National Coffee Day Special

September 29, 2021 ClintLeave a comment

Episode 7 of the Unnecessary Podcast is live!

Instead of the usual short question on Saturday, we decided to just talk coffee today. What’s good, what isn’t, what’s fun to make–there’s a whole lot to skim through.

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(If anyone is interested in reading their poetry on the program–by pre-recording an audio file, having it read, or some other method–feel free to contact us on the contact page or email cdanders91@gmail.com )

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a great week! — Clint

Stumbling Saturdays #3

September 18, 2021 Clint2 Comments

Episode 6 of the Unnecessary Podcast is live!

We stumbled upon a few westerns in this week’s addition of Stumbling Saturdays. What kind of impact has the genre had on others? What effect has it had on culture overall?

The Unnecessary Podcast can be found on the following sites:

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a great weekend! — Clint

Reviews · Stuff

The Mandalorian review

September 14, 2021 ClintLeave a comment

Episode 5 of the Unnecessary Podcast is live!

We’re a few days late but we got our Friday review done. We’ll be back on Saturday with another installment though.

This is the way.

The Unnecessary Podcast can be found on the following sites:

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a great weekend! — Clint

Reviews · Stuff

Stumbling Saturdays #2

September 4, 2021 Clint1 Comment

Episode 4 of the Unnecessary Podcast is live!

In this second installment of Stumbling Saturdays, we drink coffee and discuss a few sports-related topics. As always, it goes off the rails pretty quick.

The Unnecessary Podcast can be found on the following sites:

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a great weekend! — Clint

Stuff

Corporate Darkness

August 30, 2021 Clint2 Comments

My life is one of pain

As I sit in my leather chair

Drinking Cristal,

Smoking Cuban Cigars,

I contemplate on the

Unfortunate state I’m in

Why must I toil in this mansion

By the sea? Why do

Everyday comforts no longer

Hold value anymore? I

Can only come to one truth,

That despite my gross income,

I am but oppressed. Why else

Would I feel so alone, so

Upset at everything around me?

My gold rings and silver watches

Are indeed a sign of bondage

To the horrible life I live,

So there’s no further evidence I

Need than to express my pain

In words only the particular people

Will understand, I am a man

Of the people after all?

Why just the other day,

I lost a penny at the stock

Market, forcing me to wait

On my fifth Lamborghini,

And there was one less

Strand of fur in my

Coat for next winter,

What a tragedy my life

Has become. But I know

The people will understand,

And all I will ask

Is for some charity

To help me through the

Struggle, because I

Am one of you, I

Am oppressed, I

Am full of edge and grit,

And you love me for it…

Revenge of the Unnecessary Podcast

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Clint3 Comments

“Somehow, we returned . . . ”

Episode III of the Unnecessary Podcast is up and running on the following sites:

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a good weekend! — Clint

Reviews · Stuff

The Unnecessary Podcast

August 21, 2021 Clint4 Comments

It’s a day later than last week so we ran with it. Episode #2 of the Unnecessary Podcast is up and running on the following sites:

On this first “Stumbling Saturday” we talk about coffee and stumble into random discussions about music.

Are we right? Are we wrong? Who knows?

(If anyone is interested in reading their poetry on the program (or having it read, as mentioned towards the end), feel free to inquire on the contact page or email cdanders91@gmail.com )

Hope you enjoy the episode. Have a good weekend! — Clint

Reviews · Stuff

The Unnecessary Podcast

August 13, 2021 Clint5 Comments

We’ve been working on a side project for more in-depth reviews so we are pleased to present the Unnecessary Podcast! We will continue to write on the blog and will post reviews and discussions on the podcast.

You can find us on Anchor.fm and Spotify.

Our first episode is about the shift into podcasting as well as a review of the 2021 film, The Suicide Squad. You can listen to it below.

Hope you enjoy this new part of the Unnecessary Blog! — Clint

Poetry

Paradiso

August 9, 2021 Clint2 Comments

There’s a corner

In my backyard

Under the oak tree

Where the shade

Hits just right

And the calming

Sounds of birds

Sing in the distance

I’ve seen possums

Sleep underneath

The grill cover

After a long night’s

Journey, and a

Cat and her kittens

Play in the cool

Of the shade

While cardinals and

Blue Jays land

On the ground

Looking for acorns

And insects.

The squirrel loves

To come by, trying

Hard to stay

Stealthy, but the

Fuzzy tail and

Suspicious look

Draw the curious

Attention of the other

Creatures in the yard

It is odd to see

Such harmony

In this urban jungle

But if oddities

Can equate to peace

Then I wouldn’t

Mind living

In such an odd world

Author’s Note: I’ve been thinking about a lot of things recently and reading back on some old works from the past. In honesty, I’ve been using this blog mostly as a way to release some negative energy, for lack of a better word or phrase, but after the events of 2020, and considering how things have been in 2021 so far, I’ve come to realize that the old ways haven’t really been working for me. After doing some reflecting, I feel it’s better to just take the positives when we get them and share the wealth around.

–Clint, aka C. E. Knight

Poetry

Hearts On Fire

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Clint7 Comments

The ice cold ashes from failure

A broken heart, lying in pieces

Like a ruined stained glass

Window, tell only half the story

But since I met you, the ashes

Turned to embers, to a fire

And the pieces came together

Forging something new

And for the first time, in so long

Days don’t feel so bad

Maybe it’s the time of the

Season, the turning of the tide

But maybe it’s just you

And while I want us to be

Together in love, I know too

It may not happen, but if a bond

Can remain as strong as this

Then I have the peace of mind

You helped me feel complete