Brandon Scott Gorrell

I am the co-publisher of Thought Catalog. Follow me on Twitter. I also use a pen name called Holden Desalles.

Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?

“Wow!” I said. “You think you’re a total fraud, too?” How ironic — I had always perceived this person as undeniably talented. LOL.

It’s Not Unusual! Here’s A ‘Carlton Dance’ Flash Mob!

TMZ seems to have had set up a pretty impressive flash mob situation recently. They got Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor who played Carlton Banks on 90s television hallmark Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to lead a flash mob in his signature dance to Tom Jones’ “It’s not unusual” in LA.

New Twitter Account That Parodies Instagram Is Perfect

Today in parody accounts on Twitter: Instagram reinterpreted via text. As in “Sophia Coppola-inspired beside-the-pool shot of bikini babe on chaise longue.” It’s pretty clever, and it’s only been live for about 18 hours, so pass this along to your friends before it’s old news so you’re the cool one, for once in your life.

The Best 90s Playlist Ever, Ever

I found something. A 300-song Spotify playlist of every memorable 90s song or every song they played at my middle school dances ever, ever. Warren G, Collective Soul, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Bone-Thugs, Spin Doctors, Soul Coughing, The Toadies, Natalie Imbruglia…

Calm, Snacking Man Breaks Up NYC Subway Fight

Extreme-composure-dude-breaking-up-fight became a meme today after a video on YouTube appeared of a Level 5000 Zen Master breaking up a scrappy fight on a NYC 6 train by nonchalantly stepping between the two fighters and calmly eating potato chips.