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What’s Your Six Degrees of Separation Story?

Posted on January 31, 2026 | 1 comment

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The Six Degrees of Separation theory was conceived by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929, suggesting that we are just six people connections away from any other person on this planet. The theory never hit pop culture until a play by John Guare came out in 1990. Six Degrees of Separation won the 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as the Hull Warriner Award and the Obie. After the play’s popularity soared it was made into a movie starring a young Will Smith.

I will admit that I didn’t know that it was a movie or a play until I started researching for this blog. I thought that it was just a sociology theory that everyone was talking about.

According to AI, the play/movie “explore the premise that any two people are connected by a chain of six or fewer acquaintances. Inspired by a true story, the play centers on a con artist named Paul who charms his way into the lives of wealthy Upper East Side art dealers“. Since hearing of the theory back in the 90’s, I’ve been fascinated by it. 

What do you think? Is the theory possibly true? I do. And in fact I think it’s possible that I am in the center of that invisible web of humanity. Can I prove it? Absolutely not. Who can? Why do I think that I’m the center? Because I want to.

There is also the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon theory which posits that every actor/actress in Hollywood can be connected to Kevin Bacon through six or less movie/TV shared appearances. I can’t claim that but…oddly enough, I can be connected to Kevin Bacon through Kevin’s actress wife Kyra Sedgwick who starred with Richard Gere in the film Time Out Of Mind. I connect to Richard Gere because my high school biology lab partner married his sister.

I can also be connected to a jazz pianist, Earl Hines, that was very popular as far back as the late 1920’s. (On the show Two and a Half Men they had a poster of him on the wall for several years.) I met him in person once in the 70’s. And one of my more odd connections is Fidel Castro because in the 60’s my mom spoke to his brother on the phone. It’s too bad they didn’t really hit it off. Oh and there’s my brother who worked TSA in Vegas for twenty years, so that puts a lot of famous folks only two connections from me. He’s a talker, so he’s had conversations with so many people. Once me, Michael Vick, George Thorogood, and most of the nations media were all in a hotel lobby at once. That was an interesting day.

Don’t even get me started on the music industry! I could go on all day, but what fun is that? I already know that I had a ten minute conversation about fireflies with the guy that sang 867-5309. I’ve also done a bunch of interviews for this blog that has expanded my web infinitely. So what’s your best six degrees of separation story? Put it in the comments and maybe we can pull them all together for a fun blog full of quirky stories. Chances are that we already be connected to each other! It would be fun to find out!

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Blogger Stereotypes: Are You One? Probably…

Posted on January 24, 2026 | 15 comments

Apparently some data scrapers in Singapore have been loving this 2017 blog post, so I decided to make it easier for them to find. Has anyone else had an old blog post just be getting off the charts number of views lately?

Blogging, for those who can’t find enough friends to complain to on Facebook! Let’s face it, we’re bloggers. We blog. We’re part of what larger society regards as a bunch of odd balls. I suppose it’s possible that some of us are odd balls, loners in their mom’s basement, or crazy people. (yes, I’m looking at you) But then, there’s the rest of us. I’ve blogged long enough to see that although we’re all bloggers, there are sub-groups among us. Stereotypes, if you will. Are you one of them?

The “Humor” Blogger: I figured that if I’m going to offend some of my blogging friends, I might as well start with myself: There’s lots of humor bloggers and none of us are ever as funny as we think we are. I know that when I, and my fellow humor bloggers, have penned a sarcastic masterpiece of social commentary and with an exaggerated  flourish and the sound of angels in our heads, triumphantly hit Publish, we sit back with a satisfied smile waiting for our readers to fawn upon our comedic genius in the comments. What really happens is: check stats, sigh, refresh, ugh, still only ten views? “What is wrong with people? This is hilarious! I shared to Facebook, but it’s been an hour. It’s way down peoples feeds. I’d better post it again. I know they don’t want to miss my Saturday post.”

