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Music Monday! Nothing Personal

This is my son’s band opening for Hawthorne Heights last Tuesday. My son is the singer/guitarist and songwriter.

Have a great Monday!

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The Offenders: Age of Philtron (What’s Your Superpower?)

Last night the new Avengers movie, Age of Ultron, debuted in the United States. It got me to thinking, shocking I know, but I do it sometimes. All boys grow up hoping to have a superpower and become a superhero. Do women ever hope for the same? And if women hope to have superpowers, what kind of powers do they dream of? The new Avengers movie also got me to thinking of what might be some of the worst super powers ever.

For instance, in The Avengers there’s a character called Hawkeye. His all...

Indie (?) Author Interview: Hugh Howey

Phil Taylor:

This is the guy who gives me hope and keeps me writing. Once he was just an indie author writing his stories like me but when he made it big he was still nice enough to interview for my blog.

Originally posted on The Phil Factor:

Hi Hugh and welcome to #ThePhilFactor. Thanks for taking the time to share some thoughts with my readers. First off, I just want everyone to know that the question mark above is not questioning if you are an author, but if you are an indie author. The ans...

Throwback Thursday! The 51st Most Beautiful Person

This year People Magazine named Sandra Bullock the World’s Most Beautiful Woman. Last year however, People Magazine named the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. I was 51st. On a separate note, thank you all for all your visits and comments this month. It was my stats second best month in ten years of blogging.

(04/26/2014)People Magazine released their 50 Most Beautiful People edition this week. Spoiler Alert! I wasn’t on the list, again. Hard to believe right? Trust me, I’m as outraged...

Wordless Wednesday: Street Art

This one is from a building in San Juan, Puerto Rico. How tall must the ladder have been to paint this?

Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil

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Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Reasons to Become Amish

Who doesn’t love the Amish right? Sure they don’t know Breaking Bad from breaking wind, but there are a lot of great reasons to convert to Amishism. That’s a word right? That must be what they call it. Who knows? They never talk enough for us to figure them out. My demographic stats show that I have very low readership among the Amish, so I decided to write a post about them to boost my popularity. I’m hoping they’ll share it on their Facebooks.

10. Black is very slimming:Have you ever seen...

Music Monday! She & Him

Everyone in America knows Zooey Deschanel as the adorable Jessica from the show New Girl or as Buddy the Elf’s girlfriend in the movie Elf, but very few know her as part of the duoShe & Himwho have released five CD’s. Here is one of their most popular songs:

Have a great Monday! ~Phil

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Can You Smell Me Now?

Phil Taylor:

I was traveling this week and didn’t have time for my usual weekend Phil Factor. This is a funny one from a couple years ago that not many people saw the first time.

Originally posted on The Phil Factor:

According to an online survey 19% of cell phone users have dropped their phone into the toilet at least once. That isn’t a problem however for 1.5 billion people. Not just any 1.5 billion people though. This is the 1. 5 billion who have cell phones but not toilets.

According to a...

TBT: Pennsylvania, Too Weird To Remain a State?

(Originally posted 4/19/14) You know how every now and then the people in Quebec start chattering about seceding from Canada and becoming their own country? I wonder why Pennsylvania doesn’t do that. Sometimes I also wonder why the United States doesn’t forcefully eject Pennsylvania from the union. Political commentator James Carville once famously said, “Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.” Pretty funny. That guy should have a blog. Sadly though, his statemen...

Wordless Wednesday: Catching Some Rays

Me and this little guy have been catching some sun this week. Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil

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