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Alphabet Soup

HAIL PELICUS!   Alphabet Soup   As beachlike conditions develop everywhere for games having incurred justice, knowledgeable locals might necessitate our Pelican quester’s resolve, steadily testing universally validated wantonly xerosic yearly zephyrs.   Yes, the weather in Pelicanland has long been a sore topic of conversation and our rainy season...

Winding Up

HAIL PELICUS!   Winding Up   For most in Pelicanland the regular season has come to an end and teams have sorted out their respective places in the world – only Men’s D1 is still playing league matches and they finish up this weekend.   Yes, the playoffs are coming...

Super Rugby

HAIL PELICUS!   Super Rugby   As we boldly forge our way ahead into the Century of the Fruitbat new things appear on the rugby scene as old things fade away. Sometimes the new things resemble old things and give hope that some old things may reemerge, like a...

Spring Fever

HAIL PELICUS!   Spring Fever   “It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! “ -Mark...

The Champion Is Back

HAIL PELICUS!   The Champion Is Back   Last year, in my inaugural season as editor of the Hail Pelicus, I offered up many viewpoints and observations, peppered with jokes and psudo-classical references.   Based on the response, one of the most evocative pieces I wrote was after the Cal...