Fun Stuff to Do or Die
CategoryJay Gabler’s Guatemala: A dangerous mission
I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to get out of Guatemala alive. I’ve just accepted a dangerous mission, with the blogosphere itself..
Valentine’s Day Horoscopes
These are completely made up, but so are the real ones. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take yours hyper-personally and plan your day ..
X-RATED Valentines
Valentine’s Day as a grown up is tough. It’s not just about putting a Power Ranger card with a Ring Pop attached to it in all your classma..
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 ..
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..
5 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your Craigslist Personal Ad
People don’t use GIFs enough in their personal ads, but they should. Why post a picture of the bottom of your face when you ca..
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..
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 ..
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..
Jay Gabler's Guatemala: Journey of the soul takes a wrong turn
“Welcome to Guatemala! May I see your passport?”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Is this your first time in Guatemala?”
“Yes. I’m thrilled to be h..
How to Be an Average-Looking Male
1. On the weekends, make polo shirts and khakis your standard outfit. In the summer pair this ensemble with Teva or Keen sandals, in wint..
A Gen-Y Update to the Proust Questionnaire
The Proust Questionnaire is a series of questions that Vanity Fair asks Important People and various unimportant people ask themselves a..