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October 23, 2014
Throwback Thursdays! I’m Not a Doctor, But There’s an App For That
(10/19/2013) I went to my doctor yesterday because I was bitten by a radioactive spider and I seem to have super-human strength and sticky hands. Well, that and maybe a sinus infection. So of course they decided to weigh me to decide if my sinus infections body mass index was too high. After seeing my weight I’m pretty sure my sinus infection weighs about 10 pounds.
Then I went into the holding cellexam room. My doctors office is very deceptive. They always take you back from the waiting room...
October 22, 2014
Wordless Wednesday: My New Ride
Yep, this is how I roll. Actually, I saw this at Universal City Walk in Orlando a few weeks ago. They were serving drinks or tacos out of it, I’m not sure. Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil
Tagged: The Phil Factor, Universal City Walk, Wordless Wednesday
October 21, 2014
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 good stuff.
9.Turning Out Your Lights:Are you the house that turns out your lights and hides in a back room pretending...
October 19, 2014
A Request for the Book Club Lovelies…
A reminder from Emily of Nerd In The Brain that us indie authors live and die with our reviews. If you’ve read a book by an indie author please go online and give it a review.
Originally posted on Nerd in the Brain:
I will be off and about in the world playing with dinosaurs and things today, but I have a wee favor to ask of the Book Club participants for the weekend.
If you have finished reading The Sneaker Tree or The Sleeping Angel, would you mind writing a quick review for the b...
October 18, 2014
Canada: Elaborate Winter Theme Park or Dangerous Adversary?
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 rooting for you)
Canada has been a...
October 16, 2014
Throwback Thursdays! The Phil Factor Goes To Washington!
Remember the government shutdown last year? Here is the little known story from Oct. 12, 2013 of how I solved it.
Yes, that’s me on a Segway in front of the White House. I headed down to D.C. to see if I could help with the “Shut-down.” The company that rents the Segways made me wear the helmet. You know me, I’m a “live life on the edge” kind of guy. If the helmet wasn’t mandatory my flowing locks would have been flying free in the breeze as I busted through the door and sped onto the floor of...
October 15, 2014
Wordless Wednesday: 3D Street Art
Some more awesome art that you can find randomly around my city. I posed for that. It’s the ultimate selfie. It’s about 8 feet high. Have a great Wednesday!
~Phil
Tagged: sculpture, Street art, The Phil Factor, Wordless Wednesday
October 12, 2014
Interview with the Fabulous Phil Taylor
Thank you to the wonderful Emily of Nerd in The Brain for featuring The Sneaker Tree in her book club and for interviewing me!
Originally posted on Nerd in the Brain:
The ever-so-awesome Phil Taylor agreed to answer lots of questions for us, and he’s done a splendid job! I hope you enjoy reading his responses as much as I did. :D And without further babble from me, let the interview begin:
What inspired you to become an author?
I’m not sure why, but when my mother passed away I began...
October 11, 2014
Other Stuff There Should Be Nobel Prizes For
They’ve been handing out Nobel Prizes all week long, announcing two or three every day. This may come as a surprise to you, but I didn’t get one. It sure as hell came as a surprise to me. There’s even one for Literature! Is The Phil Factor not Literature?
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All my life there’s been awesome participation trophies and ribbons that have given me the belief that I deserve an award for everything I do. Adulthood has been kind of a let-down in that regard. You probably have some Nobel Prize-...
October 9, 2014
Throwback Thursday! The Angry Biebers!
(10/5/2013) You know how when a sitcom goes on too long and gets desperate for laughs the writers make the characters exaggerated caricatures of themselves in an effort to try to squeeze a few more laughs out of the tired, stereotyped, cliched neuroses that we originally found endearing when they were expressed much more subtly early in the show? (How I Met Your Motherfor example. Seriously, Ted should have met the mother two seasons ago and wrapped up the series then)
This past week Justin Bi...
