Brent Rose's discussions

Things I Learned: Clevelanders have trouble setting things on fire. Unless it's, y'know, a river. Read more

The first time I moved to NYC, I was 20 years old and moved into an apartment owned by a woman (middle-aged) who was a friend of a friend. New Yorkers will find this amusing: This was in DUMBO, I had 1,800 square feet to myself (NOT including shared living room, bath room, kitchen, etc)... and I was paying $500 a… Read more

I would cast all of these people in Macbeth. Read more

I'm holding out for a while longer, hoping for this: http://gizmodo.com/google-might-f… Read more

I have this thing from The Container Store. I forget what it's called, but it was definitely expensive. Read more

I was home from grad school for a summer and was working at a tiny bar that normally closed at 11. At 10:30 my friend came in and asked if I wanted some pot brownie. I figured my shift ended in half an hour, so sure, what the hell? A took a nibble of that brownie—a nibble—and my fate was sealed. Suddenly the owner… Read more

I mean, to be fair, it's weird that you were keeping ginger in a box. Read more

Uh, no. Jezebel is written, almost exclusively, by millennials. Nice conspiracy theory, though. Read more

For the sex-positive teams, win or lose, at least they had fun in Brazil. Read more

With the exception of the khakis/polo, this hits too close to home. Read more

Pretty excellent. Read more

Those first couple Megaman games were just brutal. Read more

This is also why women watch professional bowling. You have no secrets from me. Read more

Not sure what normal means, but she looks healthy, at least (which is more than I can say for most pageant contestants). Shouldn't healthy be more important than normal? Read more

I couldn't do it at the office. It seemed unholy, somehow, and not in the good way. I do have a long flight ahead of me, though... Read more

Quietly creates burner account. Read more

I was always going to be Brent, which is already kind of awful (people immediately assume Brents are douchebags until you prove otherwise), but my dad wanted to name my brother Freeman or Freewalker. My mom talked him down to Matthew (middle name Walker). Read more

I remember when my mom used to use her teeth to lift me up by my face. Siiiigh, the memories... Read more

I'm not sure why the look of those things sends a shiver down my spine, but holy crap does it. Read more

*Starts doing pushups while reading Oscar Wilde. Whispers to himself, "Next year..."* Read more