The Cornerstone University Golden Eagles won their 2nd National Championship in basketball last night by taking down the defending champions, the St Francis (IN) Cougars 80-71. I’ve been getting e-mails from dogs who are pleased that a cat nicknamed team did not win it all after the way feline nicknames dominated the Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
CORNERSTONE GOLDEN EAGLES WIN NAIA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION 1: LUCIAN
Welcome to the first installment of a brand 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. My fondness for the ancient Greeks prompts me to begin with Lucian, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 2nd century C.E. Lucian was noted not just for his philosophical observations but also for two works that defied definition by his contemporaries but would easily fall into the category of science fiction today. Both works are from roughly 150 C.E.
1. ICAROMENIPPUS – The title, obviously, was inspired by the myth about Icarus using wings crafted by his father Daedalus to fly too close to the sun, which hubristic act led to his death. In this work Lucian depicted his hero Menippus using one wing from an eagle and one from a vulture to fly to Mt Olympus, and from there to the moon. He discovered that Continue reading
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MUSH MADNESS: MARCH 15TH – THE IDES OF IDITAROD BRING THIS YEAR’S WINNER
“Arctic John” Baker, the first native Alaskan to win the Iditarod since 1976, just crossed the finish line, so let’s take a look at how his competitors are doing. Baker set a new time record, breaking the previous mark held by Martin “Below Zero” Buser! Along with the leader board I will be presenting the Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname of each competitor. As regular readers of my blog know, those Continue reading
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AS CATS BASK IN VICTORY, LITTLEGIRL LOOKS AT TONIGHT’S NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The frisky feline delivering a Xena-kick to the face of the cute little pooch in this picture is Littlegirl The Spoiled from the famous cat-lover’s blog Life With 4 Cats at http://lifewith4cats.com/
Littlegirl is here to gloat over the way the cat- nicknamed teams crushed the dog- nicknamed teams in the NAIA Division 2 basketball tournament over the past week. Cat teams won Continue reading
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HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF THE DAY: INANEA
Following the extraordinary response to my two articles on Hawaiian gods and goddesses I decided to start periodic entries on some of their other deities. For my first article on Hawaiian mythology click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/02/20/the-top-eleven-deities-in-hawaiian-mythology/
And for the second article click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/03/02/eleven-more-deities-from-hawaiian-mythology-2/
INANEA – Not to be confused with the similarly- named Sumerian goddess Inanna, this lizard goddess was the ancestress and matriarch of all the Continue reading
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: New Jersey Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.njcugothicknights.com/index.aspx?path=
Comment: No, not the Emo Knights, the Gothic Knights! In honor of Continue reading
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LATEST IDITAROD STANDINGS – MARCH 13TH
Well, the Iditarod sled-dog race continues, and while this young puppy longs for the day when they can be on a sled dog team themselves, let’s take a look at the standings. I’m listing the Leader Board complete with the competitors’ Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname. To Continue reading
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OBU BISON TIP OFF THE NAIA’S DIVISION 1 TOURNAMENT MARCH 16TH
The Oklahoma Baptist Bison, the defending champions in the First Division of NAIA basketball, will play in the national tournament’s tip-off game this coming Wednesday at 9am against the Pikeville Bears. For people unfamiliar with the NAIA tournament, all the games are played at the Continue reading
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TODAY’S FORGOTTEN TELEVISION TREASURE: CROSSBOW (1987-1990)
This French-produced (but English language) series about William Tell was the perfect antidote for fans of derring-do who were bored with the umpteen versions of the Robin Hood legend. The series starred Will Lyman as the crossbow- wielding Tell and Jeremy Clyde (of Chad and Jeremy fame) as Gessler, the tyrant Tell opposed during the Swiss Uprising against the Austrians in the 14th Century. Each episode featured Continue reading
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NAIA TOURNAMENT ELITE 8 UNDERWAY: UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Well the quarterfinals in this NAIA college basketball tournament tipped off at 2pm ET, 1pm in Point Lookout, MO, the site of the event. As an added bonus for pet owners I’ll continue looking at how cat nicknames and dog nicknames are doing.
GAME 3 – OZARKS BOBCATS 68 INDIANA WESLEYAN WILDCATS Continue reading
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