Balladeer’s Blog
THANK YOU once again to all of you readers for making Balladeer’s Blog so enjoyable to write. As I always say the weird and controversial items I churn out here mean that readers have to be very secure in their own beliefs not to just take offense and leave. Here’s a look at Glitternight.com’s six biggest hits since lastJune 21st:
MOST POPULAR MYTHOLOGY POST OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: TOP GODS OF THE NYANGA PEOPLE (AFRICA)
Gods who gamble, river gods, star gods who run a celestial courtroom and much, much more including the semi-divine hero Mwindo. This one barely beat out the Philippine Epic Myth about the god Baybayan.
MOST POPULAR ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY POST OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: THE BIRDS BY ARISTOPHANES
There was an EXPLOSION of controversy over this post which examined the original work AND explored how The Birds could be applied to the anti-intellectual madhouses called colleges here in America. Aristophanes wrote “In Cloud Cuckooland things become what they are called rather than being called what they are.” I made that “In Ivory Towerland things become what they are called rather than being called what they are.” And off I went …
MOST POPULAR CONTINUING FEATURE OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: THE SONGS OF MALDOROR (1868)
Technically this feature began in February of 2015 but was so lengthy it didn’t wrap up until August of 2015, thus putting it within the past year, at least partially.
This work of horror was the darkest, most deranged and graphically violent item I’ve ever covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.
MOST POPULAR “LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES” POST OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND ART
This item took a look at one of the many ways that the hypersensitive, judgmental and censorship-crazed American Liberals have become even more intolerant than the worst Christian Conservatives.
And that’s the truth.
MOST POPULAR POST ABOUT MUSLIM FASCISM IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: WOMEN WHO FIGHT MUSLIM OPPRESSION
A look at Irshad Manji, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and many other women who show the backbone to take on the greatest oppressors of women in this day and age: the Muslim World.
These women deserve much more notoriety than they currently enjoy.
MOST POPULAR TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT POST OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS: THANKSGIVING TURKEYS ON THE TEXAS TWENTY-SEVEN FILM VAULT
A Turkey Day look at some of Randy and Richard’s most storied episodes, featuring movies like It! The Terror From Beyond Space, The Giant Claw, The Party Crashers, Return of the Fly and many, many more!
CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
CROWLEY’S RIDGE COLLEGE 
SILVER LAKE COLLEGE 
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: GAME ONE – The GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE RUSTLERS took on the SANTA ROSA COLLEGE BEAR CUBS. The Rustlers came into the game with 1 loss already hanging over them so they HAD to win just to survive against the undefeated Bear Cubs. A 3-2 Golden West College lead in the 1st Inning became an 8-3 advantage in the 2nd and the shootout was on. In the end the Rustlers forced a second game by defeating Santa Rosa College by a Polo Match score of 12-10. Soren Yarnall pitched for the GWC win. 
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: The NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SHARKS and the MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY MARAUDERS met on the diamond for the second game of this best-of-three championship series. The Sharks had taken the previous day’s game so the determined Marauders – staring down the barrel of elimination – got off to a 3-0 1st Inning lead. 
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The 4 seeds – the LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS – faced the top seeded FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES for the NAIA title in college baseball. Runs piled up til it seemed like a Polo Match score as the Warriors and Eagles were tied at 2-2 in the 2nd Inning and 3-3 in the 4th. Faulkner U went on top 7-6 in the 5th Inning but Lewis-Clark State overtook them for a 12-7 advantage in the 6th. 
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: The two teams battling it out for the D3 title were the TRINITY (TX) TIGERS and the KEYSTONE COLLEGE GIANTS. The Tigers forced a 2nd game by hammering the Giants FOURTEEN to SIX in the early game! In the decisive Game Two a 3-1 1st Inning lead for Trinity became a 5-3 edge in the 3rd Inning. By the 7th Inning the Tigers led the Giants 8-6 on their way to a 10-7 victory and their first title in baseball. Pitcher Chris Tate got the Win. * THE TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOR NCAA DIVISION THREE * 
DAY FOUR: GAME ONE – The 3rd seeded BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY BRUINS went head to head with the 8th seeded LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS. In the 3rd Inning the Bruins went on top 1-0 and in the 6th made it a 2-1 advantage. Bellevue University shut out the Blue Raiders the rest of the way while adding additional runs in the 8th Inning for a 4-1 victory. Bruins Pitcher Braulio Torres-Perez threw for 9 Iron Man Innings in the win. 
