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Day 142: Reading the Cards II: The Wrath of Card

June 14, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So today’s card is the Wheel of Fortune. Maybe I should buy a vowel? Here’s a meaning, as continue teaching myself with the web: The Wheel of Fortune is a very auspicious card. When pulled[…]

Day 141: Reading the Cards

June 13, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So I won’t claim to know how to read Tarot, but it’s interesting to me. Julie bought me a WWE tarot deck, because she’s awesome. So… I’m going to draw a card each day this[…]

Day 137: RNG and the Non-Whale (hey, hold your tongue!)

June 9, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The featured image above is a screen cap from WWE Champions, the phone game I used as an example about how Whales with IAPs work. If you remember the story that I shared, it was[…]

Day 130: Throwback Thursday: That Time I used CM Punk to teach Kairos

June 1, 2017July 23, 2018 phillPedagogy

Again, I originally offered this to a class as an example, I am considering expanding on my reflections on CM Punk. This one starts from a Wikipedia definition of Kairos and goes weird places. Kairos.[…]

Day 120: How Things Change (for the better)

May 22, 2017 phillwrestling

Last night at the WWE pay-per-view, this guy won the WWE championship: from here. His name is Jinder Mahal. His real name is Yuvraj Singh “Raj” Dhesi, and he’s Indian via Canada. He is meant to[…]

Day 72: On Stubbornness, bad writing, how to fix bad writing, and Roman Reigns

April 4, 2017 phillPop Culture

This is Roman Reigns, WWE superstar. For those who don’t watch WWE… shame on you! No, but seriously, if you don’t watch, Roman Reigns is a very interesting example of how a writing team can[…]

Day 70: Wrestlemania Week VIII: The Ultimate Warrior

April 2, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

I miss Warrior. I’m going to update this post later with the full story of my interactions with him, but for those who have never heard me talk about it, Warrior was a friend of[…]

Day 69: Wrestlemania Week VII: Bray Wyatt

April 1, 2017 phillPop Culture

I love Bray Wyatt because Windham Rotunda has completely and utterly transformed himself in a way that few wrestlers ever do. The son of Mike Rotunda (a star in his own right) and the brother[…]

Day 68: Wrestlemania Week VI: The Rock

April 1, 2017 phillPop Culture

If Hulk Hogan had it, The Rock IS it. Such amazing charisma, such a natural connection to the audience. It’s hard to believe he started as: It wasn’t until the crowds went insane chanting “Rocky[…]

Day 67: Wrestlemania Week V: The New Day

March 30, 2017 phillPop Culture

I have always pulled for diverse wrestlers. Koko B Ware. Junk Yard Dog. Ron Simmons. But I really, really enjoyed the work of Kofi Kingston in particular. He was tag partners with CM Punk at[…]