The ‘I’m Writing a Book‘ Blogger: Occasionally I may fall into this category too, but others don’t just fall into this category, they burst right out of it. Repeatedly. What’s that? You’re a blogger and you’re writing a book? I’ve never heard of such a thing! Could you please mention it on your blog, daily, so we never forget? And please, by all means, tweet about it too. What’s that? It’s your first novel and you’re on the twenty-seventh revision so you can get it just right before sending to a publisher. Please tell us more!

The Music Blogger: Yes, we get that you know more music than us and all of your friends. No, we don’t want to hear the ‘B side’ of Vanilla Ice’s little known folk rock album released just last year.

The Blogging Expert Blogger: What? You have ten thousand followers? Yes, please write another post about Search Engine Optimization so I get more views on my blog. And by all means, make it a list of 99 Ways To…

The Fashion Blogger: Pictures of new clothes you’re buying? I can’t get enough! You’re so chic and your lifestyle is so glamorous! What?!!? You have an Instagram with millions more pictures of you in clothes? Be still my beating heart! Why aren’t there guy fashion blogs?

The Mommy Blogger: You have kids and they’re funny and you write stories about their adorable antics? How unique! You should write a book! And please add in how you’re trying to lose the baby weight and tell us about your workout routine!

Well, which stereotype are you? Are there stereotypes I missed? Put your suggestions in the comments and have a great Saturday! ~Phil

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The Phil Factor Psychic Predictions for 2026

Posted on January 2, 2026 | 6 comments

Yes, it’s my most popular post to help you plan for the new year.  You’re probably wondering if I’m really a psychic. The answer seems to be yes. In 2015 I posted my first “psychic predictions” article, intending just to be funny. But in those predictions I got some of them spot on right. I thought, “hey, maybe just luck, right?” Then in 2016 I did it again. I posted ten psychic predictions and by the end of the year I got most of them correct again. Yes, some of the predictions you’ll read here today are meant to be humorous, but the other ones are intended to be completely serious. Enough of my blabbering! Let’s get to the psychic stuff!

Is It Going to be “The End of The World As We Know It”?

The short answer is no, but don’t get too comfy. We will have a scare involving artificial intelligence taking things into it’s own hands. Does A.I have hands? Some A.I. robots do for sure but they aren’t going to be pushing any big red buttons. It’s the computer/servor based A.I. that worries me. Some A.I. platforms are doing things autonomously and they very clearly have developed the ability to have opinions. As I’ve said before. The United Nations can’t leave A.I. to each country. It’s got to be a collaborative effort.

Pic from International Moving Company

Americans flee the country for good in incredible numbers! Amongst tremendous and consistent political turbulence and unaffordable costs of living, the number of Americans moving to Europe and other countries will be reported to be unlike any generation before. The rest of the world will not be really thrilled about this development, but they will be very understanding.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. Getty images

Selena and Benny Divorce: I’m always sad when I have to predict the dissolution of a marriage. It’s not going to be because of cheating. It’s because Benny is never home. I’m not sure if this is a psychic prediction or not because in one afternoon, twice I saw Benny walking around Santa Monica on his cell phone with no Selena in sight. About two months later my son saw Benny going to the movies with by himself. They’re just not spending enough time together. They’re staying together not for the kids, because they don’t have any. They’re staying together for the album that was released in March.

The Drones will be back! Isn’t it interesting that the drones that were so prominent in the northeast for several months last year haven’t been mentioned AT ALL in the last year?  There were nightly drone sightings on the news for months and as soon as I wrote about them, they disappeared.  That’s super suspicious. I haven’t seen any news features say, “Where the heck did the drones go?” Don’t worry, they’ll be back in about four months. Yes, four months.

No One Will Want Wicked 3. In the immortal words of Conan O’Brien, “It’s the perfect movie for anybody who’s ever finished watching The Wizard of Oz and thought, ‘Sure, but where did all the minor characters go to college?” Wicked 3 will bomb at the box office.

