Getting Laid Minneapolis: Hand-Picked Craigslist Hotties
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and some of you might be scrambling for last-minute dates. Never fear, The Tangential is here! We’ve han..
Review: A sizzling “Doubt” by Ten Thousand Things
Though it’s only six years old, John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt: A Parable has already become a contemporary classic. I attended Ten Tho..
Ode to the Guy Sitting Across from Me at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport
That’s a very nice Blackberry you’ve got there, Mister. You must be having a really important conversation to be talking so loudly. Migh..
A heist caper featuring all 58 shades of Kara Nesvig’s lipstick
The city was in the middle of an intense heat wave. The sunset was a heartless shade of crimson, like an electric cherry in a neon orange ..
How to Get That Spark Back Between You and Your Pet
1. When kissing your pet, don’t be afraid to reciprocate with a little tongue. Your pet doesn’t understand non-tongue kisses. You’..
The Sum of All of Our Fears
It’s Wednesday and here at The Tangential, Wednesday is the day we set aside for reflection, watching Tuesday night shows on Hulu, a..
Warning signs that you may have a dangerous addiction to fonts
You scour thrift stores for non-ironic uses of Cooper Black.
Your coworkers find you breathing heavily over their shoulders when th..
A Conversation with an Adviser
“Hi, Katie! Come on in, sit down.”
“Thanks, Professor. The upholstery on this chair is so unique – is it Turkish?”
“Persian, actually…
Why Slug's non-insult of Prince's music is like my aunt Gerta's non-insult of my aunt Frieda's sauerkraut
Slug, you’ll get no hate from me. I know people have been giving you a hard time today because you told Pitchfork that “Prince was a shi..
Jay Gabler's Guatemala: A blogger gone native
I’m not sure exactly what happened last night after Fatima and I shared a bottle of bootleg Four Loko she’d made by following an ancient..
Lost in Translation: What Two Crazy Women Say, Hear
General consensus among the men I polled recently (my dog) is that women are crazy. What makes us lucky here at The Tangential is that w..
10 Non-Football-Related Activities that Should Have an Excessive Celebration Penalty
Having more than two baby showers for a single baby
Hiring Jake Rudh to DJ your sales meeting
Getting more than ten feet of a part..