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NACCEdgewood 3, Concordia Chicago 1 EU’s Zukauskaite: 16 kills.St. Norbert 3, Lakeland 2 SNC’s Colburn: 6 kills, 31 assists, 13 digs.Aurora 3, Rockford 0 AU’s Ruse: 10 kills.Benedictine 3, Dominican 1 BU’s Fleming: 11 kills.MSOE 3, Alverno 0 MSOE’s Taticek: 15 digs, 5 aces.Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Marian 1 WLC’s Wigley: 9 kills, 10 digs, 7 […]

Khandita Nayika, Punjab Hills, Garhwal or Kangra, 1800-20 This post is the fourth in my series on “Love, Longing and Left On Read: Kangra Paintings Meet Modern Dating” in which I am connecting these beautiful Indian miniature paintings with the various situations that can happen in modern dating, connecting the different times and culture, as […]

Barnaby Jones is an alt-rock/protest music artist from Portland. The song’s intention is not to incite or condone violence, but rather to hold a mirror to the laws, actions, and rhetoric of the billionaire-funded politicians that normalize and enable hate and violence in an attempt to keep us divided. Hi. Did you know that it’s… Continue reading BARNABY JONES – Kill The President (2025) →

SP/HP/Queens Queens swimmers can repeat warmup or do your own Warm up 10 * 75 on 1:20 1) fist/Drill/Swim 2) A-OK/50 Build twice thru 3 x 100 IM on 1:50 8/10/1/6 kicks off wall Aerobic Power – the main set for tonight 21 x 100 6 easy on 1:30 (fins?) 5 FPP+10, 4 easy on … Continue reading “Wednesday October 1st, 2025”

Red Sox eliminated by the NY assholeAnkees and I’m doing okay. Why you ask? Because I have been in mourning here since they sent my Raffy Devers to the land of criminals. (SF) Maybe now Cora will be fired. Bregman will go away and cheat for some other team. Craig Breslow will get whacked over […]

S. Samek Penn State heads to UCLA for a Big Ten battle this weekend. Let’s preview the action. Penn State comes into this matchup 3-1, 0-1 in the Big Ten and ranked 6th/7th in the polls. This was a drop from the number three ranking after a 30-24 double overtime loss to then number six … Continue reading “Penn State Football Preview 10/4/25 vs UCLA”

Updates: Pickleball night. I’ll be missing the SU/SU match. Right now SU leads 23-22. Lynch and VWU are tied 1-1. IWU is up 1-0. Well, the wrong SU won that first set. Schreiner with the lead. Southwestern will have to go on without me. Geez. You can’t lose to Schreiner and hope to get an… Continue reading Wednesday, Oct 1 Match Day!

S. Samek Pitt is set to host Boston College this week in an ACC football matchup. Let’s preview the game. Pitt enters the contest 2-2 and 0-1 in the ACC. They have lost back-to-back games after losing to Louisville last week 34-27. The loss was Pitt’s sixth straight loss in conference play dating back to … Continue reading “Pitt Football Preview 10/4/25 vs Boston College”

I mentioned in my post on my breakfast at Mooresville Family House my infatuation with biscuit sandwiches, especially in North Carolina where I can get the fillings that are hard to find around Washington. It’s a virtual biscuit desert. So on this trip, I made a point of spending the night in Shelby, which is at the epicenter of Western North Carolina biscuit specialties. And … Continue reading The Shelby Cafe, Shelby, North Carolina

Dhanush plays a man who returns to his village after a stint abroad, and he wants to continue his father’s modest food business. He also wants to continue the tradition of goodness that his father instilled in him, and this becomes difficult when Arun Vijay begins to do bad things. The concept is solid, but […]

Today’s new Travalanche post for October 1, 2025 is about the late actor Peter Kastner (You’re a Big Boy Now). Earlier Travalanche posts for October 1 (in no particular order) include ones on: Ted Healy and The Three Stooges Allan Jones The Surrealist Manifesto Julie Andrews Richard Harris and A Man Called Horse George Peppard […]

Today’s new Travalanche post for October 1, 2025 is about the late actor Peter Kastner (You’re a Big Boy Now). Earlier Travalanche posts for October 1 (in no particular order) include ones on: Ted Healy and The Three Stooges Allan Jones The Surrealist Manifesto Julie Andrews Richard Harris and A Man Called Horse George Peppard […]

Peter Kastner (1943-2008) is fresher in our consciousness than he might otherwise be, on account of we recently re-watched one of his handful of his starring roles a few weeks ago, his entertaining turn in Francis Ford Coppola’s You’re a Big Boy Now (1966). Criterion had it, and we had recently written about Geraldine Page […]

Peter Kastner (1943-2008) is fresher in our consciousness than he might otherwise be, on account of we recently re-watched one of his handful of his starring roles a few weeks ago, his entertaining turn in Francis Ford Coppola’s You’re a Big Boy Now (1966). Criterion had it, and we had recently written about Geraldine Page […]

My cover photo this week goes to Keegan Corley of Cal Lutheran who is fifth in the nation in Digs/Set. This is our weekly regional leaders’ article that highlight some of the best of the best in Regions VI and X. I will also be including top 5 teams in both regions. Previous Cover Photos:… Continue reading Region Leaders (2025-Wk5)

The following players have earned POW honors. Links to their articles are attached to the conference name when available. Previous winners will be retained at the bottom of the article. The AVCA Player of the Week is also included below. I really try NOT to comment on the selections. This is a tough job and… Continue reading Players of the Week (10/1/25)

WIAC#4 UW-Whitewater 3, UW-La Crosse 1 UWW’s DiMotto: 17 kills.#5 UW-Eau Claire 3, UW-Stout 0 UWEC’s Kiebel: 29 assists, 10 digs. CCIW#8 Illinois Wesleyan 3, North Park 0 IWU’s Bardouniotis hit 9-1-15, 11 digs.Elmhurst 3, Millikin 0 EU’s Clardy hit 15-0-24. MIACBethel 3, Carleton 0 BU’s Scherber hit 10-0-15. ARCSimpson 3, Central 2 SC’s Gomez […]

Hi friends! I have wanted to post tutorials filmed at my easel for a while now, but couldn’t figure out a good setup until now. I wasn’t sure if it would work to have my palette vertical, but it worked fine. I moved my A-Frame Easel into the “Room of Hoard” and brought in my […]

Hi friends! I have wanted to post tutorials filmed at my easel for a while now, but couldn’t figure out a good setup until now. I wasn’t sure if it would work to have my palette vertical, but it worked fine. I moved my A-Frame Easel into the “Room of Hoard” and brought in my […]

What a beautiful month September was for me! The most beautiful in this year, so far… Half of the month I spent living my Mediterranean dreams, intoxicated by the beauty of the sea, enchanted by the sight of the full moon above the sea which made me think of Shelley’s lines ‘and the moonbeams kiss […]