Knight Pierce Hirst
Knight Pierce Hirst takes humorous looks at life. Take a minute to smile at my website http://knightwatch.typepad.com
Articles by this Author
What Keeps Relationships From Sinking?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Wednesday 27th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
The problem with many marital relationships is that they have two captains when what they need is two first mates.
Is It The Economy, Stupid?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Monday 25th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Every day experts have a different explanation for what's wrong with the economy. For the average person the problem is the "econoME".
Who Put The "I" In Icon?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 22nd 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Although the dictionary defines icon as something that's revered or represents an era, icon is an ironic combination of the words I and con.
Have We Created A Monster?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Wednesday 20th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Occasionally ideas that are meant to make our lives better get out of control and end up getting the better of us.
Is It Time For Change?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Monday 18th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
For most of us the problem with change is it requires us to change too. That problem may never change.
Is It A Left-Handed Compliment?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 15th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
In the past children who were born left-handed were made to conform to a right-handed world. Today the world is more left-handed.
Can We Get To The Future From Here?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Wednesday 13th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Although we don't know what the future will bring, we do know it will help us get past the past.
Is It Hard To Keep In Step With The Wedding March?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Monday 11th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Today's weddings are more expensive and seem to require more planning. Unfortunately, they don't provide more wedded bliss or fewer divorces.
Have You Found Any HIdden Treasures?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Sunday 10th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
A quaint museum, a small-town eatery with big-time food, a remote beach - the problem with hidden treasures is they don't stay hidden.
Have You Found Any HIdden Treasures?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Saturday 9th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
A quaint museum, a small-town eatery with big-time food, a remote beach - the problem with hidden treasures is they don't stay hidden.
Can You Feel Their Pain?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 8th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Has pain management become big business in the U.S. because we have more pain or because we are tolerating it less?
Does Hitting The Open Road Feel Harder?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Wednesday 6th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
When I was a child, Sunday drives were a form of inexpensive entertainment. Because of four-dollar gas, bumper-to-bumper traffic and road rage, those days are gone. Today people are taking "staycations" and they put the drive in driveway.
Is It Time For Creative Financial Planning?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Monday 4th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
The decline in the value of the dollar means a decline in purchasing power, which means it takes more dollars to buy what we need. This means we need creative financial planning.
Can We Get There From Here?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Sunday 3rd 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
The federal government has done lots of things to make it easier to drive. Now it needs to make it easier to drive down the cost of gas.
Is Play The Four-Letter Word To Say When Stressed?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Thursday 31st 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
All work and no play used to make Jack a dull boy. Now it makes him the victim of stress-related diseases.
Do You Have Time To Weight?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 25th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
It seems there are new ways to lose weight every day in the news, but do we lose weight? Fat chance!
Are You Careful What You Wish For?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 25th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
When we make wishes, we don't pay attention to detail. Maybe the only safe thing to do is wish for more wishes
Shouldn't The "Me" In Environment Be "We"?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Tuesday 22nd 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
If my grandmother had been the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, she would have taken care of pollution with six words. Clean up what you mess up.
Is It As American As Apple Pie?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Friday 18th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Necessity is meant to be the mother of invention. Does that mean all inventions are necessary? Was the Pet Rock necessary?
Is Inventiveness Still In?
- By Knight Pierce Hirst
- Published Thursday 17th 2008
- Humor
- Unrated
Inventiveness is part of the American character. American inventiveness began with our first and most important invention - our independence.