The Royals!  King Chuck will make fewer and fewer public appearances, fueling speculation of his ability to lead the country. When it was suggested that he step away to focus on his health he said, “Aww man! I just got the job! My mum had it forever before she keeled over. It’s not fair!”. Then he mistook a balloon dog for his crown. 

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of all official Royal Family affilations. After he was discovered working at a Tim Horton’s in Cape Spear, New Foundland, he was quoted as saying, “I don’t work here because I have to but because I want to.” Yeah, sure Andy, just get me my hash browns.

That job won’t last long because Trump will annex the remote Canadian island and declare Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor the King of that territory and innocent of everything, right before they take a lunch break at the nearest Hooters.

Megan Markle will leave Prince Harry for actor/comedian Pete Davidson. See below.

That’s my guy. Pete, I’ve always got your back.

Personally, I predict I will travel the world and write about it. I’ll return to these psychic predictions any time one of them comes true, and in June to see how my predictions are holding up. I’ll also add new predictions as they pop into my head so that you’ll always be prepared for anything the crazy world is going to throw at us.

Have a great 2026. I know I will. Thanks for reading! ~Phil

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Why YOU Did Your New Year Resolutions Wrong!

Posted on January 1, 2026 | 3 comments

Good morning and welcome to the next year of your life. YOU did your resolutions wrong. Whether you wrote about them online, posted them on Facebook, or just said them aloud to your friends, you did it wrong. “I want to lose ten pounds,” or maybe you said, “I want to be more organized in 2026! Perhaps you might have gone the “I’m going to learn something new!” route. Regardless, you were wrong, wrong, WRONG! Yes, that last wrong was said in frustration at you. At the whole human race in fact.

Last night I was watching one of those insipid New Year’s Eve countdown shows and they had clips of about fifteen different celebrities saying their resolutions. These were famous, talented people who have displayed their skills for the world to see. Surely people like this must have grand goals they aspire to, right? Nope. They wanted to lose the same ten pounds as you and “live more in the moment” in 2025. Ugh. Snoozefest. Zzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz. That was me last night dozing off because I was bored with the whole human race and their pathetically small aspirations.

What is wrong with people? Does no one aspire to greatness anymore? Does no one want to change the world, or even conquer it in some fashion? We’ve grown from a single cell organism to creatures that travel to outer space and have phones that can reach anyone anywhere on the planet at any time! Our history is filled with dreamers that wanted to achieve greatness just because they could! But this year, I didn’t hear any of them.

Guess what everybody? We only get one New Year beginning every year. Why squander it dreaming small? You know the old saying: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll die without oxygen in the void of space you’ll land among the stars.” If you set some mundane goal, you’ll never be excited about achieving it.

Here are my goals for 2026:

  1. Be chosen as Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine. Seriously, if Blake Shelton can win it, then it’s obviously open to anyone.
  2. Have one of my books achieve best seller status and sell the movie or TV rights.
  3. Resume doing stand-up comedy. Get my own special on Netflix.
  4. Sit down with Donald Trump , Vladimir Putin and Volodmymyr Zelensky and tell them all to grow up and act like adults. Then I will broker a peace treaty between the countries.
  5. Get all my psychic predictions right and be acknowledged as the world’s greatest psychic who is consulted by world leaders. (This one may have to happen before #4.)

There. That’s how you set goals! Now get off your lazy asses, lose ten pounds AND change the world! Are you with me? If you are, put one of your ‘shoot for the moon‘ goals in the comments for all the world to see.

Have a great Thursday and an even better 2026! ~Phil

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Unusual New Year Traditions from All Over The World

Posted on December 31, 2025 | 2 comments

Pic from Fodor’s Travel

Universally New Years night or New Years Day means the same thing to everyone, except the Chinese, who do the same thing, but based on the Lunar year, and it’s a different date. Seems kind of snooty to me. That’s why I haven’t visited China yet. The rest of the world is on the same page as far as the date goes, but in other countries they celebrate the holiday in wildly different ways!

