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Throwback Thursdays! The Facebook Funeral

I post this with some sadness as it reminds me of the recent 1 year anniversary of a high school classmate who passed on far too soon.

“Technology is the opiate of the asses” I thought I was clever when I wrote this back in 2006. Now I’d like to admit that I was wrong. As many of you remember, I attended my high school class reunion about six weeks ago. I had a great time reconnecting with old friends, catching up, reliving old memories, and talking about our families. One moment however jarre...

Wordless Wednesday: Wall Therapy

Ok, this week I’m going to add words to my Wordless Wednesday. The picture above is another from my city. Several people have commented on my Wordless Wednesdays about how nice it is that my city has so much public art. I thought so too. I drive around the city a lot as part of my job. Over the last few years I noticed many remarkable murals so I decided to make them part of my Wordless Wednesdays posts.

At first I didn’t think there was any pattern or plan, but apparently I was wrong. Shockin...

Top Ten Tuesdays! My Ten Favorite Concerts

Although I have no musical talent of my own I am a music fan and I love going to live concerts, especially if I can get a good seat. Here are my ten favorite concerts that I’ve seen over the last 30 years.

10. The Police; This was before the internet. I walked about two miles in the snow and waited outside in the freezing cold for four hours to buy tickets. I got a little frostbite in my toes but it was worth it. They were my favorite band at the time.

9. Yes: Unbelievably musically talented ba...

I Was Cross with CrossFit

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 equipment. T...

The Phil Factor: Sexiest Man Alive? Maybe

This is my Throwback Thursday post and also kicks off my annual campaign to be named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.

It’s time. If you’ve been following The Phil Factor for a while you’re well aware of my past campaigns to be elected President or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first. When I say “my past campaigns” what I mean ismy annual postexpressing surprise that I wasn’t selected as Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine.Click here to see last years.

I’ve decided that it’s time to b...

Wordless Wednesday: Sunset on Lake O

Have a great Wednesday! ~ Phil

Super-Important Book Club Announcements! (With Giveaways!)

Phil Taylor:

Thank you again to Emily of Nerd in the Brain for including my book in her online book club. If you want to join Emily’s online book club and win a free copy of White Picket Prisons read on!

Originally posted on Nerd in the Brain:

As both of the authors of our Book Club books are just amazing people, they’ve both volunteered to give away signed copies of their books (or digital versions, if you prefer)! To that I say, “Squeeee!” (And I’m kind of wishing I could win my own giveaway....

Could Healthy, Organic Foods Be Killing You? Probably.

The answer is of course! If you hit anyone hard enough with a cantaloupe it would probably kill them. The question is are health foods killing you slowly and insidiously the way health food advocates claim that all those so called “unhealthy” foods are?

See that picture? Notice the smiling cartoon children? Of course they’re cartoon children! You can’t get real children to smile about squash for breakfast! I’m calling Child Protective Services on anyone who buys this for their kids.

A clinical...

Throwback Thursdays! It’s The Great Pumpkin Spice Latte Charlie Brown!

I was also going to name this “A Pumpkin Flavored Phil Factor”. It’s that time of year, again. Sigh. It has begun. Pumpkin flavored everything is back in stores! WTH? Seriously, are pumpkins such a wonderful delicacy that we have to flavor EVERYTHING with them? Why pumpkin? Is there any other time of year when a flavor takes over the country for a couple months? Around the winter holidays why isn’t there nog flavored everything? Around St. Patrick’s Day we’ve got our Shamrock Shakes, but that...

Introducing the Online Book Club!

Thank you to Emily of Nerd In the Brain for including my book, The Sneaker Tree, as one of the first choices for her online book club. Click the following link to read about the book club and how you can participate:Introducing the Online Book Club!. If you like to read and discuss books with others, give this a try! There’s going to be giveaways and whatnot!

If you have some other friends who are readers feel free to share this by Facebook, Twitter or re-blogging!

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