The defending JUCO baseball champs, the Iowa Western Reivers, are among the teams who have advanced to the 2011 JUCO World Series. Joining them will be Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2011
FRONTIERADO SAGA – AMARILLO ROSE
Well, my sister Rosemary okayed me posting the Saga I wrote for her in 2009, so here we go, in the grand tradition of the Blackwater Kid (me) and Six-Gun Sara (Sara at Lifewith4cats and Midaeval Maiden) here is the epic saga of Amarillo Rose. For the Blackwater Kid’s Saga click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/05/21/frontierado-saga-the-blackwater-kid/
And for Six-Gun Sara’s Saga click here: http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/six-gun-sara/
AMARILLO ROSE
The woman history remembers as Amarillo Rose was born Rosemary Wozniak in June 1848 in Pennsylvania. Little is known about her early life but shortly after the end of the Civil War she Continue reading
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NCAA DIVISION 2 WORLD SERIES TEAMS FINALIZED
FOR THE 2012 D2 WORLD SERIES TEAMS CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/05/22/2012-d2-college-world-series-teams-finalized-plus-day-4-of-the-njcaa3-world-series/
The Central Missouri Mules are among the teams who have made the 8-team field for the D2 College World Series. For people unfamiliar with the collegiate way of handling their World Series there are a variety of teams (the number varying in certain divisions) that compete in a double-elimination tournament. The other teams winning their playoff regions and joining the Mules in the
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – HAMILTON COLLEGE
HAMILTON COLLEGE CONTINENTALS
Location: Clinton, NY
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Major sports: football, baseball, ice hockey, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.hamilton.edu/athletics
Comment: You know how the Dodgers were originally called the Trolleydodgers and the Wichita State Shockers were originally called the Wheatshockers? Well it turns out Continue reading
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PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – “FIND THE PLACE YOURSELF” AND “WALK LIKE A MOUNTAIN”
I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his pockets. For more details click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/
FIND THE PLACE YOURSELF – This Silver John vignette features a creepy cabin that always puts me in mind of the cabin from the original Evil Dead. Otherworldly horrors inhabit the cabin and its surroundings, including flowers with Continue reading
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NCAA DIVISION 3 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FIELD FINALIZED TODAY
FOR THE 2012 D3 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TEAMS CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/05/21/2012-d3-college-world-series-teams-finalized-plus-day-3-of-the-njcaa3-world-series/
The Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, the reigning champs of D3 football, are part of the eight-team field that will compete in this year’s D3 College World Series. For those unfamiliar with the collegiate approach to baseball championships various numbers of
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OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN EAGLES WIN THE NCCAA DIVISION ONE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
A team named Eagles won the National Christian College Athletic Association Division 2 World Series, and now Division 1’s champion is also a team called the Eagles – in this case the Oklahoma Wesleyan University Eagles. OWU, apparently outraged by my recent post regarding the Continue reading
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FRONTIERADO SAGA – THE BLACKWATER KID
Following in Six-Gun Sara’s gutsy footsteps, here is the very first Frontierado Saga I wrote back in 2009. It was the one for myself to show people what I meant by customized sagas. I felt my own name wasn’t western enough so I made the Blackwater Kid’s real name be Nathanael Greene Larraby instead. Many of the figures the Kid interacts with are from the Bad Movie world so they may not be as recognizable as the figures Six-Gun Sara interacted with.
The Blackwater Kid
The Blackwater Kid was born Nathanael Greene Larraby (his parents named him after Revolutionary War hero General Nathanael Greene) in 1846 in Springfield, New Jersey. At seventeen he was admitted into Princeton but after causing a minor scandal with his Continue reading
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MOVIE HOSTS: STELLA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT DEAD (1984-1990)
This beautiful redhead is Stella, aka the Maneater from Manayunk (a section of Philadelphia), as portrayed by the talented Karen Scioli. There are plenty of color photos of Stella out there but I think this b&w pic best captures her spirit. Karen Scioli wrote most of her material herself, in the style of Rich Koz, and was a stand-up comic before becoming a movie hostess.
People who like my bad movie reviews tend to like practicioners of the American folk-art of movie hosting and Karen Scioli was one of the best. And with all due respect to Elvira, as a lifelong breast man I believe Stella was the REAL “hostess with the mostest”. Continue reading
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SPECIAL GUEST COMMENTATOR JAKE THE PARROT TALKS TURKEY ABOUT TEAMS CALLED EAGLES
“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.” … Had to be said. Now let’s move on. Since I’m getting geared up for NAIA College World Series coverage and with the Frontierado holiday coming up, plus the NCAA Divisions 2 and 3 having their baseball playoffs right now Jake the parrot, who is one of the star attractions of his mom’s blog volunteered to do some guest commentary. And be sure to buy Jake’s best-selling autobiography titled That Ain’t Dandruff: My Former Life As A Pirate’s Shoulder-Parrot. Anyway, in the bold tradition of Bogie, Tibbs, Oolong and Pekoe, Gaius, George the Whippet, Twiggy and Littlegirl, comes Jake.
JAKE: The first person to make with a “Jake want a cracker?” joke will be on my list. … I’m just sayin’. I’m also known as JJ, as in Gittes, to throw in another Chinatown reference like the guy who normally writes for this blog did. I really admire the way
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