Brandon Scott Gorrell
I am the co-publisher of Thought Catalog. Follow me on Twitter. I also use a pen name called Holden Desalles.
China Becoming Cooler Than America, Will Implement Cool-Ass Bus System
China has just revealed a potentially sweet new partly solar-powered bus system that takes up zero road space…
On HTMLGIANT and Networking in the Literary Scene: An Interview With Blake Butler
Feel like I’ve sort of come to think of ‘networking’ among those in the literary scene as a very specific protocol, complete with literature-scene-specific conventions, standard displays of behavior, common language use…
Meat to be Grown in Vats to Feed Population in 2050, UK Government Says
An article at the Guardian written yesterday reported that we might need to start growing massive quantities of meat in vats to feed the expected world population of 9 billion in 2050. Not sure if the dudes have heard of fruits and vegetables before…
Western Civilization Has Replaced the Post Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Genre: August
There’s a new bill in the US Senate called the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 which, if passed, will prohibit the public from growing its own food.
Evidence Shows That Climate Change is Going to Destroy Us All
I guess some zany biologists did a kind of ‘comprehensive study’ that spanned “six biodiversity rich regions around the world” and concluded that climate change would destroy over a million species of plants and land animals by mid-century.
All the Drugs I’ve Taken in Chronological Order, Pt. 4 of 4
At some point we moved to the roof of the apartment, where we leaned over the edge. We could see much of the city. We were drinking the ‘Ritalin water’ and talking a lot. Some time after the sun rose, I left the rooftop, but I was very confused and could not find the door to my friend’s apartment. I went back to the rooftop and asked where the apartment was. I could not understand what they were saying to me…
Shaquille O’Neal Has a Twitter Account and is Friends With Justin Bieber
Shaquille O’Neal not only knows how to use a computer, but also appears to have figured out the sequence of events required for using Twitter and, among other actions, retweeting and replying to tweets…
Life Seems Bleak
Sarah Palin heavily censors her Facebook wall comments, there is a monster that lives in the North Carolina sewer system, America is on the brink of civil war, Fox News is lying to America’s face, and the notorious street crime gang infamously known as the Juggalos has invaded the suburbs of Australia.
All the Drugs I’ve Taken in Chronological Order, Pt. 3 of 4
At the same time, I was still affected by the idea that cocaine was something of an ‘older person’s drug,’ or something—a drug that was more classy, perhaps. Definitely ‘way more mature than weed.’
Erik Stinson is a Person That Does Interesting Things: An Interview
Sorry I Like To Party is shot entirely by VHS camera. Remember VHS? No? Those tape things that are ‘retro’ now? To date, the majority of Erik Stinson’s film work seems to have been taken with VHS, either because he never had enough money to get a real camera or… something else.
Western Civilization Has Replaced the Post Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Genre: July
Everything is crazy. There is a new oil spill in the Kalamazoo River that threatens to become “a tragedy of historic proportions,” says Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, if it reaches Lake Michigan…
All the Drugs I’ve Taken in Chronological Order, Pt. 2 of 4
I was thinking about the poverty of Africans. I vomited in the bathroom, turned on the shower, and vomited again. I couldn’t stop hearing sentences repeating in my head. I tried to get in the shower and fainted. I woke up and crawled to the toilet and vomited. I was hearing demon-like noises coming from somewhere.