Now, let us NEVER do that again.EDIT 12:30 am EST: As an aside, this blog saw 69 posts made during 2020. That's the most since 2015! Yes, The Knight Shift IS thriving again ...
Friday, January 01, 2021
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Playing Christmas music... after Christmas
Today is December 30th. And there is a major radio station nearby that is still playing wall to wall Christmas music. My supervisor told me that they don't stop until New Year's Day.At first I thought that was a little overkill. Something that I touched upon in a post from last year. I still believe that starting up the Christmas season earlier and...
Monday, December 21, 2020
The Winter Solstice Conjunction of 2020
Tonight is the Great Conjunction with Jupiter and Saturn. It's visible just over the south-westsern horizon, and will be there for a little while longer if you want to catch it. This pic was taken by my friend Steven Glaspie. His phone camera is a bit better than mine :-) &nb...
Saturday, December 19, 2020
To the young lady who came to the blog from the American Thinker article and asked if I was taken...
Kindest miss,Good lady, you make me blush furiously!Sad to say, I am not taken. But I would never stop thanking God if he did bring into my life some wonderful lass to court and woo and come to be joined in matrimony with.Anyone wanting to inquire further can reach me by email at theknightshift@gmail.comWhat I'm looking for in a lady is not much: someone who loves God more than she would love me, won't mind that I'm a Star Wars...
New article at American Thinker: respect for a fraudulent president
American Thinker this morning published my latest article. "Must We Respect a Fraudulent President" says what it means and means what it says: in light of the significant amount of evidence that chicanery most foul took place during the November 3rd election, how can anyone in Joseph Biden's position claim to have a mandate to be the leader of the free world?Here's a clip:The matter of unjust measures is brought up at least nine times in the...
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Have never embedded a video from Rumble before...
All the cool kids are telling me that Rumble is where it's at for videos which might otherwise not fit on some other hosting services. Gotta wonder why that is.So this was a very important game for me to watch today. Not just because I
was rooting for Navy (the branch that my dad served in) but today was
the very first time that I watched an American football game... and
actually understood its rules!! This game has always mystified...
"Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars..."
Look, I love Star Wars as much as anyone (maybe far too much more than anyone. But what came out of the Disney Investor Event a few days ago worries me:Ten... count 'em TEN... new Star Wars projects going on for the next few years. Those are in addition to The Mandalorian. Most of these are likewise going to be streaming series on the Disney+ service. ...
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Saturday, December 05, 2020
Couple of hilarious music videos I came across
Awright, we could all use some laughter right now, no matter who you are. And in the past few days I've come across some really good videos worth sharing.First there's this parody of "Sweet Child O' Mine", performed by Guns N Helmets featuring Axl Rose Grogu aka "Baby Yoda":And then there is this fine piece of work: heavy metal guitar accompanying televangelist Kenneth Copeland (who has always been pretty creepy to m...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Maybe the last real post I make about this election
The following post isn't going to endear me to some people. Indeed, I removed it for awhile after it drew fire from some who I greatly respect. I sincerely hope that, as Thomas Jefferson beautifully put it, this will be no reason to depart from friendship.I am a historian and an observer of human nature. And what comes now, is from a place I earnestly believe...
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Replacing the battery in a Game Boy cartridge (yes, it CAN be done!)
A few weeks ago I found my Game Boy Advance. Still in pristine condition after being in a really nice case all this time. Vintage game consoles seem to be enjoying a renaissance lately, like systems that play Atari and Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges on high-def television sets. And this particular Game Boy Advance holds a special place in my heart,...
Friday, November 27, 2020
Chris and Bennie's Trans-Atlantic Pecan Pie!
Last week my good friend Bennie, a physician in Belgium, shared on Facebook a photo of a pecan pie she had made. It looked magnificent! I asked her for the recipe for it and she sent it along. Turned out that it's from a French-language cookbook of American recipes. Well whatever: I'm still counting it as a recipe from a foreign language book...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Thanksgiving... 2020?
Maybe 2020 is as good a year as any to bring back a tradition on this blog: listing the things that I am thankful for. Having all the craziness and challenges that Twenty-Twenty has tossed our way, perhaps it will make thankfulness that much better. Make our blessings more appreciated. I want to believe so anyway.So here are the things I'm thankful for in...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Just watched Ron Howard's HILLBILLY ELEGY
I think Hillbilly Elegy must have hit Netflix this week. A friend and I were discussing it just yesterday but I had no idea it was coming out so soon. I was about to start on The Queen's Gambit (a series getting lots of high praise from people I trust) but I went with Hillbilly Elegy instead.Ron Howard's latest film hit hard. Parts of it were like a sucker-punch...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Today is Veterans Day
My father, Robert Knight, circa 1958. He was 19 years old, serving in the United States Navy aboard the Seventh Fleet flagship U.S.S. Northampton. Thinking of all members of the United States armed forces on this Veterans Day. Thank you for your servi...
Sunday, November 08, 2020
This game show host brought dignity, class, and an astounding intellect into millions of homes for almost forty years
"Who is Alex Trebek?"Rest in peace, good s...