Spain and other Spanish speaking countries: In Spanish speaking countries the locals eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve. Each grape represents good luck for each month of the upcoming year. Fortunately they didn’t choose grapefruit or watermelons!

Pic from The Economic Times

Denmark’s Plate Smashing Tradition: In Denmark it’s customary to throw dishes at your friends door on New Years Eve. The more broken dishes on your doorstep, the more popular you are. This is exactly why I don’t have any Danish friends.

Pic from SFGate

Japan’s Temple Bells Ringing: In Japan temples ring the temple bells 108 times at New Years Eve midnight to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief. People gather to listen to the bells, hoping to leave the past behind. They only believe in 108 sins?!!? Have they not seen the internet yet?

South Africa’s Furniture Tossing: In some parts of South Africa it’s not uncommon for people to throw old furniture out their windows on New Years Eve. This act symbolizes letting go of the past and embracing the new. Coincidentally, hundreds of pedestrians are killed by falling furniture every New Years Eve.

Apparently Ecuadoreans are not fans of cartoon characters either

Ecuador’s Scarecrow Burning: In Ecuador, people create life-sized scarecrows, known as “Anos Viejos,” representing the old year. (there is supposed to be an accent over the n in Anos, but I don’t know how to do that). At midnight the Ecuadoreans light their effigies on fire, symbolizing burning away the past. Maybe if some Ecuadoreans visited South Africa on New Years day they could take care of all the New Years Eve furniture on the sidewalks.

Pic from The Nomad Today

Finland’s Predictive Metal Casting: It’s called Tinanvalanta. In Finland people predict the coming year by melting tin horseshoes and casting them into cold water. The resulting shape is believed to foretell a person’s future – a heart shape signifies love while a ship may mean travel. I have a similar tradition where I dip a chip (crisp) in some melted cheese and it foretells me eating a tasty chip.

Pic from Greek Herald

Columbia’s Empty Suitcase Stroll: Columbians take an empty suitcase and walk around their block at midnight, hoping it will bring travel and adventure in the coming year. I wonder how many couples break up because one actually took their suitcase and just kept going until they got to the airport?

Philippine’s Round Food Feast: Filipino’s believe that eating round fruits on New Years Eve bring prosperity and wealth in the coming year. How many shapes does food come in? Are there any parallelogram foods?

Pic from Big 7 Travel

Russia’s New Years Eve Divination: In Russia, it’s a tradition to write down a wish on a piece of paper, burn it, and then mix the ashes with a glass of champagne. They believe that drinking their burnt wishes will bring fulfillment of their wish. Apparently someone in Russia wished for a long, awful war.

Pic from Visit Scotland

Scotland’s First Footing: In Scotland the “First Footing” tradition involves being the first person to enter a friend or neighbors home home after the stroke of midnight, bringing symbolic gifts like coins, bread, salt, and whisky for good luck. Although I am a quarter Scottish, please don’t show up at my house at 12:01 this coming Sunday night. I’ll call the cops.

Have you noticed how destructive and dangerous most of these traditions are? It’s like half of them were concocted by pyromaniacs.

Happy New Year’s eve! I hope that you  have a great evening! Thanks for reading! ~Phil

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Dear Singapore, Thanks For Stopping By

Posted on December 30, 2025 | 6 comments

Pic from National Geographic Kids

As a blogger, I write to be read. Admittedly, I always look at my stats to see how many people have read my brillant dissertations on the human condition. You’re probably wondering why that picture of Singapore’s Supertree Grove is leading off this blog post. This is why:

Why in the world are hundreds of people in Singapore suddenly reading my blog? Now I’m Singapore’s biggest fan. Did you know that Singapore is an independent country comprised of 64 islands?

Other Singapore facts include that their unique language Singlish, mixes English with Malay, Tamil and Mandarin.

Singapore city skyline at night

As I mentioned in my travel blog, Singapore has the best airport in the world. You could comfortably live there for the rest of your life. Shhh…don’t show this article to the current occupant of the White House. He would probably immediately claim Singapore as the 51st state.

