For the past ten months the number-one question that has been asked of this blogger has been: "Do you know when the Short Sugar's b...

Here is my father, Robert Knight, circa 1958.  He was nineteen years old at the time, serving in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. No...

Those were the last words radioed out by the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald . It was fifty years ago tonight, November 10th, 1975, that the Edmund F...

I've been looking forward to Frankenstein , Benicio del Toro's take of the classic novel, from the moment it was first announced.  F...

I wasn't surprised at all by the results of yesterday's elections.  Decades of watching this sort of thing have deeply impressed thi...

"William, you are going to help me... one last time." Love that cover of Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever?"  I hav...

 I say FORGET IT! From the good ol' days when a Doctor Who Christmas special really MEANT something. I shall properly preface this post ...

For the past few days I've been working on an op-ed piece focusing on the current race for mayor in New York City.  And narrowing that f...

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth this past week about the latest antics of President Donald Trump.  The East Wing of the Wh...

It's been a little over three weeks since  my first book Keeping the Tryst was published .  It's been selling fairly well, consider...

  GeekTyrant, one of my favorite websites,  reminds us that this week is the tenth anniversary  of the release of the trailer for Star Wars ...

Here it is during a cruise to St. Martin, St. Thomas, and Nassau in the Bahamas: Much thanks to good friend Roberta for sending this along :...

I'm only making this post because what I've been observing since yesterday especially has become so prevalent and provocative, it pr...

Was looking over my blog this afternoon, and I came to something I hadn't given much thought to in awhile:  the Being Bipolar series . T...

Following the first question a few days ago ,  I've received another query from someone who is reading my new book Keeping the Tryst . A...

I know: this pic is from "The Name Of The Doctor" from the Steven Moffat era.  Its bleakness is plenty fitting for this post thoug...