Now......"Can't we all just get alon...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Song's over: Activision cancels Guitar Hero series
The big news coming out of the video game industry today is Activision shutting down the Guitar Hero series: once one of the most insanely popular set of video games in recent history. The company cited declining sales as being the biggest factor in the decision to bring the "music 'n rhythm" series to a halt.This reminds me a lot... a whole lot even... of the "video game crash" that took place between 1983 and 1985. This might come as a shock...
Congratulations to Denise and Nick...
...on the birth of their new son Olin!What a beautiful little baby! God has certainly blessed them ...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
My prayer for this afternoon
My Heavenly Father,This afternoon I ask for peace and comfort for those who need it most.And for myself, I ask only for a peace of mind that I have been unable to know for so very lo...
YOU GO GRANNY!! 75-year old woman stops SIX jewelry thieves with her handbag!
"I was not going to stand by and watch somebody take a beating or worse so I tried to intervene," said the sweet little lady in the red coat and white tights. The 75-year old retiree, who declined to give her name, witnessed a gang of six punks on motorbikes trying to smash their way into a jewelry store in Northampton, England with sledgehammers.With store employees looking terrified from within as the droogs began pounding their way to the goods,...
Monday, February 07, 2011
BEING BIPOLAR: Video Log 2: Depressive Episode #1, "I Want To Live"
I was wondering over the weekend if this might happen. And unfortunately, it has now. I am writing and posting this video during a bipolar depressive episode.I need to reiterate something: managing bipolar disorder doesn't mean that I'm going to be totally free of its effects. There will be times when I go through episodes of severe bipolar. But I am thankful that it doesn't have to ruin my life as it has before.I said last week in the first...
Two upcoming new features on The Knight Shift
As if the Being Bipolar series wasn't enough: I'm about to put even more on this blog on a regular basis!(Maybe it has something to do with the recent redesign of this place, that it's just demanding lots of new content...? :-)The first is something that I've had in mind since Christmas, and is coming out of some necessity but also I think it'll be a lot of fun: Movies I've Never Seen! It's like this: my DVR is fast filling up with stuff that I've...
Sunday, February 06, 2011
GYPSY: Halfway through and more still coming!
One of the audience members was overheard today saying that this production of Gypsy by Theatre Guild of Rockingham County is one of the best musicals she has ever seen around here. And apparently she wasn't alone.Last night's performance played to an almost solidly sold-out house! And normally there's a much smaller crowd for Sunday. Well, considering that this is a Super Bowl Sunday at that, I'd say it was about three-quarters full... which...
Today would have been the one hundredth birthday...
...of the last real President that the United States has had, and probably will have for a very long time to come (if ever again).During the past week I've read a lot of "analysis" about the life and career of Ronald Reagan. Much of it done in the name of "demythologizing" the man: looking for the "true" Reagan, as it were. Most of it having to do with his actual record...
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Opening Night of GYPSY was a riotous good time!
Just got back from Opening Night of Theatre Guild of Rockingham County's production of Gypsy and it was a scream! The house had a good crowd and everyone was laughing harder than I've seen in this county in a way long time!I must admit: I wasn't sure about being in this show at first. But now I'm glad that I'm doing it. This has been some of the most fun that I've had in...
Friday, February 04, 2011
My prayer for this day
I have to try. I can't not try.I have only ever fought hardest for that which was worth fighting for.I no longer know whether to expect anyone else to believe that. But my Lord and Savior knows.Dear Father, please let all that I do be to Your glory, and not for my own sake.I only ask that in Your own way, that You remember Your servant who has failed more times than not, but has ever sought to put You fir...
Thursday, February 03, 2011
BEING BIPOLAR: Video Log 1
The idea hit a few days ago: as well as writing about having bipolar disorder as part of this blog's Being Bipolar series, that I could also do video entries as a supplement to the written material.So today I went out and got a webcam and... well, here's the first one!I intend to also record myself if/when a bipolar episode hits, and post the unedited footage of me talking about what it's like.Expect more videos so...
It's Batman! It's Scooby-Doo! It's... "Weird Al" Yankovic?!?
"It's the holy trinity of pop cultur...
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
For those following the BEING BIPOLAR series...
...and there are lots of you, apparently :-)I am currently planning something of an experiment. If there are any questions - any at all, 'cuz there is very little that I have thought would be off-limits - that you have about bipolar disorder, e-mail them to me at theknightshift@gmail.com.What I am particularly looking for are any questions that could be directed toward a person suffering bipolar, about what having bipolar is like.Any question that...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Meet the proprietor of the Wichita House of Burlesque!
He's cheap! He's sleazy! He's loud!He's... Cigar!Just got back from another technical rehearsal for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County's production of Gypsy. This was my first in costume as Cigar: the owner of the burlesque joint that Louise and her crazy mother (and Herbie, can't forget poor Herbie) wind up at. And I am having a fantabulously great time in the role! ...
BEING BIPOLAR, Part 3: The Hell Curve
This is the third installment of an ongoing series exploring what it means to live with bipolar disorder. If you have not done so already it is highly recommended that you read Part 1: "The Tale of the Two Chris Knights" and then Part 2: "Sketching Uniquiet". Don't worry: this chapter will still be here waiting for you :-)In Part 2 of this series, "Sketching Unquiet", I...
