“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.
The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!
9:30 AM update
We head into the last week at $123,711 — not far at all until our match at 125! That’s fantastic. Let’s finish strong, Legion of Awesome.
Today’s mini-prize, Giving Page edition: the Giving Page …
Couch Baron and I mark the end of another nailbiter of a RPDR season with a live chat Monday, April 25 at 10 PM ET. Don’t forget, DirecTV subscribers can watch it on time shift, …
Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Cox appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show last month to discuss the play, and I’d forgotten about all the subplots in the production — among them that Jason Patric’s father wrote …
noon update
$120,515! Less than a week to go now, and we’ve got a 5K match coming at 125K. Power up with jellybeans and let’s git ‘er done!
Jessica has a swell prize for you (click here …
10:30 AM update
$119,101 — that’s a really fantastic week, friends. Thanks so much!
Reader Jessica L. would love it if you could check out her Giving Page — and if you donate to Jessica’s Giving Page …
I’m hoping your readers can help me track down a quote that I swear I heard or read somewhere. I’ve been searching for it for awhile now, as I’d like to use it in my …
1:30 PM update
$116,195. And don’t forget all the gift-card goodies available today — scroll down for more details!
Forget why we do this? Teacher Dana F. will remind you:
Thank you!! Seriously…thank you! Since I wrote you …
11 AM update
$111,214. That’s the stuff.
In keeping with the arithme-theme of the day, I’ve got a $50 DonorsChoose.org gift card — and if you give to a math-related project today, you could win it for …
I know most of the Tomato Nation readers seem to be cat people, but this question concerns dogs. I’m reaching out because I know how you feel about pets, and I agree. They are members …
9:30 AM update
$108,529 — heroic job! A match looms at 125K, so let’s get there soon.
A reminder about the new DonorsChoose.org interface: we’ll all get used to it, and certain features should reappear/settle down in …