The CYPRESS COLLEGE CHARGERS won the CCCAA baseball championship for the FIFTH time and the first time since 2003. Their opponents were the FULLERTON COLLEGE HORNETS, who led 1-0 after the 1st inning, the last time they would lead in the game. The Chargers put up multiple runs in the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 8th while giving up just 2 more runs themselves for a 10-3 victory. On their way to the title Cypress also took down Mount San Antonio College, the College of the Canyons and Continue reading
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CYPRESS COLLEGE CHARGERS ARE 2013 CCCAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONS
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LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ARE ALL JERKS
Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only site on the web that truly criticizes all of those shrill fanatics called Liberals and Conservatives.
American Liberals and Conservatives are like Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: BUCKS COUNTY COLLEGE
BUCKS COUNTY COLLEGE CENTURIONS
Location: Newtown, PA
Division: NJCAA
Comment: “Thwow him to the gwound, Thentuwion!” … Had to be said. Now we can all Continue reading
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MOON U: A LOOK AT NINE LUNAR DEITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
In the past Balladeer’s Blog examined sun deities and monster slayers from neglected pantheons of gods from around the world. This time around neglected moon deities will be the subject.
9. PUEPA
Pantheon: Tupari
Comment: Puepa is the husband of the sun goddess Karam in Tupari myths. Though both are aged they retain a great deal of divine power, Karam more so than her husband, hence her brighter light. Eclipses occur when the sun and moon are attacked by the celestial crocodiles who usually guard the realm of Patobkia, god of the dead. Puepa and his wife always succeed in driving the crocodiles off with their power.
For more Tupari deities : https://glitternight.com/2013/04/02/the-top-ten-deities-in-tupari-mythology/
8. HINA
Pantheon: Hawaiian
Comment: Hina was the Continue reading
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IROQUOIS EPIC MYTH: HODADEION PART FIVE
PART 5 – WITCHES WITH HIDDEN HEARTS – Hodadeion the god of magic continued traveling northeast on his quest. Presently Hodadeion spied three hideously old witch-women pounding corn outside their longhouse lodge. The demigod’s sharp eyes noticed that the three women were using human bones as cooking implements and remained hidden in the forest so he could observe the obviously dangerous ladies and devise a strategy for dealing with them.
As with so many heroes in Iroquois myths Hodadeion suddenly found the breeze blowing through his ears to be the whisperings of the wind god Geha. Hodadeion was Geha’s grandson, after all, and he did not abandon his descendant in his time of need. Geha whispered to the god of magic that the witches were cannibals like the sorcerors who had depopulated so many Iroquois villages. Though very old each member of the trio was far stronger than any mortal man and used human thigh bones from their previous meals to club new victims to death.
Rashly Hodadeion let his anger get the better of him and emerged from hiding. The cannibal witch-women caught sight of him and Continue reading
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COOL LOGO FOR A SPORTS TEAM: LYON COLLEGE
LYON COLLEGE SCOTS
Location: Batesville, AR
Division: NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
Conference Affiliation: American Midwest Conference
Comment: “FREEEEEEDOOOOMMM!” … Had to be said. Lyon College fans are called the Kilted Army and the institution’s mailing address is on HIGHLAND Road! Just as Notre Dame is considered the national team of the Irish Lyon College should be Continue reading
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FOUR MORE COLLEGE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS CROWNED
* NAIA *
The NAIA’s top seeded FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES ended the Cinderella run of the 7th seeded LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS. It’s rare for Lewis-Clark State to be considered Cinderellas on the diamond but how else would you describe a 7 seed in the championship game? At any rate Faulkner lived up to all the hype enroute to its first ever national title in baseball. By the 2nd inning the Eagles’ sound and fury had given them a 6-2 lead over the Warriors. By the 4th it was an 8-2 lead, then a 10-2 lead after 7, all climaxing with an 11-4 final score. Congratulations to Faulkner, the 2013 baseball champions of the NAIA (National Association of Continue reading
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BAD MOVIE: HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964) ON THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT: MAY 25TH, 1985
The Cute Mascot for Vibrators-to-Go
In the middle 1980’s/ Way down on Level 31 …
Before MST3K there was The Texas 27 Film Vault, hosted by Randy Clower and Richard Malmos. Balladeer’s Blog’s examination of this neglected 1980’s cult show continues. Here’s the 8th review of episodes where an original broadcast date can be determined.
EPISODE ORIGINALLY BROADCAST: Saturday May 25th, 1985 from 10:30pm to 1:00am.
EXTRAS: With 2 1/2 hours to work with every episode our machine-gun toting “Film Vault Technicians First Class” Randy and Richard had plenty of time to show (and mock) episodes of old Republic serials before showing (and mocking) the night’s bad movie. Before Horror of Party Beach our boys showed an episode of The Phantom Empire, in which Gene Autry played a singing cowboy who saves the world from an advanced underground civilization complete with killer robots.
Yeah, most atomic beasts live off human brains!
Also, a comedy sketch (which Randy Clower told me he still has footage of) from the episode featured Richard jamming a bunch of hot dogs in his mouth to resemble the absurd, multi-tongued sea creatures in Horror of Party Beach.
FILM VAULT LORE: Special thanks to my fellow Texas 27 Film Vault fan Jana for the date of this episode and which serial preceded the movie. She did not remember which chapter of the serial Randy and Richard were on, but you can’t have everything!
Here’s more in Jana’s own words: “My boyfriend and I at the time were at SMU and on Saturday nights everybody on Continue reading
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TWO COLLEGE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS CROWNED; MORE WORLD SERIES’ CONTINUE
* NCAA D3 *
Yesterday the NCAA Division 3 World Series Champions were crowned. The LINFIELD COLLEGE WILDCATS and the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE HUSKIES were the last two teams standing. In a battle of cats and dogs the Huskies scored a run in the 1st inning and led 1-0 until the bottom of the 4th. At that point the Wildcats put up 4 runs of their own. Neither team gave up any more points, making the final score 4-1. Congratulations Linfield!
* NJCAA3 *
In Division Three of the NJCAA the championship game went from being a classic to a blowout in one half of an inning. The upstart CENTURY COLLEGE WOOD DUCKS and the GLOUCESTER COLLEGE ROADRUNNERS were all tied up at 3-3 after 4 full innings of play. In the top of the 5th the Roadrunners “beep-beeped” out TEN RUNS and from there the outcome was never in doubt. The final score was Continue reading
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COLLEGE WORLD SERIES RESULTS FROM MAY 28TH: NAIA, NJCAA, D2 AND D3
* NAIA *
Yesterday the 2nd seeded LEE UNIVERSITY FLAMES scored 11 runs by the 6th inning of their game with the 9th seeded MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY SPARTANS. The Spartans did not even get on the board until the 7th, and the final score in this elimination game was Flames 12 Spartans 2. ### Meanwhile the 7 seeds, the LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS stayed alive with another upset victory, this time over the 5th seeded MASTER’S MUSTANGS. The Warriors trailed 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th inning when their bats came alive, propelling them to a 3-2 comeback win! ### In a clash between two teams called EAGLES the 3rd seeded EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY held a 3-0 lead over Continue reading
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