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So… this was supposed to be a Tammy Tuesday: the weekly pic of my mini dachshund. Unfortunately the little girl is feeling under the weather today! But don’t worry folks she’s got that mischievous glint in her eye which is already threatening to unleash havoc when she’s back to normal soon.

I didn’t want to make it three weeks without something though.  It was my girlfriend Kristen who had the idea of letting her new Chihuahua Lucy fill in for Tammy.  Lucy was in the back seat of my car yesterday when Kristen snapped this hilarious photo of her flashing a wry grin…

Lucy, Chihuahua, dog

Incidentally, for those who remember when Kristen adopted those two Chihuahuas last month: well that’s Lucy and her son is now named Charlie.  We’re hoping that Lucy and Charlie will get to meet Tammy sometime soon.  If/when that happens I’ll be sure to post some ...

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These two sweet little chihuahuas need help.  Your help!

They have a home.  They have love.  They just need names.

My girlfriend brought them home this past weekend from an animal adoption agency.  Right now their names are Lou and Blue.  Lou is toward the top of the photo and Blue is in the bottom half.  They are a mother-and-son pair and Kristen took both of them into her heart and home.  And they are absolutely cute and sweet and loaded with personality.

But Kristen is thinking that they need some real names.  I mean, “Lou” and “Blue” are what they came up with at the agency, after these two were rescued from a really horrible situation.  They each deserve a proper christening.

So I’m putting it to this blog’s readers: what would y’all suggest we name them?  Remember, they’re a mother-and-son pair, and Kristen would like that to ...

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Man of Steel, poster, Superman, Henry Cavill, Zack SnyderMan of Steel came out just over two weeks ago.  I’ve seen it twice and the more I think about it, the more I’m of the mind that it’s not only the finest Superman film made to date, it’s also the best comic book movie thus far (tying with The Avengers and The Dark Knight).  Dang near everything about Man of Steel is spot-on perfect: from Henry Cavill’s performance as Superman to Zack Snyder’s direction to the sight of Metropolis getting the slats beaten out of it, to the beautiful and epic score by Hans Zimmer.

I’d wanted to write a review, but kept getting bogged down with stuff during the past several days.  But who says that I have to be the only one writing a movie review around here?

So here are two fine people who have some thoughts about Man of Steel that they’d like to ...

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This afternoon the lovely and effervescent Kristen let me know that she had composed another of her articles for this blog. That’s something I really appreciate about her: how much of a surprise she always is!  Her first entry, “My Bipolar Boyfriend”, has turned out to be one of the more popular posts on The Knight Shift.  I know she has a few others in the works too.

So take it away Kristen! 🙂

“A Beacon of Light”
On Memorial Day weekend of this year, Chris and I went to the Outer Banks.  I had been in the area 25 years ago, at the age of 3, and felt like this was a trip of nostalgia (although I barely remember the first trip).  We enjoyed the Elizabethan Gardens and aquarium in Manteo, but also ventured from Roanoke Island to see Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island, Kitty Hawk, and Jockey’s Ridge.
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Kristen and I spent the entire weekend at the Outer Banks.  We really enjoyed ourselves and already are planning what to do the next time we visit.  When we do I’m bound and determined to go hand-gliding on Jockey’s Ridge. But even without that this time, the trip was a neat lil’ adventure.

And when we got back home Tammy was waiting for us.  As much fun as we had, I really did miss my lil’ mini dachshund. And I think Tammy was happy to see us too…

Tammy, Kristen, dog, miniature dachshund

The next time y’all see Kristen and Tammy in a photo together, it might also include Kristen’s cat Zoe. We’re trying to figure out when would be a good time to introduce her and Tammy to each other.

And it was two years ago today that Kristen and I had our first date!  Hey, a sweet and beautiful girlfriend and a mischievous ...

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Last night was Great Gatsby Night at Kristen’s dance studio! Everybody was supposed to come in 1920s-era attire. Kristen made a terrific flapper girl ensemble! However her ne’er-do-well boyfriend couldn’t put a proper costume together in time so he showed up looking more like a flood refugee…




And here is Kristen with two other fine ladies in period attire!




And a good time was enjoyed by all 🙂...

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Last week was the semi-annual Arthur Murray Showcase ballroom dance spectacular at the Hotel Roanoke, put on by the Arthur Murray Studio in Roanoke, Virginia. This was the fourth one I’ve been at to cheer on my girlfriend Kristen Bradford. And once again she was a thrill and a beauty to behold! Her routines garnered a wazoo of applause from the audience and some of them she kept as quite a surprise… even from me 🙂

As usual I shot footage of her dancing, and just finished uploading it to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. So here is Kristen accompanied by her dance partner Jay Henderson pulling off some amazing performances…








Awright, I better share this as well: at Showcase Kristen asked me to wear the official Doctor Who/Eleventh Doctor bow tie that she gave me for Christmas a few months ago.  Kristen thought it was a great new ...

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I’m writing this on Friday afternoon.  It was on Wednesday night that Kristen, Chad, Marissa and I saw “Weird Al” Yankovic and his band in concert as part of his Alpocalypse 2013 tour!  I’m still coming down from the high and I think everyone else is too (especially Marissa who was bouncing off the walls so hard during class at school yesterday that she reportedly had to be sedated with Valium).  And after seeing Al live for the seventh time I have to say: this was easily the best show I’ve seen him perform yet!  Weird Al and his band were positivalutely ablaze with energy and sheer fun.  They were electrified and enthused as I’ve never seen any performers in a live concert!  This is a man who obviously loves his work and that comes across very well.  I’ve also never seen an audience so “into it” as they ...

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Mysticon 2013 transpired across space and time at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke, Virginia this past weekend!  Among the special guests were bestselling science-fiction author Orson Scott Card (I finally have a signed copy of Speaker for the Dead, the book that dang nearly destroyed my Spanish grade in my sophomore year of high school and I mean that in a good way) and none other than Peter Davison.  Yup, the Fifth Doctor himself!

And speaking of Doctor Who, I have never seen the Doctor and his mythology so represented by fans at a sci-fi convention.  I mean, there were people in TARDIS costumes, fercryinoutloud!  Those were mostly ladies in blue dresses bedecked with windows and the “Police Box” plaque on the door.  There were literally dozens of guys in Eleventh Doctor costumes (including not a few red fezzes), along with a healthy dose of Fourth Doctors, ...

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Kristen and me on Christmas Day at her parents’ house…

Despite everything she says, I still insist that she is far too sweet, fun and beautiful for a guy like me to be blessed with 🙂

I am feeling led to say something here. That this Christmas was, for more reasons than I can possibly count, THE best Christmas that I have been able to enjoy in a very long, long time.

It was the first Christmas that I have had without Mom. In fact, it was a year ago today that we had her funeral. And in a lot of ways this was a trying and difficult year in other aspects as well.

But when I see the person I was a year ago, the time that I was going through then… and then now, how far God has brought me in that time, how He has blessed ...

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