Interview with a vampire (chatting with a nightshifter)

I can’t imagine living without daylight. The moment dusk touches down, I’m terrified. Clinging to those last shreds of sunshine, I traipse along some trail for an evening jog. Good to the last photon infused drop. And then, when I’m suddenly cloaked in a cold quilt of naught but lunar light, that abyss within me […]

Graveyard shifts: No nighttime Z’s could cause the big “C”.

The graveyard shift. There are plenty of fun explanations for why they coined this term for nocturnal working. For instance, one fun rumor centers on the belief that the phrase initiated in the 19th century. The idea’s that sometimes people who hadn’t officially checked out got boxed up and sent for an extended subterranean stay […]