Reimagining The Scale
Kellogg is launching an ad campaign where women step on scales that show words of encouragement instead of numbers. YOU CAN DO IT! YOU C..
Sliced Bread? Who Cares? Five Cliches that Need an Update
Some cliches are becoming so old-fashioned that they aren’t even cliche anymore, just confusing. To judge whether or not a cliche has be..
Google Translate: Divining the Universal Truth
In order to Ouija board out the truth about life, the universe and everything, The Tangential took a spiritual letter from a local pas..
Voices: Minneapolis, “Mom, Dad … I’m Gay”
Thank you for coming to dinner tonight. I’ve prepared some quinoa and bought some of mom’s favorite Arbor Mist. You may wonder why I’m d..
The Tangential How-To Series: How to Sleep
Sleep is when human beings, cats and possibly some other species close their eyes and practice death. They usually like to do this while..
Tangential Editor Up For Award of Hotness with the Prize of 1,000 Virgins
Minneapolis, Jan 11, 2010. Top news source WinkyLinks has released a classified list of the most coveted and fertile people in the small..
Better Names for Infomercial Products
I get a happy feeling when watching infomercials. They are a playplace of miraculous noodles, people whose buttons have popped off their p..
Modern Relationships According to Netflix
All relationships can be boiled down to five stages of Netflix watching. If this does not apply to you, you are highly irregular, and yo..
So You Want to Write in a Secret Code?
Do you ever get mad at the alphabet? Do you feel like it could give you more? Like the letter “e” just isn’t “e” enough for you? Me too…
Hot Button Hernando and the Missing Snack
Mary finds that one of her favorite treats is completely undocumented on the Internet. She searches many sites, tries several spellings ..
So You Don't Want to Do the Number One Best Thing to Do Tonight?
Believe me, there are some good things to do tonight. I’m talking about fun shit. Serious fun. For example, back tattoos. They are going ..
Welcome to The Tangential
When something new comes along, people want to assess it about as fast as a Number Muncher crunches a number. As fast as Pac-Man eats a ..