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October 31, 2015
4 Ways To Fix Halloween
What? You didn’t know Halloween was broken? Then I feel sad for you. Oh so sad for you. You’re like a house cat that doesn’t dream of running free outside to chase the squirrels.
When I’m elected President, or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first, I’m going to fix Halloween. Here’s how:
1.The Return of Trick or Treating:Back in the 70’s and 80’s a bunch of psychopaths ruined Halloween for kids by putting razor blades and poison in candy. Now kids are stuck with “neighborhood parties” and...
October 29, 2015
Throwback Thursday! A Special Top Ten with Zombie Author Marie Lanza
The Top Ten Things YOU Need To Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
This weeks Top Ten list is a first for The Phil Factor. I’m thrilled to have a guest Top Ten list by indie zombie author Marie Lanza. Some of you will remember Marie from her hilarious interview here back in January 2014. Since January Marie has released her first full length novel, Fractured: Outbreak Zom 813and The Colony: Isolation which is the second installment in her Colony e-book series.
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Last time Marie appeared h...
October 28, 2015
Wordless Wednesday? Nope! It’s Halloween Week!
The Top Ten Perks of Being a Zombie
Since we all will eventually be zombies I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that it’s not all bad. In fact there are quite a few perks to being undead.
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10. Zombies never pay insurance premiums:No health, no dental, no auto or home. Who isn’t frustrated by all the money you spend on insurance that you never get back? Zombies, that’s who!
9. Cardio! With all that constant, aimless wandering around zombies ar...
October 27, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Ways People Ruin Halloween
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. If I wasn’t a full grown adult I’d dress up and go Trick or Treating. I do have some pet peeves though about people who don’t share my love of this holiday.
10. “Fun Size” candy:There is nothing fun about a candy bar so small that it wouldn’t give a sugar rush to a hummingbird. For cripes sake! It’s once a year, you can splurge for the full size.
9.Turning Out Your Lights:Are you the house that turns out your lights and hides in a back room pretendin...
October 26, 2015
Music Monday! 6 Questions with Larry Kirwan of Black 47
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It was the Fall of 1999 or 2000. My wife and I were visiting the picturesque little town of Stowe, Vermont. We wandered into one of the many quaint gift shops and as we browsed knick-knacks, music played. It was music that immediately struck a chord with me. It’s that feeling when you hear their music that you know you’re going to love everything they do. That’s what I felt when I first heard Black 47. I asked the cashier what the music was and she pointed me to a small stack o...
October 25, 2015
Four Books I Liked and One I Didn’t
These are quick reviews of books I’ve read this year. Unlike most people who read, I don’t read a whole lot of books. The reason is that I read to relax and empty my brain (yes, I know that probably seems like it would be a very quick job). I read to relax so I can go to sleep, so consequently other than blogs, I read about ten minutes a day before I doze off.
Prince LeStat by Anne Rice:I enjoyed the first three installments in Ms. Rice’s vampire series, but then she put out a series of vamp...
October 24, 2015
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost!
There’s two things I’m not sure if I believe in, ghosts and death. Well, I’m sure I don’t believe in my own death, and if by chance it does happen, I plan to overcome it by becoming a ghost. I’m sure you’re thinking to yourselfWhat a weirdo!Hey, relax on the judgement there. I’m contractually bound to comeback after death, if I have one, a death that is.
Contractually bound? Yup. Nothing I can do about it now. It was many years ago in college. One night myself and two friends were drinking s...
October 22, 2015
Throwback Thursday! Canada: Elaborate Winter Theme Park or Dangerous Adversary?
(Originally posted 10/18/2014) You know how people talk about “the elephant in the room” when they’re referring to something that’s obvious but everyone is pretending to ignore? Canada is the elephant in North America. It’s there but we don’t really pay it much attention, unless Rob Ford goes nuts or…umm…or…uhh..well, I guess there isn’t anything else that makes us notice Canada. I’m also not sure that Rob Ford isn’t a theme park character anyway. (Rob, if you’re reading this, get well. I’m r...
October 20, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday! The Ten Scariest Movies of All Time
Feeling in the mood for some Halloween scares? Check out the movies on this list, created from a painstaking culling of countless online lists of scary movies. These are the ten that appeared most often on most of the lists.
10. Psycho (1960)Believe it or not, this one almost didn’t make the list. This is a classic that has spawned countless imitations.
9.Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)This intrigued me by appearing on a few lists. I can’t even imagine what they found scary in 1922.
...October 17, 2015
What Does Your Selfie Say About You?
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Are you a selfie person? What does being a selfie person say about you? Is it good? Is it bad? What do you think of other people’s selfies? What do you want people to think about yours? Have I asked enough rhetorical questions yet? Don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical.
Over the last ten years we’ve become a selfie culture. Some say that it’s rooted in our insecurities and need to be validated by others. I say it’s because we got cameras in our phones you...
