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July 15, 2015
July 14, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday! The Ten Funniest Top Ten Lists Ever
Last week I featured my Top Ten Most Popular Top Tens as determined by the number of comments they garnered. This week I’m featuring my ten funniest Top Tens. Apparently I have a thing for the Amish. Just click the links to read.
10. Ten Reasons to become Amish
9. The Top Ten Things Airlines Should Change
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8. Ten Surprising Hillary Clinton E-Mails
7. The Top Ten Reasons I’m Not Spider-Man
6.The Top Ten Amish Facebook Status Updates
July 13, 2015
Music Monday! Begging for Thread
I came across this song by the American singer BANKS about four months ago. She’s only been in the public eye and on the airwaves for about eighteen months. Her name is actually Jillian Banks but she goes by BANKS. She got her music out there by posting to Soundcloud and shortly thereafter began getting radio play in England. Here in the States we were a little late to catch on, but this single, Begging for Thread is now a staple on alternative radio. I love the mood of this song.
Have a gre...
July 11, 2015
Should We Bubble Wrap the World?
We all love bubble wrap right? What we love about it is popping the bubbles, right? (Does anyone not see a metaphor coming?)In a post a few months ago about the idiot that petitioned Facebook to remove the “feeling fat”emoji,I said that “nobody’s going to bubble wrap the world to make it safe.” In fact, I don’t want anyone to make the whole world perfectly safe.
Much like our immune system, unless we’re exposed to dangers, we’ll never learn to cope with them. Sadly though, I think that as a s...
July 10, 2015
6 Questions with Greenland Expert Sarah Woodall
Photo credit Pilu Nielsen
TPF: Tell us a little about how you came to work in Greenland and how much time do you spend there?
Sarah: The cut-to-the-chase answer is that I was in graduate school getting a Master of Tourism Administration and in November 2011 a representative from Visit Greenland, the national tourist board, came to my school to give a recruitment presentation about summer internships. Thepitch was to travel to Nuuk, Greenland for a four-month internship in summer 2012, work...
July 9, 2015
TBT! Psychic or Psycho?
(7/12/2014) I’m sure that when it comes to the title question, you’ve already decided about me. Last weekend I had my first ever experience with a psychic medium. If she was any good she’d be called a psychic large. Am I right? A winery near me has a psychic medium doing tarot card readings every Sunday afternoon this summer. For $25 you get a glass of wine and your reading. Below are my cards. Truth be told, if she really is psychic she’d know that the flower print table cloth is a terrible...
July 8, 2015
Wordless Wednesday: Bollywood Sugar
Picture courtesy of Facebook.com/walltherapy
This is a brand new mural titled Bollywood Sugar that was just completed last week in Rochester, N.Y. by the Dutch artist HandieDan. This mural kicks off the annual Wall Therapy Festival my city has every year during which 15-20 artists from all over the world descend on our city for a few weeks and then leave it an infinitely more beautiful place.
Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil
Tagged: handiedan, murals, NY, Rochester, Street art, The Phil Fact...
July 7, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten Top Ten Lists
I’ve been doing a Top Ten list every Tuesday for over a year. Today I ran out of ideas, until I wondered if people might like to revisit the most popular of my Top Ten lists. Somewhere there’s a book of David Letterman’s Top Ten lists, so I thought if Dave can do it, why can’t I? These are my most popular Top Tens based on the number of comments they elicited. Feel free to add your comments if you missed these the first time!
July 6, 2015
Music Monday! Suzy & Los Quattro
This band from Barcelona is produced by actor Sharknado/Brady Bunch Robbie Rist, who interviewed for #ThePhilFactorabout ten days ago.
Have a great Monday! ~Phil
Tagged: Music Monday, Robbie Rist interview, Suzy & Los Quattro, The Phil Factor
July 4, 2015
The Problem People: Are You One?
I am not a Problem Person, but you might be and not even know it. See the guy in the picture?
(Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
He’s a Problem Person. Rule of thumb: If you show up anywhere with a monkey on your shoulder, you’re a Problem Person. (The exception being when you work for a zoo and Jimmy Fallon invites you on his show to display exotic animals)
Most Problem People don’t know they’re Problem People:The official definition of Problem Person: Any person who through laziness and/or i...
