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April 29, 2014 · 9:16 pm

NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS RESUME APRIL 29th

Bethany Swedes logoKANSAS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – Tomorrow the KCAC will throw out the first pitch in their 2014 conference tournament. The league’s 4th seeded BETHANY COLLEGE SWEDES will do battle with the 5 seeds – the UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY SPIRES – in the only game of the day in that conference.

brewtonparkerSOUTHERN STATES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – Meanwhile in the SSAC the 2nd seeded BREWTON- PARKER COLLEGE BARONS will square off against the 7th seeded UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE RAMS   ###   The top seeded FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES will be up against the 8 seeds – the AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS (formerly the Senators).  Continue reading →

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April 28, 2014 · 11:01 pm

HITTITE DEITY: LELWANI, THE DEATH GODDESS

amdearl002p1LELWANI – The goddess who ruled over the subterranean land of the dead and was thus answerable to Kumarbi, the deity who ruled over all of the undergound realms. Charnel houses and mausoleums were sacred to her. Continue reading →

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April 28, 2014 · 5:03 am

SUPERMODEL M*E*T*A*L SAYS: “ALL MY MEN READ BALLADEER’S BLOG … OR THEY READ NOTHING AT ALL”

M*E*T*A*L: A beautiful, brainy and butt-kicking fan of Balladeer's Blog.

M*E*T*A*L: A beautiful, brainy and butt-kicking fan of Balladeer’s Blog.

With apologies to English Leather, M*E*T*A*L makes a very persuasive argument that readers of Balladeer’s Blog are the sexiest and most intelligent readers on the internet. FOR MORE CLICK HERE: Continue reading →

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April 26, 2014 · 2:57 pm

PULP HERO NORTHWEST SMITH: STORIES THREE AND FOUR

Northwest Smith 3Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of another neglected pulp hero – in this case Northwest Smith. Created by the female author C.L. Moore in the 1930’s Northwest Smith was a ruthless outer-space smuggler and mercenary decades before Han Solo. With his Venusian partner Yarol at his side and armed with a trusty blaster Smith roamed the solar system in his deceptively fast spaceship The Maid. In the course of their criminal pursuits the two often found themselves in the role of reluctant heroes, sometimes with the fate of entire planets at stake. For more on Northwest Smith and other neglected pulp heroes click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/ 

3. SCARLET DREAM (1934) – Once again lying low between illegal activities of some sort Northwest Smith finds himself in the Martian city of Lakkmanda. The city’s illicit markets are legendary throughout the solar system and Smith buys a very odd scarlet blanket made of some otherworldly silk-like material. The blanket was found on a deserted spaceship with no sign left of the original crew, which should have warned our hero away from the odd blanket but if it had there would be no story. Continue reading →

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April 25, 2014 · 12:28 pm

GEORGE C SCOTT CAPTIONING FUN

 

I've had days like that. One time I unwittingly trained a dolphin to kill the president of the Teamsters Union. I had a hell of a time hiding Hoffa's body. "Thanks for all the fish" my ass!

I’ve had days like that. One time I unwittingly trained a dolphin to kill the president of the Teamsters Union. I had a hell of a time hiding Hoffa’s body. “Thanks for all the fish” my ass!

IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CAPTIONS INSTEAD: Continue reading →

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April 22, 2014 · 6:58 pm

HITTITE MYTHOLOGY: THE TOP DEITIES

Hittite empireThe Hittite Empire spread throughout Anatolia, covering a large part of what is now Turkey and Syria as well as some parts far eastward and southward of there (accounts vary). The scarce remains of the texts regarding the deities worshipped by the Hittites are tantalizingly fragmentary but reflect and/or influenced myths from Mesopotamia across the west to ancient Greece and south to Canaanite territory.

ARANZAH – The god of the body of water that bore his name – the Aranzah River. The Aranzah is better known as the Tigris, which begins its journey southward from the Taurus Mountains in what is now eastern Turkey. This deity was a brother of the storm god Tarhun (Teshub to the Hurrians) and like him was born in the belly of the god Kumarbi.

ISTUSTAYA and PAPAYA – The Hittite goddesses of destiny. The two deities sat by the shores of the Black Sea where they would spin the threads that are each mortal’s destiny, taking special care with the fates of kings. The two left their seaside location only for special occassions like conferences of all the gods. Collectively the two were called the Gulses by the Hittites and the Hutena by the Hurrians. The ancient Greeks added a third to their number and called them the Morae (Fates).    Continue reading →

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April 21, 2014 · 11:19 pm

HENRY MORE: ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION FROM 1647

Henry MoreHenry More was a Platonist philosopher at Cambridge. Inspired by Keplers’ work of “ancient science fiction” titled Somnium More wrote a poem titled Insomnium Philosophicum which was published in 1647.

In this work More depicted his astral body departing his physical form to fly into space, rowing “with mine own arms in liquid sky” for fans of the cult movie of that name. Continue reading →

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April 20, 2014 · 3:09 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM APRIL 19th

Clermont CougarsUC-CLERMONT RULES THE WORLD – The USCAA’s UNIVERSITY OF CINCINATTI AT CLERMONT COUGARS didn’t just upset the NCAA’s WILMINGTON COLLEGE QUAKERS, they completely dismembered them and burned the remains. A 2-2 tie in the 2nd Inning became a 9-2 lead for the Cougars by the time the 3rd Inning was over. UCC never looked back from there, going on to total the Quakers by a final score of 12-2.

Alfred State Pioneers logoTHE ULTIMATE PITCHER’S DUEL – Ryan Hedges from the ALFRED STATE PIONEERS took on Derek Harkin from the SUNY- CANTON KANGAROOS in the most exciting battle of the mounds from yesterday’s action. The Kangaroos gave up one run in the opening Inning and that turned out to be all the scoring for the entire game! The Pioneers went home with a 1-0 victory. Continue reading →

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April 19, 2014 · 3:22 pm

PULP HERO NORTHWEST SMITH – STORIES 1 and 2

Northwest Smith 2Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of another neglected pulp hero – in this case Northwest Smith. Created by the female author C.L. Moore in the 1930’s Northwest Smith was a ruthless outer-space smuggler and mercenary decades before Han Solo. With his Venusian partner Yarol at his side and armed with a trusty blaster Smith roamed the solar system in his deceptively fast spaceship The Maid. In the course of their criminal pursuits the two often found themselves in the role of reluctant heroes, sometimes with the fate of entire planets at stake. For more on Northwest Smith and other neglected pulp heroes click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/ 

1. SHAMBLEAU (1933) – In this Northwest Smith debut story our anti-hero is lying low between smuggling capers in the Martian city of Lakkdarol. While passing time in the more dangerous quarters of the city Northwest gets the hots for a Martian woman of the Shambleau species and saves her from being killed by a pursuing mob of Martians, Earth colonists and expatriate swamp-men from Venus. Continue reading →

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April 15, 2014 · 8:11 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL: BALLADEER’S BLOG’S LATEST RANKINGS

lindenwood-belleville lynxUSCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) – 1. UNIVERSITY OF LINDENWOOD AT BELLEVILLE LYNX      ###      2. NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS      ###      3. PSU- GREATER ALLEGHENY LIONS      ###      4. SELMA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS      ###      5. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINATTI AT CLERMONT COUGARS      ###      

ave-maria-university-gyrenes6. AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY GYRENES      ###      7. SOUTHERN MAINE COLLEGE SEAWOLVES      ###      8. CANTON STATE UNIVERSITY KANGAROOS      ###     9. SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS      ###      ###      10. ROCHESTER COLLEGE WARRIORS      ###       Continue reading →

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