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The Last Post of 2011...

2011-12-31T17:31:00.000-05:00

Well, boys and girls, another year goes into the vault. I, for one will be glad to see the back of this one. It hasn't been bad, but it hasn't exactly been great either. My shoulder injury was the high/lowlight of my 2011. Thanks be to God and the good folks at Tri-State Orthopedic, I have about 85-90% of my range of motion back. And considering how big the tear was (2.5-3 inches),

City League asks to join the WPIAL in certain sports.

2011-12-15T19:35:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, the Post Gazette reported that the Pittsburgh City League has asked the WPIAL to accept four schools as associate members in certain sports. Here is the article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11348/1196669-363.stm I think this is a great idea for three reasons: 1. It allows those schools best able to compete in the WPIAL to finally get their wish to compete against quality

This Week in the City League October 13-15, 2011

2011-10-14T10:49:00.000-04:00

Your City League Advocate is asked on occasion, which of all the Pittsburgh City League schools that he supports, is his favorite? And like the doting father, who wants to offend none, he gives the stock answer that he loves all his children equally. But anyone with half a brain knows that any father with more than one child, may say that he loves his children equally, he secretly has his

This Week in the City League Week 5

2011-09-30T11:20:00.000-04:00

Your City League Advocate is lamenting the end of his favorite month, September once again for another year. Fall is officially here, and the days are getting shorter, The Advocate has to pull out his thick jammies. No more going commando on those hot summer nights. A nip of cool breezes is in the air, and depending on where you're reading this, the trees are starting to shed their

This Week in the City League Week 3-4

2011-09-22T17:22:00.000-04:00

Greetings and Salivations, Boys and Girls. Your City League Advocate has finally recovered from his Annual Birthday Bacchanal and Clam Bake held as usual in an undisclosed location. He had planned a City League update for last week, but the dancing elephants he was seeing on his ceiling for the past ten days finally moved on. You can tell the Advocate is getting old because it's taking

This Week in the City League Week 1-2

2011-09-08T22:43:00.003-04:00

Okay kids, The Advocate has heard from a few, actually one inquiring mind about why he didn't write a City League Preview for the 2011 season. Quite simply, he didn't feel like it. And he was seriously thinking about not doing any kind of reporting on the City this season, but after a heart to heart with some friends and a few bottles of John Barleycorn hoisted, he decided that he owed it to

NCAA, Man Up and Call A Spade a Spade...

2011-09-01T17:42:00.000-04:00

Checking out the recent developments in big time college football namely, the shenanigans and kerfuffle happening at such institutions as the University of Miami, Southern Cal and Ohio State has led me to offer up my way of reforming college football, if I were in charge, which I ain't. My approach is dead simple—The NCAA and the major college football schools should just man up and

2011 City League Non Conference Schedule

2011-07-14T15:42:00.003-04:00

The 2011 City League football schedule is up at: http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/143110127102347580/lib/143110127102347580/HS_FB_1112.pdf And with only eight teams in the league this season, the opportunities for non-conference play are exciting to say the least. Week 1 Seton La Salle vs Carrick Allderdice at Central Valley Brashear at Knoch Langley at Carlynton Perry at North Hills Westinghouse at

City League to WPIAL? Not right now.

2011-05-11T13:26:00.000-04:00

The latest report from the committee tasked with the job of overhauling the Pittsburgh City League was revealed to the public last night. The Post Gazette and Tribune Review articles noted that due to financial constraints brought on by the declining tax revenues as well as the recent cuts to the education budget by Gov. Tom "Hacksaw" Corbett, the plan for the City League to dissolve and

Osama Bin Laden is dead!!! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!!

2011-05-02T00:43:00.000-04:00

Tonight, America is celebrating the news that the founder of Al Qaeda, and the architect of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden is dead. According to various news reports, a team of Navy SEALS operating under the Joint Special Operations Command by order of President Obama landed in a compound in Abadobad, Pakistan, engaged Bin Laden's forces in hand to hand combat, killed the terrorist leader, and brought

Barack Obama was born in the U.S. of Frigging A!!! Get Over it!!!