Pic from Economic Times

Yes, that is inside their airport.

I just want to say thanks to all the folks from Singapore that have been visiting my blog lately. I hope you enjoy it. Who am I kidding? If my blog was a joke in Singapore, I’d be happy for all the views. Hey Singaporians, while you’re here, why not buy some of my books? You might like them! Ignore the darts player book. I wonder if he gets pissed when people ask him if he’s Phil Taylor the blog guy?

Have any of my fellow bloggers had something like this happen when some weird group of people are suddenly reading your blogs like crazy?

Thanks for reading whether you’re from Singapore or anywhere else in the world.

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Ten Reasons to Hate The Holidays

Posted on December 8, 2025 | 8 comments

“You’re a mean one Mister Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mister Grinch. You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.”

Yup, that’s me, king of sarcasm and hater of all things jolly. I’m not saying that there aren’t things to love about the holidays. There are plenty, but c’mon, if we’re truly being honest, there are a lot of things to hate about the holidays. Here’s my top ten. (Btw, tomorrow I’ll post Ten Reasons to Love The Holidays.)

10. The holidays mess up our Amazon orders! As much as we all love Amazon, there’s nothing more frustrating than the holiday season when our orders don’t always make it to us on time.

9. Candy Canes? Yes, candy canes are one of the worst parts of the holiday season. They are delicious and I love them, but I also hate them. Candy Canes are so ridiculously sticky that after the first refreshing hit of minty-ness, you realize that your lips and fingers are covered in a demonic sticky substance.

Pic from The Jewish News of Northern California

8. Having two major religious holidays during the same month is confusing! They are both great holidays, but why can’t we have them happen at the same time, or better yet, merge them into one holiday? I never know if I should be saying Happy Hannukah or Merry Christmas. Think about it, Christmas celebrates the birthday of a certain Jewish carpenter, so why not just pick a week and call it HanChristNukahMas? Also, if you want to read an awesomely funny novel about Jesus growing up as a teenager, read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.  Before you buy that book, you should read my interview with the author Christopher Moore. One of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my years of blogging.

Pic & recipe can be found at Back To The Book Nutrition

7. The Nog Shortage: Much like the Fall Pumpkin Spice influx, the winter holiday season is everything nog this and nog that. It’s hard to find a beverage that doesn’t offer a nog flavored option. But if you like nog, you’re screwed about 8 weeks later. Apparently nog is such a rare and valuable commodity that it can only be offered for a limited time. I’m going to get rich by drilling a nog well in my backyard and then selling my nog at outrageous prices. I will also have a Nog Blog.

That’s a perfect pic and you can find an article about why we shouldn’t buy gifts for adults HERE

6. Buying Gifts for Adults: I came up with this idea on my own and found the above pic and USA Today column when I looked for a pic to match my Scrooge-like idea. Once you’ve been in a relationship for awhile, haven’t you either bought yourself whatever the hell you wanted to, or bought each other anything you each need. My wife and I just skip gifts and promise to buy each other whatever bauble strikes our fancy on the next vacation.

5. Holiday movies set in southern California: I hate them because the people always look so happy to go outside and hang lights on their palm trees. Jerks. They’re just flaunting their warm weather and lack of snow. If you want a holiday movie to make me happy, how about one where a bunch of So-Cal people are stranded by an avalanche in the Santa Monica mountains and they have to eat each other to survive.

4. Jack Black in The Holiday: I have enjoyed Jack Black’s work in many films, but this isn’t one of them. He’s the least convincing romantic character since Silence of The Lambs.

3. Commercials: I’ve never walked out to my driveway to find a car with a bow on it. I’ve seen versions of this commercial since I was a kid, setting me up with unrealistic expectations.  Look, Bill Gates, I know you and your wife donate millions to charitable causes; just once could you skip a few mosquito nets and vaccines and have a Lexus delivered to my driveway?

