OMG! We're No. 2!

In this week's issue of Vita.mn, LOL/OMG were named the second best local blog, right after our pals over at The Tangential. We would like to thank the 12 people who voted for us, our friends at Vita.mn and whoever shot this photo. We know it has nothing to do with this list, but it's a baby giraffe!

Submitted by @marrina

Thought Catalog partners with Minneapolis-based PhiLOLZophy

Thought Catalog, the popular NYC-based creative writing blog, has started republishing posts from the Minneapolis-based blog PhiLOLZophy, which is one of The Tangential's partner blogs. The first republished post is on "Judging Male Sexual Attractiveness Based on the Shoes They Wear" by Johanna DeSilentio, and it's hilarious. (Johanna DeSilentio is actually a feminized version of a pen name Kierkegaard used, added to the TC post at the suggestion of their editors. PhiLOLZophy posts are actually written jointly by Sarah Heuer [@heusar] and Chrissy Stockton [@xsssy]). Check it out.


Via @thetangential
Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

A hipster socialite re-Tweets the opera, via The Tangential

Another entry from the genius local collective known as The Tangential: the Minnesota Opera's "La Traviata" (currently running at the Ordway) gets live-Tweeted by local social media-obsessive John James Wallace, as imagined by Jay Gabler.

[Image via The Tangential]

A sample exchange:


Click here to read more of the hilarity.

Via The Minneapolitan on Facebook

Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Har Mar live-Tweets the new Bieber movie on acid

Last night, Har Mar Superstar purportedly took acid and then went to see the new Justin Bieber movie in 3-D, and live Tweeted the results under the hashtag #AcidBieber3D.



In response, writers from local blog The Tangential took Robotussin and watched Disney classic The Little Mermaid - and Tweeted the results under the hashtag #TussedUpLilMermaid.

UPDATE: We just got a tip that Marijuana Deathsquads' Isaac Gale (who is out in L.A. recording and doing a weekly residency with Har Mar) was also at the outing and has some choice Tweets @iissaaaacc.

Via @leckybang

Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

New blog alert: The Tangential

There's a new blog in town and it's quickly become our new fave (of course). The Tangential calls itself "a Minneapolis-based creative writing blog started by Becky Lang, Jay Gabler and Katie Sisneros" that aims to offers musings, recaps, and more. And while you're there, be sure to read Jay Gabler's hilar recount of last night's 501 Closing, and the genius chart "Six Degrees of Separation: Baby Jesus to Mark Mallman." Bookmark this now.

[Jay Gabler, center, at the 501]

The Tangential is at www.thetangential.com, @thetangential, and thetangential.tumblr.com.

Submitted by @jahnapeloquin