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May 11, 2017
TBT! My Green Heaven
This is a funny coincidental post because when I posted this 11 years ago I had moved 6 months earlier, and now, synchronicity, I’m about 6 months out from having moved again.
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(5/31/06) Some of my long time blogging friends may remember that I moved about 6 months ago. I live in a nice suburban neighborhood with identical houses and identical yards as far as the eye can see. The electric and phone lines are buried underground so as not to spoil the picturesque view with ugly poles and wires....
May 10, 2017
May 9, 2017
Top Ten Tuesday! The Ten Best Movie Sequels Ever
With the recent debut of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. II and the return of the Alien movie franchise in ten days, I thought I’d explore sequels. Personally, I rarely like sequels. If you disagree with my list of the best sequels, please feel free to add your opinion in the comments, but if you want to add one to the list, say which one you’d take off the list.
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10. Men in Black III: For the rest of this list I averaged the rankings of several websites and surveys, but this choice was all mine...
May 8, 2017
Music Monday! Paramore: Use Somebody
Paramore is a very fun band to see live. Here though is a low key cover done on the BBC’s Live Lounge show. It’s Use Somebody that was originally done by Kings of Leon. If you’re a music fan you should look up the Live Lounge show. It features artists doing covers of their favorite songs by other artists.
Have a great Monday! ~Phil
Tagged: Music Monday, Paramore, Paramore Use Somebody, The Phil Factor, Use Somebody
May 6, 2017
People Are Stupid So Why Should It Be…
People are people so why should it be that you and I should get along so awfully? Well Depeche Mode, I’ll tell you why it should be. It’s because most of those people are either stupid or egregiously ego-centric, or probably both. Over the past two weeks I’ve traveled for work and then went on a vacation. The one constant between these two trip has been people. Mostly stupid people.
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Walk This Way
A lot of people seem to have trouble walking. Not physical trouble, mind you. They’re up and wa...
May 4, 2017
My Name is Inigo Montoya…Prepare to Fly?
Still in Florida, so here’s a Florida themed Throwback Thursday.
Wow it’s been a weird week hasn’t it? From the tragedy in Boston to the explosion in Texas to the nutjob sending poison-filled letters to politicians to American Airlines grounding a days worth of flights because of a computer ‘glitch’. That is a lot of big news and unusual events. At the end of it all I have to travel for work. Tomorrow I am taking my talents, such as they are, to Miami. You might think that w...
May 3, 2017
Wordless Wednesday! Phil is on a Vacation Far Away…
Come around and talk it over…
Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil
May 2, 2017
The Drunk That Saved Pittsburgh
Since I’m on vacation this week at Disney and not writing, I thought you’d enjoy this classic Phil Factor post from my May 2005 trip to Disney. The picture with the meme was added today because in 2005 the internet meme hadn’t been invented yet.
The first and most enduring memory of my trip to Disney World is of the shuttle bus ride from the Orlando airport to the hotel. Prior to my trip I had thought that the entertainment wouldn’t start until we actually arrived at Walt Dis...
April 29, 2017
Name Ten Bands … The Meme That Ate Facebook
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No. No, I am not going to name ten bands that I’ve seen and one of them is a lie! And I don’t have time to read and guess yours either. And guess what? I. DON’T. CARE. (Panic at the Disco) And if you list your ten bands in my comments, I may have to ban you from #ThePhilFactor.
The fact that this meme has taken over Facebook proves that Facebook is dead. After ten years or more of Facebook we have all now officially run out of things to talk about. (Weezer) This is like a party or meeting i...
April 27, 2017
TBT! Canada: Elaborate Winter Theme Park or Dangerous Adversary?
I am, at this very moment, in Canada, so for Throwback Thursday I thought I’d pull out this classic Phil Factor from October 2014.
(10/18/2014) 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...
