The rise and fall of my Catholic faith
Age 0: Baptized by Fr. Steve O’Gara, a childhood friend of my dad’s and a member of the family who run O’Gara’s Bar & Grill in St. Pau..
The Internet didn’t choose cats, it chose women with salad
According to a widely-read Thought Catalog essay by Leigh Alexander, the Internet chose cats. Alexander makes a convincing case, but think..
The Lomaskys, Jews of my childhood
I’m sure that growing up Catholic in Duluth, Minnesota, I knew more than one Jewish family. I only knew one family that I knew to be J..
What it means to be a boy
From a young age, you will be surrounded by peers who beat the shit out of each other—and out of you—whenever they get bored. They wil..
Five guys I’d go at least conceptually gay for
1. Philip Glass. Okay, I wouldn’t actually go gay for Philip Glass. But conceptually, I definitely would. What a badass.
2. Dav..
My five most memorable experiences with marijuana
My first time
One of my best friends in college was (and remains) a serious weed-smoker—serious both in the sense that he smokes a lo..
Why do co-ops need to solve all the world’s problems at once?
I’ve never been a big co-op shopper, but my most recent frustration with co-ops stems from their seeming hypocrisy vis-a-vis caffeine,..
Questions that might ensue upon learning the Verizon Guy is gay
In an interview published in the May 2011 issue of The Atlantic, actor Paul Marcarelli discusses his role playing Test Man, popularly ..
Twelve reasons you might think I’m gay, presented in order of increasing gayness
12. I’m 35 years old and I’ve never been married. In Minnesota, that’s going to make people wonder.
11. My college major was early ..
Our next tweets
Maybe we’ll just be sitting in you! Why I Imagine Certain Celebrities Might Smell Like to sit on the Shit!
Please Don’t Know Anyone..
What you’re wearing, and what it says about our likelihood of making a love connection
This table doesn’t represent any value judgments; rather, it represents data from many years of empirical observations about what women wh..
How to use a Bloody Mary bar, in ten easy steps
Like Jesus, The Tangential was born of a Bloody Mary. These boozy tomato-rich beverages continue to nourish us, and our favorites are ..