2011-04-27T12:02:00.000-04:00

Today, the White House released President Barack Obama's birth certificate. The story can be seen at this link. http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/27/obama.birth.certificate/ The CNN article shows the actual long-form birth certificate as recorded by the State of Hawaii. It proves that President Obama was actually born in Hawaii, which the last time I looked was part of the United

The Scribbler's on Twitter...God Help Us.

2011-04-21T22:55:00.000-04:00

In my latest attempt to make this blog at least somewhat relevant in the ever expanding blogosphere, I have created a Twitter account in which I will post tweets about the latest posts to the Scribbler, as well as other bits and pieces of mostly worthless content. Just what the blogiverse needs, more worthless content. The Twitter account for the Moonlight Scribbler is: @moonlightscrblr. Follow

Showing The Drivers Some Love.

2011-04-16T17:37:00.001-04:00

It's been about three weeks since the Port Authority put into motion the latest round of service cuts aimed at trying to rectify the long time budget deficits that have plagued the long suffering transit agency for the better part of a decade. Routes were cut, renamed, folded, spindled and mutilated, and the basic fare has gone up 3 times in the last five or so years. Many routes were

Five Years of the Moonlight Scribbler.

2011-04-08T11:07:00.000-04:00

April 6th 2011 marked the fifth anniversary of the creation of this blog, The Moonlight Scribbler. Back in 2006, I came up with this half-baked notion that people out on teh interwebs were remotely interested in my admittedly off beat view of the world. So I started this blog. I never meant for it to become a way to lobby for societal change or to report the news rightly or wrongly. It was

The First Post of 2011...

2011-03-21T20:50:00.000-04:00

As is tradition on the Scribbler, I took the winter off from posting to this Godforsaken little corner of the Blogiverse, and now with the days getting longer and winter's icy grip weakening, I have taken up the keyboard to pound out more of the stuff that keeps the throbbing masses glued to this page. I had the strangest feeling that 2011 was going to be a very different year

The City League Championship Preview

2010-11-15T11:55:00.000-05:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Two old rivals will face each other across the new Fieldturf at the George on Saturday November 20, when the league leading Perry Commodores will face the Brashear Bulls for the City League Championship. Since 2003, Perry and Brashear have faced each other four times in the playoffs. The teams split the series 2-2 although Perry has won two titles while

The City League Playoff Preview

2010-11-08T10:39:00.000-05:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Well campers, It's playoff time. And the invites have been mailed, the dance cards have been set and it's time to see who'll be the belle of the ball and who'll be standing forlornly in the corner next to the wilted flowers and the bean dip looking like an abandoned puppy. For the first time this season, Perry was seriously challenged by a City

The City League Week 10 Preview

2010-11-02T12:11:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The final week of the regular season in the Pittsburgh City League is now upon us, and for right now, at least we know that there are three definite reservations to be mailed out, and one could be still up in the air. Your City League Advocate sussed out all the playoff scenarios prior to the Brashear-Peabody game on last Saturday assuming that

The Debut of the Tea Room.

2010-10-28T16:51:00.000-04:00

In an effort to insure that "Song of the Goddesses, The Test of a God, and The Eye of Heaven" are available for posterity and for public comment and criticism, I've decided to post all three pieces, chapter by chapter in a new blog called The Tea Room. It is located at omgfanfics.blogspot.com I intend to post each chapter every day or two until the 40+ chapters and 175 pages of both

The 2010 RMU Men's Basketball Preview Video.

2010-10-25T11:35:00.000-04:00

h/t to Nazari Dorosh for producing this video previewing Robert Morris's 2010 Men's basketball campaign. Nicely done and it gets me jacked up for the upcoming season.

