Dunstan McGill, Author at The Tangential

Sometime in 2005: Flying down Interstate 35 trying to make it to an internship interview on time, I forgo a quick bathroom stop and li..

In hindsight, beating someone up on the playground because he was a “know-it-all” seems like a justifiable act.

I vividly recall ha..

Our editor Jay Gabler has recently been liking my Spotify account more than usual—a nod on my Mannheim Steamroller, a witty comment ab..

You may not know this, but that new Muppets movie is liberal brainwashing of children. No, the HIV-positive, starving or “Ralph Nader”..

8. Cupid or Custer or Some Shit Like That: You know who I’m talking about. The one between Comet and Donner in the song. Is it Cupid? ..

It’s a Wednesday night at Target, right between the suppertime rush and the late-night, drunk college student rush. You’re hoping to avoid..

(For full effect, sing to the popular tune of that yuletide numerology hit)

Day 1: On the first day of Depression, my true love gav..

Receptionist: “Welcome, aha, I see you don’t have a carrier—will you be using a card?”

Actually I was just hoping you guys would pick u..

So you want a quick and fun way to say “hey good to hear from you again” to that girl who disappeared off the face of the Earth for two da..

This is a big decision I’m about to make here. For nearly two and a half months now we’ve been sending each other dirty text messages, pla..

It’s November, and so like clockwork, I’ve spent 5 of the last 6 nights winding up my long, thankless work days trolling the darkly-lit hi..