Cypress Mahjong

07/22/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/lifeslittlethings/p/win-or-wall-michelle-tinney-of-cypress?r=4r6ii6&utm_medium=ios

A teacher’s instinct, a suburb called Cypress, and the night she won a league by five points

07/12/2026

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Like to play in competitive environments?

👀WATCH OUT!

Because YOU are being watched👀

Rack accordingly my friends 💡

07/09/2026

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
LINK IS LIVE. Selling fast! Check your calendar and proceed accordingly 💃🏼

07/06/2026

WE ARE BACK, BABY!

I actually never left but took a much needed summer break ☀️

Better than ever events comin at ya! New formats! Fun! Competitive! GiveBACK & GiveAWAYS! Prizes! And a whole lotta other cool stuff 🤫

So many venues-so little time-BE READY! 💃🏼

07/01/2026

Four women. One table. Forty-eight hours straight. 🀄

Tonight is the night before Mahj 48, a 48-hour mahjong world record attempt, so naturally we wrote it a bedtime story.

The racks are set. The coffee is poured. The laser stares are locked in. And this whole beautiful, slightly chaotic idea started with Nancy, who is the reason the rest of us are sitting down at all. We're playing for you. 💕

Sound on for the full poem. Then tag the friend you'd happily pull an all-nighter at the table with. 👀

Dreamed up and played alongside three women I adore: , , and

06/26/2026

A side by side comparison of
hand painted & UV painted tiles.

Hand painted:
PRO color is vibrant, saturated, deeply engraved
CON not as detailed as UV

UV printed:
PRO detailed and precise
CON colors are muted

06/26/2026

06/11/2026

Jokers are THE safest discards to throw during end game!

WHY? They can’t be called! Jokers are DOA when they hit the graveyard of discards!

COWBOY MOVE: request Joker Exchange-dont need the Joker for your hand? Discard! 🫳🏻🎤

BEWARE competition & $$ players! This move is safe-YES! It can also leave your opponent jokerless and your score card or coin purse empty. Weigh your options-play smart!