The City League Week 9 Preview

2010-10-25T10:52:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } This is the penultimate weekend in the 2010 City League regular season, and for those who flunked English, penultimate means next-to-last. It's one of those sixty-five cent words, you can throw around in a bar in the hopes that you can wow your buddies and impress that hot chick at the end of the bar drinking the Cosmo and licking her lips suggestively.

The City League Week 8 Preview

2010-10-19T16:44:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Last weekend posted the most intriguing results in the City League all season. A couple teams apparently decided not to read the script, and didn't do what they were expected to do. A good bit of shuffling occurred in the standings. And with the regular season inching towards completion, the head to head tiebreakers have started to become a factor. The

The City League Week 7 Preview

2010-10-11T13:22:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The cream is rising to the top of the City League as the playoff picture starts to clear. Perry continues to hold the top spot at a perfect 5-0, while Allderdice is all alone in second place one game behind the Commodores at 4-1. The Standings Perry 5-0Allderdice 4-1 1 gbLangley 3-1 1.5 gbBrashear 3-1 1.5gb Schenley 3-2 2gbCarrick 1-3Oliver 1-

The City League Week 6 Preview

2010-10-05T11:57:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } An abbreviated City League Preview this week as according to tradition, once the season reaches the halfway point, The Advocate's attention shifts to those teams who are legitimate playoff contenders. As this is week six of a ten week season, which even according to math as it is taught in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, is over fifty percent, The

The City League Week 5 Preview

2010-09-29T17:44:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Your City League Advocate woke up this morning, looked at his cuckoo clock and said to himself 'Are we approaching the halfway point to the season already?, Damn the time flies when you get a year older!' For most of the teams in the City League, the end of this week's games will mark the halfway point of the 2010 season and the playoff race

The City League Week 4 Preview

2010-09-20T13:10:00.000-04:00

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Your City League Advocate is one hurting unit right now, boys and girls. As you may remember, The Advocate celebrated his 48th birthday by hosting his annual Birthday Bacchanal and Clambake. Everyone was having a hoot and a holler. There was much drunkenness and wreaking of havoc, and more than a few virtuous members of the opposite sex are...shall we

The City League Week 3 Preview

2010-09-13T13:57:00.000-04:00

Okay campers, for the first time ever, Your City League Advocate is reporting live from his 13th Annual Birthday Bacchanal and Clambake. Currently being held in an undisclosed location, The Advocate decided this year to host his City League Preview on the scene instead of after the event as in years past. The reason is, quite simply, that Your City League Advocate is getting a

The City League Week 2 Preview

2010-09-06T12:25:00.000-04:00

The first week of high school football in the City League is in the books and as expected, the City fell a little short. The City League went 2-7 against an assortment of WPIAL teams of varying levels and classes and a team from Lancaster. The closest game of the bunch was settled by 8 points. No

The USS LST 325 in Pittsburgh

2010-09-04T14:56:00.000-04:00

A bit of World War 2 history has come to Pittsburgh for a visit. The USS LST 325, the last of the World War 2 LST's is visiting Pittsburgh for the first time. They will be in town until Sept 7th. The Landing Ship, Tank, as the Navy referred to it, is a floating museum based out of Evansville, Indiana, but twice a year she is taken out on tours. This ship actually delivered troops on the

2010 City League Preview Week 1

2010-08-30T16:56:00.002-04:00

Okay kids, Your City League Advocate took last season off to embark on his career as a refrigerator salesman. He would have been boffo in the cutthroat world of Frigidare flogging if his manager hadn't given him the Alaskan territory. But the Advocate, being a plucky sort, was able to meet his quota for six

The Test of A God is complete

2010-07-26T17:10:00.000-04:00

My latest fan fiction piece based on Kosuke Fujishima's "Oh My Goddess" franchise is now complete to what I call the "Basic Story" phase. The name of this piece is called, "The Test of a God" and is a direct sequel to my first AMG fanfic piece, "The Song of the Goddesses", which was posted, chapter by chapter on this blog last year. If you've read "Song", you know that at the end of story,

Just a Small Reminder...

