DELAWARE COUNTY COLLEGE PHANTOMS
Division: NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association)
Sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, tennis and golf
Comment: “Find yourself here” is the very appropriate slogan of the Delaware County Community College system. This Continue reading
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Two fools who prove that ANYBODY can get reelected and it doesn’t prove they are competent.
It’s no secret that the Democratic and Republican Parties are nothing more than two rival gangs of white collar criminals. This is what has been driving so many Americans to reject either party label and to proclaim themselves Independent voters. Even the latest Gallup Poll has caught up with this reality.
The number of respondents defining themselves as Independent grew to 46% in the final quarter of 2013 but averaged 42% for all of that calendar year. The Gallup analysts elaborated on the obvious by saying that these results reflected “an outgrowth of Americans’ record or near-record negative views of the two major U.S. parties” and their “low level of trust in government more generally.”
The analysts optimistically concluded that Continue reading
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Part of what made 2013 so much fun here at Balladeer’s Blog was this kind shoutout from the indescribably beautiful Nina Elle, pictured above. I’m helping us all Continue reading
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Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’m very fond of cinematic turkeys that have seasonal tie-ins. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas bombs have gotten ample attention from me, so permit me to follow those items up with this look at bad movies with a New Year’s Eve theme. As usual, full-length reviews of these films can be found on my Bad Movie page.
AKA Time Warp
BLOODY NEW YEAR (1987) – Also released under the title Time Warp but it’s grisly enough for the more explicit title. A handful of British boaters who are fleeing a family of soccer hooligans (no, really) wind up on an island with a deserted hotel that’s been decorated for a New Year’s Eve party since the 1950’s. This Norman J Warren film stars nobody and borrows heavily from Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead in terms of its imitation “Deadites” and its POV tracking shots. It also features a killer who emerges from a movie being watched, a monster who climbs out of a tablecloth, homicidal kitchen utensils, indoor snowfall, laughing shrubbery and living walls. All the chaos is being caused by hapless souls who have been trapped in limbo for decades and will do anything to get out or to drag others into their hellish undead existence with them.
Bloody New Year is a neglected bad movie classic that has all the Continue reading
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Teddi Barrett as Edward Wozniak’s Neo-Pulp heroine Mordillo Blush
Teddi Barrett, the World’s Sexiest Woman, is returning soon in the 2nd pulse-pounding chapter of Mordillo Blush’s debut sci-fi adventure! Millions of lives are in danger and our courageous and brilliant heroine Dr Blush is the Continue reading
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NUMBER ONE CONTINUES TO ROLL – The top-ranked team in the nation, the UW-STEVENS POINT POINTERS faced a dire threat yesterday from the WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY PIRATES. Whitworth actually led the venerable Pointers at Halftime by a score of 45-43 but Stevens Point came out in the 2nd Half focused and ready to play. When all was said and done the Pointers improved to 9-0 with a 93-75 victory.
TOP 25 UPSETS – The unranked MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY BIG BLUE welcomed the number 19 UW-STOUT BLUE DEVILS and toppled them 68-56 in a masterpiece of hardcourt defense. The Big Blue are now 6-4, the Blue Devils fall to 7-3. *** And the DICKINSON COLLEGE RED DEVILS were also ungracious hosts, upsetting the 23rd-ranked GUILFORD COLLEGE QUAKERS in an authoritative 90-75 affair. With this win the Red Devils improve to Continue reading
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Every college football season Balladeer’s Blog chronicles the intense gridiron rivalry between the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) and NCAA Division 3. For the 4th year in a row my readers can cast votes to say who they feel would win a game played between the national champions of the NAIA and the national champions of D3.
Balladeer’s Bowl IV will pit the GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS (NAIA Champs) against the UW-WHITEWATER WARHAWKS (NCAA D3 Champs). To prevent the Continue reading
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! As always it’s hard to believe a whole year has gone by since the conclusion of Balladeer’s Blog’s previous Christmas Carol-A-Thon. This Fourth annual affair comes to a close with a look at the American Conservatory Theatre’s 1981 version, titled simply A Christmas Carol.
This is a filmed presentation of the stage play by San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre and originally aired December 21st, 1981 on the Arts Channel. The adaptation was by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson and starred William Patterson as Ebenezer Scrooge. The only real mistake this Carol makes is that it’s one of those versions that reads WAY too much into Scrooge’s relationship with his father, even making up beatings that are never mentioned in the Dickens original. Other than that this production features some very nice touches.
During the Christmas Past segment Young Scrooge (Thomas Harrison) and Belle (Janice Hutchens) are ice-skating under starlit skies while having their breakup scene, which livens up this often tedious bit of business. When the Ghost of Christmas Present (Lawrence Hecht) shows Scrooge the Continue reading
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E-College Finder has named Balladeer’s Blog as one of the Top College Sports Blogs for 2013. Starting off with my basketball and hockey coverage in January through college baseball and my multi-award-winning football coverage it’s nice to get noticed! In 2012 Balladeer’s Blog’s American election coverage was recognized so it’s great marking back-to-back years being honored for different aspects of my blog’s coverage.
Thank you to the folks at ecollegefinder and to see the other blogs on the Continue reading
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M*E*T*A*L, the Most Interesting Woman in the World
M*E*T*A*L Says: I DON’T ALWAYS READ BLOGS BUT WHEN I DO, I MAKE IT BALLADEER’S BLOG! STAY THIRSTY FOR KNOWLEDGE MY FRIENDS!
SHE tells shopping malls when it’s time to close … For her ALL doors open automatically … It’s NEVER Continue reading
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