Phil Taylor's Blog: The Phil Factor, page 95
January 17, 2017
Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Funny Tweets
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I’m traveling this week for both vacation and work, so you get some jokes from some other funny people who don’t have blogs. If you don’t Twitter, you should try it. It’s fun! If you aren’t sure how Twitter works, read A Guide to Twitter for The Non Twits.If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can find me @ThePhilFactor
MARRIAGE COUNSELOR: What is it that you are both most fearful of?
WIFE: I just…[sobbing]…don’t want the kids to suffer
ME: Eels
— Andrew W Chamings (@AndrewChamings) Janu...
January 16, 2017
Music Monday: The Wrecks
I love this song. It’s got a very different, fun, frenetic sound. The Wrecks three song debut EP dropped last April and once radio stations heard it, this song started getting airplay. The Wrecks have only been a band for a little over a year, but based on that little three song debut they’ve already opened on a major tour with Nothing But Thieves. Enjoy the song and have a great Monday! ~Phil
Tagged: Favorite Liar, Music Monday, The Phil Factor, The Wrecks
January 14, 2017
The Snowpocalypse! (aka Snow in the South)
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It happened last week. The annual snowpocalypse in the southeastern United States. For those of you from other countries, there are parts of the United States that get a lot of snow for about four months every year. I live in one of those unfortunate places. For us, getting a foot (30 centimetres) of snow overnight just means that we have to spend a little extra time clearing our driveway before we go to work. In the southeastern region of the United States they get snow about once a year, a...
January 12, 2017
Throwback Thursday! A Conversation With My Future Grandchildren
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(Jan. 9, 2016) The genesis for this post occurred when I was eating at a diner recently. Nearby was a table of ten elderly folks, all looking about 70 if i had to guess. Maybe they were high school friends who still get together weekly. I wasn’t paying them much attention other than the fleeting thought that I wouldn’t want to be the waitress cashing them out when they’re all trying to pay for their meals individually, with exact change and coupons from other restaurants. Suddenly, very clea...
January 11, 2017
Wordless Wednesday! The Demon Chiropractor of Fleet Street
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I saw this office yesterday and had to take the picture. Ok, maybe I should have titled this Slightly Wordy Wednesday. Think about that picture. Two adults with the last name Sweeney intentionally named their son Todd. I salute their sense of humor. Imagine how often, when teachers were taking attendance or he’s waiting at the DMV and someone reading the name listed alphabetically had to announce aloud, “Sweeney, Todd.” Sadly young Todd didn’t have enough of a sense of humor to grow up to be...
January 10, 2017
Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten TV Doctors
The medical drama or comedy is a staple of television lineups on just about any network, any night of the week. Who though, are the best television doctors of all time? Here’s my list. If you have other ideas, please leave a comment.
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10. Dr. Perry Cox, Scrubs:He was the biggest jerk ever on a medical show, but he was hilarious as he abused the residents. Scrubs was also a very underrated great show.
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9. House:Overrated show. If you watched the first three episodes you could see the formula e...
January 9, 2017
U.S. Blogging Event Details, Poll
The U.S. Blogging Event committee would like to thank those of you who voted for a location for this meeting of bloggers. If you are unaware, Chicago, Illinois was the city that was chosen to hold the inaugural event. Itwill be similar to the Bloggers Bash that has been held in London fora couple years.
Please note that the date of this event has been changed to Saturday, August 26, 2017; it’s a week earlier than the September 2, 2017 date that was previously set. At this ti...
Music Monday! Green Day is Still Breathing
Yes, after thirty years together, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bandGreen Dayis still breathing and still making good music. The elder statesmen of modern punk rock are one of my favorites and I’ll be seeing them again in about two months, so I thought I’d share their current hit single with you. You know they’ve become mainstream when they’re on the Ellen DeGeneres show. I’d love to interview them for #ThePhilFactor, so if anyone has any connections that could make that happen, let me know.
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January 7, 2017
I Know Your Booty Business!
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Yesterday at the supermarket I felt a twinge of shame. I had gone there to buy one thing, toilet paper. As soon as I picked it up I could feel the furtive glances. Others assuming as they silently passed judgement that I was silently passing gas. They knew. They knew that I had pooped and was planning to poop again in the future. Maybe a lot. I imagined that at least one of them thought to themselves, “Sheesh! That’s a lot of toilet paper for one person. He must really have a problem.” So of...
January 5, 2017
TBT! The 5 People You’ll Meet In The Gym
It’s that time of year again! Time for many of us to join a gym for three weeks. This is a classic post from 2013 that is always appropriate this time of year.
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Was your New Years Resolution to get in better shape? Did you sign up for a gym? You may not know it by looking at me, but I belong to a gym. I think there was a law passed stating that the more popular a gym is, the louder the music has to be. If you were to notice only the music and people on cell phones you’d think you were out at...