2010-07-03T08:10:00.000-04:00

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of Americahen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to

Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

2010-06-01T11:48:00.000-04:00

President Obama is lobbying for the military services to end the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy re: the disposition of gay and lesbian members of the US military. Created during the Clinton administration, Don't Ask, Don't Tell or DADT basically is a middle ground policy that allows homosexuals to serve in the US Armed Forces as long as they do not make their homosexual

Mellon Arena--Keep it or Kill it?

2010-05-17T15:29:00.001-04:00

Mellon Arena I have had great memories of Mellon Arena during my lifetime. I've seen numerous Penguin hockey games, indoor soccer games with the Pittsburgh Spirit and Stingers, I had season tickets for the Pittsburgh Gladiators Arena football team and saw the league's first Arena Bowl. I will also admit to being one of the few people who can say they watched indoor lacrosse with both the

Resquiat in Pacem, Lily Brice.

2010-05-09T23:17:00.000-04:00

In these last hours of Mother's Day, I am drawn to the blog to speak a little on mi madre, my mother, Lily Brice. She died on Father's Day in 1985. At that time, I was still in Uncle Sam's Yacht Club turning and burning on the USS California. We were out in the Indian Ocean when I got the message to head to the chaplain's office. Anytime a sailor gets sent to the chaplain's office, most

Adios, Mike Rice.

2010-05-04T11:18:00.000-04:00

According to the PG and other media sources, The head basketball coach at Robert Morris University, (Full Disclosure: This blog's author graduated from Robert Morris in 2000.) Mike Rice has accepted a deal to take up the head coaching job at Rutgers University in the Big East basketball conference. The PG's story can be seen here. This turn of events occurred less than one month after he

What to do with the Pittsburgh City League?

2010-04-20T12:03:00.009-04:00

As most of the teeming masses that read this blog know, I'm a fan of high school sports. I help moderate the PA Sportsboard on teh interwebs which deals heavily in local, statewide and national high school sports. On that board, my handle is City League Advocate. I chose that name because of my love for a particular brand of high school sports. And that is the league that includes the nine

Four Years of the Scribbler.

2010-04-13T01:02:00.002-04:00

Once again campers, April 6th has come and gone and with it, another year that the Moonlight Scribbler has contributed to the vast repository of useless content that makes up the blogosphere. Four years ago I got this rather bizarre idea in my head that people were actually remotely interested in what I had to say about life and the world around me. And this was when the whole blogging

The Relentless Pursuit of Higher Education--15 Years On.

2010-03-31T15:39:00.006-04:00

It just occurred to me that 2010 is an anniversary of the second most important life event the first of course, being the six years spent in the employ of Uncle Sam. Fifteen yrs ago I walked across the stage at the old David Lawrence Convention Center to receive my associate's degree from The Community College of Allegheny County. I followed that landmark event five years later when I

If Jesus were on Facebook...

2010-03-26T19:22:00.003-04:00

It would look something like this...http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/if-jesus-were-on-facebook/h/t to engune cho. This is funny, it's true to the culture of Facebook and with Holy Week coming up, a tasteful and light hearted way of looking at what is usually one of the more intense events on the Church calendar in terms of extremes of emotions and the true meaning of joy, death,

Robert Morris is going dancin'...again!!!

2010-03-17T18:58:00.001-04:00

Congratulations to the Robert Morris Colonials for winning their 7th Northeast Conference Title and earning another shot at the NCAA tournament. This is RMU's second straight conference title. The Colonials will face #2 seed Villanova tomorrow in Providence RI. The odds against the Colonials are against them but this team is not afraid to take on big time programs. Colonial Nations stands

Are You SURE You Wanna Know What's in That Twinkie??

