Philip Michaels
@philipmichaels.bsky.social
I am the mild-mannered managing editor for mobile at Tom's Guide. I mostly just talk about sports and movies and whatever's grinding my gears at the moment.
Pretty good recreation of my slip-and-fall last week, if I’m being honest.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Pretty good recreation of my slip-and-fall last week, if I’m being honest.
When I cover my lady operatives with gold paint as punishment for their treachery, very few if any have died!
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
When I cover my lady operatives with gold paint as punishment for their treachery, very few if any have died!
Probably not very much in that particular area, if we’re being frank.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Probably not very much in that particular area, if we’re being frank.
Imagine how Ron Hassey feels.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Imagine how Ron Hassey feels.
Really, everyone in Spotlight looks far too handsome to work in newspaperin’ , a bitter truth I confront with every glance at a mirror.
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Really, everyone in Spotlight looks far too handsome to work in newspaperin’ , a bitter truth I confront with every glance at a mirror.
Whoever wins, we lose.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Whoever wins, we lose.
I’ve grown to fear the ashtray’s power.
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’ve grown to fear the ashtray’s power.
They tried to make him a soccer player-by-play guy, and that was that. He flew too close to the sun on wings made of screaming.
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They tried to make him a soccer player-by-play guy, and that was that. He flew too close to the sun on wings made of screaming.
BTW, during my Carson City job interview, my mom gambled at a nearby casino until she got thrown out for angrily tossing her cards at a black check dealer. Good times.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BTW, during my Carson City job interview, my mom gambled at a nearby casino until she got thrown out for angrily tossing her cards at a black check dealer. Good times.
My mother spent the next few days defiantly eating Atby’s sandwiches. Miraculously she survived.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My mother spent the next few days defiantly eating Atby’s sandwiches. Miraculously she survived.
I tried to explain that I personally could eat 2 sandwiches at most and that it seemed ill-advised to buy sandwiches in bulk that aren’t assembled with long-term storage in mind. I was voted down.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I tried to explain that I personally could eat 2 sandwiches at most and that it seemed ill-advised to buy sandwiches in bulk that aren’t assembled with long-term storage in mind. I was voted down.
On the way back, we stopped at an Arby’s. (Yeah, I know) my mother was obsessed with a 5 sandwiches for $5 deal.
“We can load up on sandwiche!” she declared.
“We can load up on sandwiche!” she declared.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
On the way back, we stopped at an Arby’s. (Yeah, I know) my mother was obsessed with a 5 sandwiches for $5 deal.
“We can load up on sandwiche!” she declared.
“We can load up on sandwiche!” she declared.
I had a job interview in Carson City, Nevada which meant an 8-hour round trip drive. My mother did not want me driving that distance alone so she road shotgun.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I had a job interview in Carson City, Nevada which meant an 8-hour round trip drive. My mother did not want me driving that distance alone so she road shotgun.
This is not even the worst example of my mother courting food-borne illness and making me an accomplice.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is not even the worst example of my mother courting food-borne illness and making me an accomplice.