2. Inconvenience: From now until January 2nd, leaving your house is going to be more inconvenient than usual. Just going out for groceries is now a Herculean task. Everything and everywhere have more people trying to do the same things.

This above scene is happening everywhere all the time right now. What is wrong with people?

1. Santa Claus: And you thought they’re milking the Batman and Spider-Man characters for all their worth? St. Nick hasn’t changed in centuries! Jeez, get that guy a cape and some superpowers. How awesome would that be if he had a nemesis that was out trying to stop him from delivering presents. God has the devil, Batman has the Joker, why can’t Santa have a nemesis?

Please put your holiday pet peeves in the comments. As always, if you enjoyed #ThePhilFactor don’t be a Grinch and share it by hitting the Facebook button below. Have a great Saturday and come back tomorrow for Ten Reasons To Love The Holidays! ~Phil

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Hallmark Decided To GO BILLS !!!

Posted on November 9, 2025 | 3 comments

Pic from Hallmarkchannel.com/movies

No, that isn’t a picture of me above. I’m the one in the back in green. Every year I have posted a version of the same holiday season post about Hallmark movies and how they all have the same plot over and over year after year. I do still think that’s true and might bring back that post at a later date. I know, phew, you were hoping for that. There’s a reason for my divergence from my usual holiday blog post routine…

Yep, I’m a Buffalo Bills fan. I didn’t grow up a Bills fan. I inherited that proclivity from my late wife. My childhood favorite team, the New York Jets, have not done anything interesting since 1969, so it was pretty easy for me to jump ship. The Bills have done very well over the past six years and are popular enought to earn themselves a Hallmark holiday movie. Despite how insipid it will be, I will be glued to the television on Saturday November 22nd watching it. Now that I think of it, I should got out to a local pub and watch it.

Starting last year, Hallmark is now doing a movie with teams and fans from different cities. The Bill’s are currently one of the best teams in the league but haven’t yet won a championship. Hopefully Hallmark can see past their usual format and do something different with these city specific movies. They did one last year in Kansas City, but I didn’t watch it because me and everyone in western New York, except my one neighbor, hate Kansas City. That’s why I didn’t link to the Kansas City Cheifs website. AS you are my readers, you must side with me and ignore Kansas City until The Bills win a championship.

If you watched that preview, yes, we do go around saying “Go Bills” everytime we see someone else in Buffalo Bills clothing. I’m curious, do you folks in the U.K. or elsewhere do that with your football teams?

Have a great Sunday, and I’ll see you on Saturday November 22nd when you’ll be watching the Bills Hallmark movie with me from wherever you live.  THanks for reading! ~Phil

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My Interview with a KPop Demon Hunter

Posted on November 8, 2025 | 2 comments

KPop Demon Hunters band Huntr/x

Am I interviewing fictional characters as a fan? No, I am not. I’m also not proud to say that I might be the only American adult male over the ago of 50 and outside of Netflix, who has any idea who the KPop Demon Hunters are.  I would imagine that many of you saw a number of KPop demon hunter costumes on Halloween weekend without knowing who the kids were pretending to be.  I have interviewed fictional characters previously, but for some reason, I think this might get a few more reads from Google than my Bigfoot interview. The KPop Demon Hunters rarely give interviews, and especially not to “a blogger.”

For those of you not familiar with today’s guest, The Huntr/x girl band from South Korea is also secretly a group of demon hunters. You know I love the paranormal, so I was all in on getting an interview with another group of paranormal investigators. Her agent only let her agree to the interview on one condition; she has to remain anonymous. So she showed up in a mask.

Apparently this is a character from their movie.

I swear that’s not me, although the resemblance is remarkable. On with the interview!

Me: How do I know that you’re really a Kpop Demon Hunter if you’re in a mask? You could be her agent. 

Anonymous KPop Demon Hunter: Don’t be ridiculous, little man. And don’t insult me. I will not dignify your question with an answer. That’s something Mira might do.