2010-03-09T20:57:00.002-05:00

You've seen them in the snack aisle when you go to your favorite grocery store, bodega, convenience store or Mom and Pop store on the corner. (A truly dying breed, by the way.) Amongst the Ho-Ho's, Ding Dongs, Devil Dogs, Fruit Pies and other snack cakes is the One Cake to Rule Them All, the Mighty Hostess Twinkie. Everyone who has breathed the air that surrounds this small Class M Planet has

The Latest Version of "The Song of the Goddesses"

2010-03-01T15:57:00.003-05:00

The latest version of my Oh My Goddess fan fiction piece, "The Song of the Goddesses" is now available for download here. This version is significantly different from the version that was published chapter by chapter on the blog last year. The biggest changes are that the narration describing the Motor Club meeting at the temple and also Keiichi and Belldandy's rendezvous during the party was

Tiger's Mea Culpa

2010-02-22T10:29:00.002-05:00

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been in here. Look at the cobwebs. The place needs a good airing out. There's a science experiment growing in the refrigerator. The mail's piled up. Look, a newspaper! Hmm, Japs Attack Pearl Harbor!!! Whoa, I really do need to clean this place out. Until then, I've decided to write about the recent statement that Tiger Woods gave upon returning to

Happy New Year from the Little House in the Ghetto.

2009-12-29T19:33:00.007-05:00

Just wanted to chime in and wish the thousands of readers of the Moonlight Scribbler a happy and most prosperous New Year and in my traditional New Year's Blessing,May your 2010 be a damn sight better than your 2009.And also may this decade be a damn sight better than the last one. Yeah, Yeah, some people say that technically 2011 starts the new decade, but foo on that noise, symbolically it

Feed The Crew Part 2

2009-12-22T00:41:00.002-05:00

WARNING!!! The following series of blog posts has a tremendous amount of gratuitous profanity. Including liberal applications of the f-word. Normally, I do not use overly foul language on this blog. The furthest I go is the rare use of the word 'shit.' And I have never used any derogatory words for women, sexual organs or any other objectionable language here. But this post deals with a subject

Feed the Crew Part 1

2009-12-09T18:57:00.004-05:00

WARNING!!! The following blog post has a tremendous amount of gratuitous profanity. Including liberal applications of the f-word. Normally, I do not use overly foul language on this blog. The furthest I go is the rare use of the word 'shit.' And I have never used any derogatory words for women, sexual organs or any other objectionable language here. But this post deals with a subject of

Living with Linux Part 2--The Advantages

2009-12-01T12:27:00.004-05:00

This is the second part of my "Living with Linux" series of posts dealing with...what else, living and loving la vida Linux. This post will deal with some of the advantages of running Linux. Despite what the Windows and Mac pundits say, there are advantages to running Linux on your computer. Like all operating systems, Linux does have a learning curve and at times it can be a steep one, but

The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody.

2009-11-25T20:59:00.001-05:00

I don't normally post YouTube videos on the Scribbler, but considering I love the Muppets and the seminal Queen hit "Bohemian Rhapsody", this was too irresistible.

Thanksgiving 2009.

2009-11-23T12:10:00.002-05:00

Thanksgiving is coming up this Thursday, and with it, the celebration of food, family, and football. Rather than coming up with a new post to commemorate the holiday, I'm exercising the blogger's perogative to recycle old material and re-posting the contents of my 2007 Thanksgiving post on the Moonlight Scribbler. This post is simply entitled "Thanksgiving." and it ranks as probably one of

Veterans Day

2009-11-13T18:24:00.002-05:00

I marched in the Veteran's Day Parade in Pittsburgh, and 1) I was surprised at how lightly attended the parade was. Time was, the sidewalks would be lined with people the entire parade route showing their appreciation, but this year, there were whole city blocks that didn't have anyone watching. and 2) I always feel good marching in the parade and having everyone clap and say "Thanks for my

The Massacre at Fort Hood.

