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Chris Thompson

A young green tomato with a long way to go.

Chefector

Before Tomato Time Comes Tomato Fever

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Drew Magary

1956: EXCLUSIVE Full-length image of stunt performers on Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California. Four men lift four women in the air, all in bathing suits, on the boardwalk stage. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images)

Elder Wisdom

IT’S SUMMERTIME, MOTHERFUCKERS

How To Make (Or Possibly Not To Make) A Vegetable Garden

Dave McKenna

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: RFK Stadium is seen from East Capitol Street in Washington, DC on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

RIP RFK Stadium, Where A Dirtball Came Of Age

Students at the University of Birmingham take part in their degree congregations as they graduate on July 14, 2009 in Birmingham, England. Over 5000 graduates will be donning their robes this week to collect their degrees from The University of Birmingham. A recent survey suggested that there are 48 graduates competing for every job.

To My Daughter, The Graduate: This Is All Your Fault

<p>Stephen Lurie is a writer and facilitator in Brooklyn, NY.</p>


Stephen Lurie

A box of essentials - body glide, water, bagel, banana, Advil, and Accel Gel. The 116th Boston Marathon starts in Hopkinton in Hopkinton, Mass. on Monday, April 16, 2012.

The Great Outdoors

The Sublime Clarity Of Goo

A General view showing a shoe store on August 7, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong residents received Phase 2 of the Consumer Voucher Scheme.

These Dad Shoes Are Made For Workin’

Ray Ratto

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: The shadow of a cemetery worker is cast on reclaimed gravestones in London City Cemetery on March 2, 2009 in London, England. The cemetery is piloting a scheme whereby graves over 75 years old become eligible for reclamation. New interments will be placed into the existing graves, the headstones will be turned around and re-used, carving the names of the newly deceased. Once a grave has been earmarked by English heritage the cemetery must wait one year to see if family members claim the existing grave. By conserving as many memorials as possible the City of London hopes to maintain the historic cemetery landscape and sustain buriel provisions for the future. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Defunct Is Still Undefeated

A little girl eating her breakfast cereal with a glass of milk, 1950. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Getty Images)

Food

Raisin Bran Crunch Is The GOAT Cereal

Soraya Roberts

A childhood photo of the author during ballet class next to a current photo of her wearing her ballet clothes

Ballet Brought Me Back To My Body

Tom Ley

Fans celebrate on the floor after the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes in overtime on January 21, 2024, at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Here Is The New Rule About Storming The Court

High School Sports

Be True To Your Shitty School

George Harrison and Eric Clapton, playing their guitars, in a black-and-white concert photo from the 1970s

Music

You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs

Luis Paez-Pumar

The Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Island

Life Lessons

Reflections From An Aging Roller Coaster Fanatic

David Roth

My Dumb Little Book

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Charles P. Pierce

Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat looks on during Round 3 Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 17, 2023 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jimmy Butler Is A Good College Player In Reverse

The guitar as it appeared on Craigslist and the guitar as it's being repaired, split screen

Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar

guy with heartburn at night (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

I Am Now “Is This A Heart Attack?” Years Old

Getting Old Is Rude But It Beats The Alternative

Requiem For An Overweight

Albert Burneko

A pigeon selects from the culinary delights in an overflowing garbage can

Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

Laura Wagner

What Can A Hoop Do?

1970s SENIOR COUPLE SITTING ON PORCH ROCKING CHAIRS MAN READING NEWSPAPER WOMAN SHOUTING AT HIM (Photo by D. Corson/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

A Lesson In Marital Free Association

Felix Kent

Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard (Photo by nik wheeler/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album

American alpine skier Madi Springer-Miller races against the clock on the slopes of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho, 28th November 1951. Springer-Miller is training with other hopefuls for the United States Olympic ski team ahead of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.