The Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders defeated the Continue reading
FOUR NEW TEAMS JOIN THE NAIA
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics welcomed four new member institutions this week! Now joining this division which features REAL student athletes are: the Rochester (MI) College Warriors, the Lawrence Tech Blue Devils, the UC- Merced Bobcats, and the Atlanta Christian College Chargers, who are adding football!!! How great is that! Balladeer’s Blog will be Continue reading
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FRONTIERADO: THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE FREAKY, PART 2
As we continue our countdown toward the festive Frontierado holiday (celebrated every year on the first Friday in August) I figured I would do another item about a very weird western. For the details on Frontierado click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/28/just-9-more-shopping-days-until-frontierado/
This film is from 1977 and it’s called Welcome To Blood City and believe me, it is OUT THERE! The best way to describe it is like a cross between Westworld and the original Patrick McGoohan series The Prisoner. The opening will likely remind people of the television series Lost with our heroes, led by Keir Dullea, finding themselves in a Continue reading
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DROVERS BASEBALL COMES BACK TO BEAT NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
CHICKASHA – The Drovers grabbed a much-needed conference win with an RBI single by Robert Summers deep in the ninth against Northwestern Oklahoma State. Shortstop Regulo Moy scored the winning run.
Sophomore David Garcia started on the mound for Continue reading
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NORSE GODS OF THE DAY: AEGIR AND RAN
Recently I did a list of The Eleven Most Neglected Deities In Teutono-Norse Mythology and there was such popular response to that list that my latest Deities of the Day will be from that same pantheon instead of from Hawaiian mythology. For the full list of Teutono-Norse deities mentioned above, click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/04/10/the-eleven-most-neglected-deities-in-teutono-norse-mythology/
AEGIR – The god of the sea who brewed the ale that he would share with the other Teutono-Norse deities when they would get together at his hall on the island of Hlesey. Many poetic references are made to Continue reading
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RAILSPLITTERS TENNIS DEFEATS THE MARS HILL LIONS IN THE QUARTERFINALS
The no. 4 seed Lincoln Memorial University men’s tennis team had to battle back Wednesday afternoon to defeat no. 5 seed Mars Hill College 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Now 13-5 overall, the no. 4 seed LMU men are set for their second consecutive Continue reading
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PULP HEROES: TWO MORE FROM SILVER JOHN
This time around I’ll give a synopsis of a Silver John vignette and then a short story. I’m still going in order of publication, so this will be the first vignette and the third short story. For background info on Silver John click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/
WHY THEY’RE NAMED THAT – This Silver John vignette features a Gardinel, another monstrous creature plucked from Appalachian lore. A Gardinel is a supernatural being able to Continue reading
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BLUE RAIDERS BASEBALL SPLITS DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST TIGERS
After a sloppy start to senior day with six errors in game one leading to an 11-3 loss, the Lindsey Wilson College baseball team responded with 10 hits in game two to split with Georgetown (Ky.) College 11-6 at Continue reading
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SEVEN BLOGS THAT KICK BUTT
In addition to receiving spam to the Nth degree one of the pleasures of blogging is getting to interact with the writers of other blogs. Here are seven blogs that are more than worth checking out. The list is in alphabetical order:
ACCORDING TO WOMAN – The writer of this blog calls herself Woman, and she writes in very intimate detail about Continue reading
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FLYING FLEET BASEBALL FALLS TO LIMESTONE COLLEGE IN THE CONFERENCE CAROLINAS TOURNAMENT
Freshman left fielder Chad Balderman ripped four singles and drove in three runs to lead No. 2 seed Limestone College to a 12-4 victory over No. 5 Erskine College on the first day of the 2011 Conference Carolinas Baseball Tournament hosted by Barton College and Continue reading
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