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QUICK Q AND A WITH 4 KENTUCKY STATE THOROBREDS

Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »

The Kentucky State Thorobreds are 3-1, ranked 6th in the latest HSRN poll and are prepping for this weekend’s game in the Circle City Classic, a neutral site event against the reigning champs in HBCU D2: the Albany State Golden Rams. Despite all this activity this week the good people at the KSU Sports Information offices and four of their [...]

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ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY: LYSISTRATA (C: 411 BCE)

Posted in Ancient Greek Comedy, tagged , , , , , on September 30, 2011 | 20 Comments »

FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION IF YOU MISSED MY FIRST POST ON ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES CLICK HERE: http://glitternight.com/2011/09/22/at-long-last-my-ancient-greek-comedy-posts-begin/ Lysistrata was written by the Big A himself, Aristophanes, and this comedy always makes a perfect introductory play for newcomers to Ancient Greek Comedy (henceforth AGC). Part of its accessibility to modern audiences obviously comes from the risque premise of the play, [...]

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THE THOROBREDS BATTLE THE GOLDEN RAMS IN THE CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

 I’m in the mood to showcase these retro helmets of the Kentucky State Thorobreds, who are celebrating their 125th year this season. The Thorobreds are 3-1 so far and hoping to keep their momentum going this weekend at the 28th Annual Circle City Classic. The Classic is played at a neutral site, Lucas Oil Stadium, in [...]

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BAD MOVIE PAGE: THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977)

Posted in Bad and weird movies on September 28, 2011 | 8 Comments »

FOR MORE BAD MOVIE REVIEWS CLICK HERE: http://glitternight.com/bad-movies/ THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977) – Category: Brucesploitation with an enjoyably absurd twist               Even for the bizarre sub-genre of Brucesploitation films this movie is out there! The film starts with the recently – deceased Bruce Lee arriving in the afterlife, where the concubines of the King of the Dead gather [...]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25 POLLS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Well, the new polls are out for the divisions of college football that Balladeer’s Blog covers. I’ll have the entire Top 25 lists in a moment, but first, since this is the last poll for September let’s take a closer look at our number 1 teams at present. NAIA - The unanimous number 1 team continues to be the [...]

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MYTHOLOGY – THE EGYPTIAN GOD BES

Posted in Mythology, tagged , , , , , on September 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »

BES – This diminutive Egyptian god presents a perfect opportunity for me to point out how the concepts that a deity is supposedly the patron of can change over time. During his centuries- long period of worship Bes was at various times  considered a lion god (his oddly shaped hairdo/beard combo is meant to be reminiscent of [...]

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NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , on September 25, 2011 | 14 Comments »

 A MILESTONE FOR SIOUX FALLS – The UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS COUGARS won their first gridiron victory since leaving the NAIA for D2 after last season. Yesterday they logged a road win over the MINOT STATE BEAVERS, themselves recently moved over to D2 from the NAIA. The final score in this game that will live on in USF history was [...]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , on September 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

 Of the Top 6 teams in each of the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers, D3′s 4th ranked MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS, better known as “The Cru”, face the biggest challenge today. They will be on the road against American Southwest Conference rival the HARDIN-SIMMONS COWBOYS, who are ranked 21st, are smarting from an unexpected loss last week and who would [...]

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BAD MOVIE PAGE – ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES (1983)

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , on September 23, 2011 | 10 Comments »

I got an e-mail request for me to review this film, but I did last year, but here it is since I always do what I can to satisfy requests. For more bad movie reviews click here: http://glitternight.com/bad-movies/ ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES (1983)- Category: A neglected bad movie classic that deserves a Plan 9-sized [...]

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AT LONG LAST – MY ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY POSTS BEGIN!

Posted in Ancient Greek Comedy, tagged , , , , , , , on September 22, 2011 | 18 Comments »

After months of feeling outrightly overwhelmed by how much information I want to share on this subject, I figured I’d better just get started and let the posts flow naturally. I could be organizing my thoughts on this topic from now until December 21st of next year (rimshot) and still not have an overall idea of the most efficient way [...]

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