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Pic courtesy of Glamour magazine, which I obviously have a subscription to. Dear Travis Kelce, (First, for my readers from other countries, Travis Kelce is a very good American football player) So anyway, Travis, you’re going to have to take this hit and date Taylor Swift. A month ago on your podcast, Travis, you mentioned that you wanted to give Taylor  a friendship bracelet with your phone…

I’m not trying to make light of the passing of Chuck Norris. I’m trying to celebrate all that Chuck brought to us over the years. Some of what follows is a re-run of my blog from 2014 when Chuck Norris was on fire on the internet. 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…

I know that I often claim to be psychic, and I also know that most of you think I’m just exagerrating or kidding. Last Sunday I posted my annual Oscars Psychic Predictions.   Of the top 5 movies nominated for Best Picture, I had only seen two of them. At about 11:00 pm Eastern time, when I was sound asleep, my son in California texted to tell me that not only did I get the Best Picture prediction…

This is my bi-annual reminder that tonight in the United States we move our clocks forward by an hour and my reminder to you that it’s stupid. I’ve been posting this every Fall and Spring since 2006 and will continue to do so until the government does away with Daylight Savings Time. When I’m elected President, or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first, I’m going to pass a law getting rid of…

In case you didn’t know, there are some really depressing scientists who keep a “Doomsday clock” which gauges the human races chance of exterminating ourselves.  If the clock strikes midnight, that means our last days are nigh. About two weeks ago they declared that the Doomsday clock was at 85 seconds until midnight. Hmm… I wonder what they’re worried about. According to ThePhilFactor in 2017,…

We may be going to different Super Bowl parties this weekend, but a lot of the people at our parties will be eerily similar and equally irritating. Read on and see if you can identify these folks at your party this Sunday. If you can’t, you’re probably one of them. The Gambler: He may know when to hold’em but he doesn’t know when to fold’em or when to shut up. This guy always wants you to know…

Did I watch the Olympic opening ceremonies? Not really.  However, I will see the Super Bowl half-time show this weekend. It’s a short month and I only have so much pomp and circumstance tolerance. Is it just me or are the Olympic opening ceremonies just a cross between an elaborate drama club production and a marching band half-time show? Not only am I not interested in the opening ceremonies,…

The two best Phil’s ever! Punxusutawney and Me In case you didn’t know, it’s Groundhog Day! Who doesn’t love this old movie? Especially since Bill Murray‘s character was named Phil. And, the groundhog is also named Phil. Coincidence? I think not. This post was originally written for #ThePhilFactor on Feb. 2, 2006 and I now post it every year, over and over, just like Phil’s Groundhog Day in the…