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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY: MARCH 29TH, 1644 AND MARCH 30TH, 1643

Posted in English Civil War, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

March 29th, 1644 -The Battle of Cheriton - Sir William Waller’s Parliamentarian army was all that stood between Lord Hopton’s Royalist forces and London. With many on the

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NORWICH CADETS WIN NCAA DIVISION 3 WOMEN’S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted in college hockey, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The Norwich Cadets hockey team won the D3 women’s championship by defeating the RIT Tigers by a score of 5-2. In 2010 the Cadets made it all the way to the title game only to lose to the Amherst Lord Jeffs (yes, even their ladies teams go by the Lord Jeffs) but this year Norwich closed the deal. [...]

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TODAY’S FORGOTTEN TELEVISION TREASURE – PSI FACTOR: CHRONICLES OF THE PARANORMAL (1996-2000)

Posted in Forgotten Television, tagged , , , , , on March 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »

 PSI Factor depicted a series of investigations into the paranormal conducted by the fictional Office of Scientific Investigation and Research, or OSIR. This Canadian-made series was often unfairly dismissed as “X-Files Light”, but that in no way does justice to a very  entertaining  program. The members of the OSIR’s  various field teams went about their business in [...]

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ST NORBERT GREEN KNIGHTS WIN NCAA DIVISION 3′S COLLEGE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted in college hockey, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The Saint Norbert College Green Knights (love that name) brought home their 2nd D3 college hockey championship by defeating the Adrian Bulldogs 4-3. The teams alternated goals throughout this exciting game, with a Green Knight power play goal from Nick Tabisz early in the 3rd Period proving to be the game-winner. Goaltender B.J. O’Brien stopped 17 [...]

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ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: ORLANDO FURIOSO (1532)

Posted in Ancient Science Fiction, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Welcome to the third installment of a new feature here at Balladeer’s Blog. This segment will feature some forgotten early ventures into the form of story- telling that we now call science fiction.  ”Ancient” is being said with poetic license in some cases, such as with this week’s subject – Orlando Furioso, written by Ludovico Ariosto in 1532. ORLANDO FURIOSO – Only part [...]

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FLYING FLEET OVERCOME THE RAIN TO SWEEP THE KNIGHTS

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Due West, SC – The Erskine Flying Fleet battled through the rain to score four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a one run deficit and take a 9-6 victory over Saint Andrews to complete a three game Conference Carolinas series sweep.  With the

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

Posted in English Civil War, tagged , , , , , on March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

March 28th, 1643 – The Earl of Derby leads his Royalist army in another attempt to drive the Parliamentarians out of Bolton. This attack was

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

Posted in Cool names and cool logos, tagged , , , , , , on March 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES/JENNIES  Location:  Warrensburg, MO Division: NCAA Division 2 Conference Affilliation: MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball  Site: http://www.ucmo.edu/athletics/index.cfm Comment: Straight from the show- me state! The women’s teams are called the Jennies which is also incredibly cool. You can

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PULP HEROES: THE FIRST SILVER JOHN STORY

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , on March 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Here is my synopsis of the first Silver John story. I’ll be adding the rest of the stories and vignettes before moving on to the novels. For background info on the pulp hero called Silver John click here: http://glitternight.com/2011/03/17/sneak-preview-of-my-pulp-hero-page-first-up-silver-john/  ***O, UGLY BIRD! – The Silver John short stories debuted with this eerie tale that nicely [...]

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CLAYTON STATE LAKERS WIN NCAA DIVISION 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

These Lakers may not have a Zen Master for a coach but they know how to win a championship game. The Clayton State Lakers won the women’s D2 title with a comfortable 69-50 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Lakers

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