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Day 239: Rick and Morty and the meaning of life

September 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

First off, I’m not going to start with the Rick and Morty fan meme from Reddit, talking about how you have to be smart to like Rick And Morty. Because you don’t need to be[…]

Day 237: In defense of Jinder Mahal

September 17, 2017 phillrealtalk

I wrote a bit about this earlier, but I want to hit on it again. The current WWE Champion is an Indian who was born in Canada, Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, known in the ring as Jinder[…]

Day 203: The Dude who Kicked the WASP's Nest

August 14, 2017 phillrealtalk

Today, I wrote this. That’s pretty much all I have to say for the day. Consider it my entry. Actually, I do have a just a bit to talk about. Julie, being my loving wife[…]

Day 196: How do you kill a dragon?

August 7, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I wanted to share a portion of a manuscript I’m shopping. It seems appropriate to talk about my slaying dragons metaphor given yesterday’s discussion of the field and the fact that tonight on GoT (spoiler)[…]

Day 195: All I'm trying to say is they don't really care about us

August 6, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

the NCTE, the organization that stages most events in English and Composition studies, posted this in regards to this year’s Convention on College Composition and Communication that is scheduled to happen in Kansas City. I[…]

Day 191: Jon Snow is the truth

August 2, 2017 phillrealtalk

I put my new Jon Snow Pop on my desk today, in the glorious blue light that illuminates my backdrop. So read this, which Julie found and put on her FB wall. I identify well[…]

Day 189: Funeral for a Black Thursday

July 31, 2017 phillmemoir

So I found the image above on one of Julie’s former student’s Facebook wall and completed the task. The title of this post is my Emo band name. It sent me down a rabbit hole[…]

Day 183: Quick Rhetoric for the Day: Pardoning oneself

July 25, 2017 phillrhetoric

I want to start by reminding people of the definition of “pardon:” “to use the executive power of a Governor or President to forgive a person convicted of a crime, thus removing any remaining penalties[…]

Day 182: WWE and Race

July 24, 2017 phillrhetoric

I just finished watching WWE’s Battleground, the main event of which was a “Punjabi Prison” match between Jinder Mahal (the WWE champion) and Randy Orton. Mahal won due to interference from both of the Singh[…]

Day 176: Survivance

July 17, 2017 phillmemoir

I’m going to start by expressing my ideas here the way I do when I give talks, so if you’ve heard me do this bit and it bothered you– get ready to wade through it[…]