2009-11-06T15:10:00.003-05:00

As many of you know, An Army officer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist who specialized in helping those soldiers deal with high-stress situations walked into a facility at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas that prepared soldiers for deployment over to Afghanistan and Iraq with guns blazing and killed at least 12 military and 1 civilian personnel.Witnesses say that Maj. Hasan was

Living with Linux part 1

2009-11-05T08:19:00.004-05:00

As the teeming masses who read this pimple on the ass end of the blogiverse know, I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with the Linux operating system. You know the story, I would decide to get my geek on by installing the open source OS on Allegra and constantly vowing that this would be the one time that I'd finally cut the ties to Redmond and totally embrace life with the

Unhip, Uncool and Totally Out of Touch.

2009-10-22T08:41:00.002-04:00

I admit it, I'm not cool. I'm not trendy, I'm not "with it." I have no clue about the white hot pulse of pop culture, or the latest fad or dalliance that gets people tweeting and yapping on Facebook. Ask me which celebrity is pregnant, gay, or either caught leaving a limo in a miniskirt and no undies, or found facedown on a Beverly Hills street in a pool of their own vomit, and I'll shrug my

Rush and the Rams

2009-10-13T10:02:00.002-04:00

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is part of a group putting up a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh has been known to make statements that many African-Americans find offensive. He and his followers contend that many of those statements are taken out of context. But either way, it cannot be denied that he does say things that are, at the least, pot-stirring. Considering that the

Chapter 15 and Epilogue--The Song of the Goddesses.

2009-09-23T14:43:00.005-04:00

Chapter 154th rotation, 3rd Interval, 2nd Period of Cycle 17 Year 2,800,000,000 Keiichi began his testimony. “As you heard the goddesses say, I'm not the best looking, or the smartest, or even the luckiest man on Earth. I've even heard such comments from some of the goddesses in the gallery. But that's alright. I guess that's why Yggdrasil sent Belldandy to me. It knew that I needed

Chapter 14--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-22T02:21:00.003-04:00

Chapter 14 4th rotation, 3rd Interval, 2nd Period of Cycle 17 Year 2,800,000,000 The next in line to testify was Skuld. She was clearly very nervous as she had never seen the Almighty in person. The little goddess' stomach was doing backflips. And she still hadn't completely recovered from the

Chapter 13--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-16T17:11:00.003-04:00

Chapter 13Heaven4th rotation, 3rd Interval, 2nd Period of Cycle 17 Year 2,800,000,000or 4.3.2.17.2,800,000,000Approx 4pm Monday Afternoon of the 17th week of year 2,800,000,000. The goddesses and Keiichi finally made it to the head of the chambers. High above them in a horseshoe shaped balcony sat eighteen seats. Nine of each side of a large throne In each one of those seats sat either a

Chapter 12--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-14T19:00:00.002-04:00

Chapter 12Approx 3:30pm Monday Afternoon It was another 3 hours before everybody was able to recover from the fallout from the spell. Keiichi was the first to awaken, and he went around to each goddess to check and see if they were all right. They awoke dazed and disoriented. Belldandy got up and looked at her man. “Keiichi, are you OK?, how do you feel?” She inquired, worried about the

Chapter 11--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-12T22:06:00.000-04:00

Chapter 11 12:30pm Monday Afternoon. The time came to work the spell and go to Heaven. Belldandy and the others went out into the courtyard where Skuld put the finishing touches on the magic circle. She was quite proud of her creation and didn't hesitate to let anyone who stood still long enough know how

Chapter 10--Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-10T15:31:00.001-04:00

Chapter 10 10 am Monday Morning. Sunday passed without incident. Skuld and Urd were once again engaged in one of their running battles to control the television. This time instead of a game of Goddess Poker they decided to go out into the courtyard and throw Skuld-bombs at each other and whoever got blown

Conservatives got their panties in a wad over this???

