Phil Taylor's Blog: The Phil Factor, page 145

Throwback Thursday! My Christmas Form Letter to You

(First posted on #ThePhilFactor Dec. 14, 2013)It’s that time of year again! The time for the year in review Christmas form letter. It’s always touching when our relatives treat us like customers. Typically these form letters take one of two directions. The first and most typical is the ‘What a wonderful year we had!’

“Dear ____________, 2013 was a wonderful year for my family. I started a new job six figure job, and my wife was promoted to president of her company. The kids are doing well. Joh...

Wordless Wednesday: Street Art

Another awesome mural from my city. As you can see by counting the windows, it’s five stories high. I have no idea what it symbolizes. Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil

Tagged: mural, Street art, The Phil Factor, Wordless Wednesday

Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Reasons to Love the Holidays!

forums.hexus.net

10. Ridiculous Holiday Light Displays:That’s not my house but I wish it was. I love people that take the decorating and lights waaaay too far. I wish we could do it all year long. If there’s a neighborhood that decorates all year long, let me know. I’ll move there.

9.Getting presents:Well duh! Free stuff that we didn’t know we needed or wanted? Yes please! Notice that the presents are only 9th on my list? That’s because I’m not superficial and materialistic.

8. Nutcrackers:I buy...

Interview with 2014 Thurber Prize Winner John Kenney!

What? You don’t know what the Thurber Prize is?!!? For those of you not familiar, “the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States.” It has been awarded annually since 1997 and I have not yet won it. I know, shocker, right?

I have, however, had the good fortune for the second year in a row to interview the Thurber Prize winner for The Phil Factor. Fortunately for me and you, guys who write funny stuff are usually pretty nice. The gu...

Was Jesus the First Chuck Norris?

Photo credit: my neighbors

See that picture? Can you tell me with absolute certainty that’s not Chuck Norris on the right? I know my title says Jesus was the first Chuck Norris and I know that’s Joseph on the right, but you’ve got to think that the son grew up to look a little like his dad right?

knowledgeknight.wordpress.com

I’ve been doing a little investigating, like in a Dan Brown novel, and I’ve come to the conclusion that that in one form or another humans have always worshipped a Jesus/Ch...

Throwback Thursdays! The Elf From Hell?

I first posted this one two Decembers agoin response to the newest holiday tradition that’s all the rage with young parents these days.That’s a terrifying elf there in that picture huh? It’s that time of year again. Time to give your children nightmares.

(12/22/2012) Most of you are familiar with the Elf on the Shelf right? In the Elf on the Shelf tradition these poorly dressed little plastic elves are mischievous minions of the red suited overlord who spy on the every move of children and rep...

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas Cat

Happy Holidays from my possessed cat.

Have a great Wednesday! Phil

Tagged: Christmas cat, ThePhilFactor, Wordless Wednesday

Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Things To Hate About The Holidays!

You’re a mean one Mister Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mister Grinch. You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.

Yup, that’s me; King of sarcasm and hater of all things jolly. I’m not saying that there aren’t things to love about the holidays. There are plenty, but c’mon everybody, if we’re truly being honest with ourselves, there are a lot of things to hate about the holidays. Here’s my top ten, and in the spirit of a gift that ke...

A Guide to Twitter for the Non-Twits

“I don’t get Twitter.” I hear it all the time. I understand though because when I first signed up for Twitter I didn’t “get it” either. Twitter just looked like a stream of consciousness non-sequiturs and random nonsense.

http://www.trendingimage.com

The truth is, a lot of what you find on Twitter is nonsense, but it doesn’t have to be. You can tailor Twitter to be what you want it to be. One of my first experiences with Twitter that showed me that it wasn’t just idiotic, unintelligible banter,...

Words With Phil

I used to play words with friends until my buddy Alec and I got thrown off a plane for it. Recently my son got me back into it. I want to play multiple games but I don’t want to play with completely random strangers from the internet. I promise not to cheat with any apps. I’m not spectacular at it. I’m better than some and not as good as others.

If you want to play you can find me asThe Phil Factor of course. Make sure to put the ‘The’ there or you’ll wind up with a cheating imposter.

Have a gr...