Author: Phil

We are having a really cold winter this year and the temperatures are causing more problems than you might think! We ended up having some huge icicles on the back of the garage and one night, I heard a crack and a giant crash. I ran outside to look, and I found that one of […]

Every year up until this last weird year, we have always had people over on the weekend to watch the Super Bowl on TV on Super Bowl Sunday. We have had up to fifty people at once packed into our living room for the party and it’s always a really fun time with a lot […]

In the 1970s everything was still big. Big cars had yet to give way to smaller “Econo” cars. Home sound systems were huge with large console speakers with large woofers to pound out the beat. Big hair was the popular style with afros and the post-hippie “Jesus look” for men and the “Farah Fawcett” look […]

I watched a humorous documentary that was all about the origin of swear words. If I uttered these words as a kid, my mother would fetch that bar of soap that had the singular goal of cleansing my oral cavity to prevent future occurrences. The show’s first two episodes delved into the history of the […]

It may seem strange to have an affection for non-living things, but it seems to be gaining acceptance with artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. I think we are a long way from robots taking control, but when my wife starts to nag, I become a bit jealous of men who opt for alluring humanoid robots […]

Churches are unique in that the sanctuary may have very high ceilings and a need for quiet during lengthy prayers. I suppose there is a good reason why bars are open seven days a week while churches are only “open for business” on Sunday. In many ways they are similar. There is one main character […]

I would like to consider myself a smart consumer. When it comes to making intelligent purchases, I like to do as much research as possible. I am not the sort of person who likes to spend more money than I need to and I do not buy gadgets as soon as they hit the market […]

I realized several years ago that I have often made the mistake of assuming other people knew what they were talking about. I have regularly had such little confidence in myself that I have regularly appealed to other humans for their opinions on important matters. I don’t think that this is the wrong thing to […]

When I was younger I was always extremely depressed. I felt like there was absolutely no reason to be alive because the entire ordeal was a continual journey of pain and disappointment. I decided that everything in life was a random series of unfortunate events. Luckily… I don’t. I now believe that the universe is […]

When I was younger I went out of my way to be friends with one of the poor kids in school. He was a really nice guy, but he was consistently bullied because of his clothing and social status. I did everything that I could to be a good friend to him and we remained […]