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TBT: There’s a New Pope!

Ok, there isn’t a new Pope. To commemorate the Pope’s visit to the United States I’m reposting what I blogged in April of 2005 when the previous Pope was elected. Yes, I said 2005. The Phil Factor has spanned two Popes and two Presidents. In fact, Pope Jon Paul II died the day before The Phil Factor was born. Or did he die so that #ThePhilFactor could be born?Hey, it’s the circle of life. I don’t make the rules. What I think I’m trying to say here is that God wants you to read The Phil Factor...

Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten Perks of Being The Pope

10. He gets his own bobblehead:My head bobbles, but nobody is making toys out of it.

9.Chicks dig a guy with power:Dude can get anyone in the Vatican City he wants. From what I hear, he’s got a serious habit habit, if you know what I mean (insert wink emoji here).

8. I tried for years to Get McDonald’s to serve breakfast all day:One wave of his triton and it’s Egg McMuffin’s for dinner.

7. He gets featured on #ThePhilFactoragain. Come back for my Throwback Thursday later this week to read a...

The Magic and Mystery of Google

Before I begin my list of some of the most idiotic search terms that have brought people to #ThePhilFactor, I’d like to pay tribute to Google, the search engine that makes it possible. First of all Google, I love you, but you’re getting it wrong. For years I have waged the search engine ranking battle with Phil Factor, a magician from Ranch Cucamonga, California. My blog, #ThePhilFactor, gets about 200 views a day (thanks to the horny Hindi’s). I can’t imagine that any magician not named Cop...

Throwback Thursday! I Was Cross with CrossFit

(09/13/2014) I’ve always gone to a gym or done some kind of exercise to keep in shape for nighttime crime-fighting on the rooftops of the city. I went to the gym the other day and encountered my worst nightmare. Last month, bored with my usual gym routine, I decided to try a CrossFit class. First I had to find the CrossFit class. It wasn’t in a gym. It was in the back of an old, dingy warehouse that looks like the kind of place terrorists plan things. It was filled with black and gray fitness...

You Can’t Handle The Truth!

That’s right. You can’t handle the truth. But the truth is that I know. I know beyond a reasonable doubt…

I was on a jury for a trial this past week. Shocking, right? Apparently they felt that my celebrity wouldn’t disrupt the trial proceedings too much. Actually, as the trial was going on, before the judge dismissed the jurors each evening he reminded us not to talk to anyone about the trial and not to share details of the trial on “social media such as Facebook, MySpace, or blogs.” I won’t...

TBT! Speedos, Cigs, and Vespas

This is one of my favorite posts from 2011. I wrote it after visiting Barcelona and I’m reposting it today because two of my WordPress friends,Suzie Speaksand Anita and Richard of No Particular Place to Go are visiting Barcelona this week. After reading this, go visit their blogs for some absolutely spectacular pictures of an incredible city, (where apparently there was a blog conference that I wasn’t invited to).

Speedos, Cigs, and Vespas!(09/20/2011)

Believe it or not, TSA allowed me on a f...

Top Ten Tuesday! The Ten Worst Pumpkin Flavored Ideas

Yes, it’s that time of year again. The time when pumpkin invades anything and everything that can be eaten or drank. Ugh. I love pumpkin pie, but I hate the flavor in anything else. Of these ten abomination to humanity pumpkin flavored ideas, only one is fake. Can you guess what it is? Put your guess in the comments.

10. Burger King Japan’s Pumpkin Bomb Burger:To be honest, I’m surprised this burger only exists in Japan. Also, considering their history of bombing by the United States, it see...

How Ron Burgundy Will Save Hindi Sex

Before anyone gets their knickers in a knot and lectures me on cultural insensitivity, let me give you a quick lesson. Hindi is language. Hindu is a religion. I’m not talking about the religion, I’m talking about many of the people who speak Hindi, which is the official language of India. It’s possible, and probable that there are Hindu’s who speak Hindi, but it’s also possible that there are Hindi’s who are not Hindu. Got that?

Now on to the subject of how my little blog has become a hotspo...

What’s In A Name

Phil Taylor:

A genius walks among us. Marissa makes Shel Silverstein and Maya Angelou look like slackers.

Originally posted on :

Mother:
Oh hon look at our little lamb
Pictured in the sonogram
She looks so small so sweet and dear
I just can’t wait til she is here
We have her crib, some clothes her wipes her
Toys, layette sets and her diapers
One thing though it’s very plain
Our little one just needs a name

Father:
I just can’t guess a name other
Than that o...

Musings on the First Year in a 1:1 iPad Classroom

Phil Taylor:

Hey Everybody, this is my wife’s cousin Kirsten. Give her a read and a follow!

Originally posted on edtechinspired:

Over two years ago, the faculty at my school were all given iPads. We had several professional development sessions to help integrate technology into our repertoire. But that was only the “amuse-bouche.” For educational technology enthusiasts such as myself, I was anxious to see how a 1:1 program would push my instruction.

I also knew there would be a learning curve....