The Contest 2011: Prizing

The Tomato Nation Contest isn’t just about raising a big heap o’ money for public schools and feeling the warming glow of good deeds, ohhhh no. It’s also about loot — lots and lots of …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: Taps
May 5, 2011 · 18 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>Taps</I>

The Movie: Taps
The Crush Object: Timothy Hutton
The Story: Brian Moreland (Hutton), a rising senior at Bunker Hill Military Academy, has just gotten a promotion to head cadet; he even got to sip brandy and shoot …

The Vine: May 4, 2011
May 4, 2011 · 24 Comments
The Vine: May 4, 2011

I am hoping you can give me some advice regarding arranging for the disposition of my father’s remains.
My father was an alcoholic, and I had not had any contact with him or any knowledge …