Me: So you’re not Mira? Hmm…

Anonymous KPop Demon Hunter: What? Shoot. No, yes, I’m Mira.

Me: So, who do you think is the best singer in the group?

Anonymous KPop Demon Hunter: Well it’s obviously Rumi.

Me: So you’re Rumi?

Anonymous KPop Demon Hunter: No, I’m not Rumi! Why would you say that?

Me: So you’re very clearly Zoey, right? For cripes sake. I haven’t had to talk to a teenage girl in years. I forgot how mind-numbing this can be.

Anonymous KPop Demon Hunter: Look little man, until yesterday I had never heard of (and she finger quoted with a super sarcastic tone here) The Phil Factor. You’re an effing blogger. If my uncle didn’t know you this would never have happened. Have you ever been to one of our concerts?

Me: Concert? I thought you gals were a cutesy paranormal investigating group. Do ghosts sing? Have you ever heard a ghost sing? If you sing so well, why haven’t you kids been nominated for a Grammy? If you’re real demon hunters, then why don’t you have any songs about orbs? You’re more like the KPoop Demon Hunters! And you’re all girls, shouldn’t you be demon huntresses?

At the same time we both stood up, tore the microphones off and stormed away in opposite directions. I’m sorry readers, I tried.

On a serious note, you have to give credit to whomever invented this crazy phenomenon by smashing together the KPop craze with the out of control paranormal interest.

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading! ~Phil

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Is It Daylight Spending Time Again?

Posted on November 1, 2025 | 3 comments

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.

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When I’m elected President, or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first, I’m going to pass a law getting rid of Daylight Savings Time. I don’t know if all other countries do this. I do know that not all the U.S. states abide by it. Hawaii and Arizona have essentially told Daylight Savings to eff off. They don’t care if the rest of the world does it.

Daylight Savings Time was created in 1918 to give farmers more daylight in which to do their work in the fields. Call me crazy, but why the hell didn’t someone just suggest that the lazy ass farmers drag themselves out of a bed a little earlier each day? Because those cud chewing, overall wearing, udder jerking lay-abouts can’t be bothered to set their alarm clocks we’re all stuck changing time?

I don’t know if anyone else remembers this, but in 2007 the U.S. Congress, in another colossal waste of their time and our tax dollars, extended daylight savings time by a few weeks on either end.

First off, since it’s called daylight savings time because we are using less daylight in the winter months, why isn’t it called Daylight Spending time from March to November.

Secondly, at this point all the farmers (except the creepy Amish ones) have electricity and alarm clocks, which may not have been the case 120 years ago. I can get away with saying that about the Amish because my demographic data shows that for some reason I have very low readership among the Amish. I guess they just don’t get me.

Reportedly the reason Congress did this is to save energy. How will changing our clocks twice a year save energy? Don’t we set our thermostats and use heat based on the outdoor temperature, not how light out it is? I’d like to save the energy I expend changing my clocks! I’d like Congress to tell me when I get that back. Congress has again proven to be the biggest collection of morons outside of…well…I guess I can’t think of a bigger collection. Why doesn’t Congress set their alarm clocks an hour earlier so they can get up early and get more of this important work done?

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B.T. dubs, if we set our clocks back an hour now but we turn them forward in the Spring, over the course of a year what difference does it make?

If we have learned anything from every single time travel movie, it’s that we shouldn’t muck about with time. Also, according to statistics,  the day after we change our clocks there are more workplace injuries, car accidents, and for the day, a 10% rise in heart attacks. Also, all the sleep experts I consulted on Instagram say it’s bad.

I for one am not going to go for this stupid daylight savings time thing anymore. I don’t work at a farm or for Congress, so I told my boss that for 6 months I’ll be to work an hour early or late, however it works out. When I’m elected President, or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first, this is going to change!

If you’d like to support my bid for President or Sexiest Man Alive, please hit the Facebook, share button below, but hurry because you have an hour less to do it in this weekend. Or is it an hour more? Have a great weekend!

Thanks for reading! ~Phil

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