June 19, 2013 by balladeer
Balladeer’s Blog as usual will be marking the USA’s upcoming birthday with a series of holiday-themed posts. Since we get overexposed to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and the actual signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 I will instead stay true to my blog’s theme and focus on the action in between April 19th, 1775 and early July 1776.
May 10th, 1775 – The British Fort Ticonderoga in New York is seized in what would today be called a Special Forces raid by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, who beat other American forces to the valuable military prize. Allen and his men had the advantage of being an organized body under arms for quite a long time because they were originally formed to fight for the independence of what is now the state of Vermont (“Green Mountain”).
They had been an active guerilla force fighting for Vermont’s right to be an independent entity rather than part of the Hampshire Grants being fought over by New York and New Hampshire. Their secret headquarters was the Catamount Tavern which is why the University of Vermont’s sports teams are called the Catamounts.
May 12th, 1775 - Crown Point, NY is taken by American forces in another Continue Reading »
Posted in Neglected History, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1776, 2012, Benedict Arnold, Continental Army, Continental Congress, Daniel Morgan, Ed Wozniak, Edward Wozniak, Ethan Allen, Fort Ticonderoga, Independence Day, July 4th, Revolutionary War, Richard Montgomery on July 1 | Leave a Comment »
June 18, 2013 by balladeer
EASTERN CONFERENCE: 1. ATLANTA DREAM (6-1) ### 2. WASHINGTON MYSTICS (4-1) ### 3. NEW YORK LIBERTY (4-2) ### 4. CHICAGO SKY (4-2) ### 5. CONNECTICUT SUN (2-5) ### 6. Continue Reading »
Posted in WNBA | Tagged ATLANTA DREAM, Balladeer's Blog, basketball, Edward Wozniak, Minnesota Lynx, Sport, sports, WNBA, WNBA standings | 2 Comments »
June 18, 2013 by balladeer
Balladeer’s Blog is known for criticizing American Liberals and Conservatives equally. Up Continue Reading »
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June 16, 2013 by balladeer
Special thanks once again to Balladeer’s Blog’s Official Movie Hostess, the maddeningly lovely Casey James. Not only does she embody everything that men and women dream about but she also enjoys bad movies! Casey’s beauty, brains and ability to kick the butt of anyone who gets out of line with her make her the ideal hostess for a look at bizarre biker films. For information on how to follow Casey’s antics even further read on:
WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS (1971) – You just knew this was the movie I would start with. A biker gang hassles a group of Satanists in the usual biker way in films. The Satanists get revenge by cursing some of the bikers to start turning into werewolves and preying on the others. Werewolves on Wheels gets worse as it goes along and degenerates into a VERY weird acid trip of a horror movie before completely collapsing in its final minutes. Severn Darden plays the lead Satanist and the biker gang “boasts” Barry “Eve of Destruction” Maguire and Billy “Father Knows Best” Gray among its members.
MOTORCYCLE SQUAD (1937) – This neglected little honey is one of the Continue Reading »
Posted in Bad and weird movies, Movie Hosts, Sex Symbols | Tagged Bad Movies, badfilm, Balladeer's Blog, big boobs, big bust models, biker movies, Busty Casey James, Casey James, Movie Hosts, Sex Symbols, The Losers, The Pink Angels (1971) | 1 Comment »
June 16, 2013 by balladeer
Yes, it’s the 16th of June, better known to James Joyce geeks like me as Bloom’s Day. The day is named in honor of Leopold Bloom, the Jewish advertising sales rep and Freemason who is one of the major characters in Joyce’s novel Ulysses. The novel also brings along Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist of his earlier novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. For those unfamiliar with this work, Ulysses is Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novel in which he metaphorically features the events from the Odyssey in 
a single day – June 16th, 1904, in Dublin. (The day he met Nora Barnacle, the woman he would eventually marry after living together for decades) Bloom represents Ulysses/Odysseus, Stephen represents Telemachus and Leopold’s wife, Molly Bloom, represents Penelope.
The novel is jam-packed with Continue Reading »
Posted in Mythology | Tagged A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Bloom's Day, Finnegan's Wake, James Joyce, June 16th, June 16th 1904, Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, Nora Barnacle, Stephen Dedalus, Ulysses | 8 Comments »
June 15, 2013 by balladeer
It’s that time of year again! Time to cover the list of college baseball players drafted from some of the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog and present their Official Balladeer’s Blog Nicknames. As always these nicknames are purely tongue-in-cheek and bear no resemblance to any actual nicknames ever applied to these players.
NAIA – The LEE UNIVERSITY FLAMES led the NAIA with five players selected: Myles “O’Keefe” Smith – Boston Red Sox ### Jose Samayoa, “The Right-Handed Throwa” - Texas Rangers ### Andy “Hollywood” Hills – Milwaukee Brewers ### “Clobberin’” Clint Terry – also Milwaukee ### And Alex “One Lee Player” Moore – also Milwaukee.
LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CHAPARRALS – LCU had four players selected: Fabian “Civis Romanus Sum” Roman – Cinci Reds ### Christian “The Bad CV” Vasquez – Toronto Blue Jays ### Jace “The Ace” Chancellor – San Diego Padres ### And Derek “The Domino” Loera – Tampa Bay Rays Continue Reading »
Posted in College Baseball | Tagged 2013, Arizona Christian University Firestorm, baseball, CCCAA baseball, Lee University Flames, Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals, Major League Baseball Draft, MLB Draft, NAIA basketball, Sport, sports | 6 Comments »
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Balladeer’s Blog as usual will be marking the USA’s upcoming birthday with a series of holiday-themed posts. Since we get overexposed to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and the actual signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 I will instead stay true to my blog’s theme and focus on the action in between April 19th, 1775 and early July 1776. 
