Remember way back in second grade, when you found that big book on Miss Hoppenleiger's classroom shelf.  You know, the one that was load...

Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Could mean nothing at all.  Then again, well... The symptoms began yesterday.  Persistent c...

"One Shining Moment" is the song that CBS uses in the final moments of their annual coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tour...

I emphasize "imperfect" because there is not an absolutely perfect solution and there never will be.  COVID-19 is now such a per...

Pics that I took tonight at a nearby grocery store... I made sure to get the entire toilet paper section in one shot: No more ground...

Some are almost rubbing their hands in glee at coronavirus: holding to the notion that this is an obvious sign of the Second Coming because ...

Some of this blog's longtime readers may recall how I was writing a book about having bipolar disorder.  That was a project I'd been...

This blog has been operational for sixteen(!) years now, and it's covered a lot of territory.  Everything from pop culture to weird news...

There is a tradition I never fail to keep: whenever I get snowed in and can't go anywhere, I turn down the lights and crank up the sound...

Some of Google’s ”doodles” either fly over my head or make me cringe in disbelief.  A lot of them are about historical events and people t...

As I write this it's 1:35 a.m. and it's all over but the cryin'.  Sometime in the next eighteen hours will likely come the final...

George MacKay in 1917 This won't be so much a detailed review as it is a gut reaction to something barely prepared for.  1917 isn...

Disclaimer: Adam Smith is a friend of mine.  He's not paying to advertise his product on The Knight Shift and I didn't ask for any c...

Inspired by a dear friend and compatriot in fighting the good fight, here is my year in review and my goals for 2020. This year was one...

A few days ago I became an uncle.  Yaaaay me!  Okay, she was born to my best friend from college but the two of us are "brothers from o...

Hey gang, hope the holidays have been going well for y'all!  Christmas was rather good on this end.  I wound up with some Star Wars, som...

WARNING:   This post deals with matters pertaining to Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker , which hit theaters less than 48 hours ag...