Overheard at the St. Paul Cat Show
Yes, The Tangential covered 35th Annual Saintly City Cat Club Cat Show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Here’s what you missed.
“I’m feeling he..
The ten dumbest things I have ever done
1. Broke my arm sliding into home plate during a baseball game when I was 14. Yep, this happened. What should have been an easily scored..
Yes, Billy Joel, you can and you will continue to take it: American history since the Cola Wars
VP Bush is voted in, MC Hammer’s pants are pinned
Vanilla Ice, Andrew Dice, a thousand points of light
Clarence Thomas, Gulf War, L.A. r..
Flowchart: So You Want to Major in English?
Why do you want to become an English major? Do you enjoy British poetry or the diaries of early American puritans? Neat! Or do you like ..
What Today Would Have Been Like If I Was In Groundhog Day
Original Day
Lay in bed for five hours reading Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene and simultaneously watching Al Jazeera streaming online..
Things My Parents Say While Watching 'American Idol'
“Well I don’t think there’s anything too special about her.”
“He doesn’t deserve any of this!”
“Well that was very strange.”
“She’s g..
Classical music’s strange effects on children
“Witnessing performing can still have a powerful effect on the uninitiated, as Nupen himself knows: ‘I was told of a four-year-old c..
4 Traits of My Evolutionarily-Superior Future Child
A famous philosopher once said, “I believe that children are the future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” That’s lovely of cou..
What Your Minneapolis Bar of Choice Says About You
The Hexagon – Yes I do eat frozen pizza a lot, thank you. I’ve had a few one-night stands in my day, but in a couple years I’ll be marri..
A Mathematical Representation of Tom Haverford's Universal Appeal
Since I was kind of a tomboy in elementary school (like a gross, mid ’90s, sort of trashy, eastside tomboy who desperately wanted a Charl..
What Should You Be Doing During the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl Sunday looms large and heavy, like a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float or Applebee’s-induced flatulence. It’s one of the f..
Better Living Through Ice Skating
Do you wake up in the morning and wonder, “Why was I born?” Do you find yourself zoning out on dates, or considering driving into the me..