2009-09-09T11:57:00.004-04:00

As you know I rarely tackle politics on my blog partially because there are no shortage of political bloggers out there that are much better at analyzing America's favorite contact sport than I am. Also a lot of the shrill screaming and boorish nattering from both sides of the political aisle gets old real quick when the extremists and full mooners on both sides start using and reusing the same

Chapters 8&9--The Song of the Goddesses.

2009-09-07T06:01:00.002-04:00

Chapter 8 4:30pm Saturday Afternoon. “WHAT????” Keiichi screamed when Belldandy broke the news to him. They were in the Tea Room standing face to face. “Belldandy, what were you thinking, opposing the Almighty like that? Do you want to lose your license? Am I that important to you that you'd risk

Chapter 7--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-03T12:24:00.001-04:00

Chapter 74pm Saturday Afternoon. The rest of the day went smoothly. Skuld was holed up in her room whimpering like a lost puppy and clutching her stomach. It took three doses of Urd's medicine before the little goddess was feeling somewhat better. Keiichi finished the rest of the maintenance on the bike and settled down in his room to grab a nap before dinner. Urd took advantage of

Chapter 6--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-09-02T18:58:00.001-04:00

Chapter 6 11am Saturday Morning. Despite Belldandy's late start on preparing breakfast, nobody complained. Most likely because they weren't really sober enough to put two sentences together. Chihiro finally came to, stumbled into the bathroom to wash her face. She then went out into the courtyard and

My Month--September.

2009-09-01T07:13:00.002-04:00

Once again, my favorite time of the year is here. My Month--September. Those of you who do read this blog know what the month of September means to me. So much so that I wrote a piece about it entitled My Month--September. The following is a reprint of that piece from last year. Monday, September 01, 2008 My Month--September... If there was a way I could include a streaming link to

The Moonlight Scribbler's 100th Post

2009-08-31T16:53:00.002-04:00

Break out the bubbly, and bring in the dancing girls, because the Scribbler has reached yet another milestone in its short and not very influential history. This is the 100th post. Yowza, Huzzah and Haroo!!! Now yes, I know that there are blogs that get a 100 posts a week, so in the grand scheme of things, this is no big deal, but this is my blog and dammi, if I want to celebrate my putting up

Chapter 5--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-08-31T07:40:00.000-04:00

Chapter 5 10am Saturday Morning. Belldandy got herself sorted out, and quietly went off to the bathroom to take a bath and change clothes. Keiichi grabbed a clean shirt and pants out of his clothes drawer and waited for the bathroom to clear so he could get cleaned up. While he was waiting, his mind

Chapter 4--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-08-28T14:21:00.000-04:00

Chapter 4 8:15pm Friday Evening. Like all other Motor Club meetings, there was business to be discussed. Sora, or rather Tamiya and Ootaki through Sora, discussed their latest wacky scheme to get some much needed cash into the Club's bank account, which as usual was almost empty. Something about a

Chapter 3--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-08-26T17:57:00.001-04:00

Chapter 37:30pm Friday Evening. Things finally settled down in the Tea Room. At Keiichi's request, Belldandy also joined him in eating the stew. As a goddess, Bell didn't need to partake of food for nourishment because she, like Skuld and Urd, derived their powers from the earth which was then processed by Yggdrasil, the hopelessly complicated computer system that governed both the Divine

Chapter 2--The Song of the Goddesses

2009-08-25T19:04:00.001-04:00

Chapter 26:30pm Friday Evening. Keiichi took advantage of the beautiful weather to go out to the garage and perform some much needed maintenance on his motorcycle. This was the first chance he had in quite a while to get his hands dirty fixing and tinkering with his trusty BMW. Besides the recent rainy weather, he was busy with temple chores, working as a mechanic at Chihiro Fujimi's

Chapter 1--The Song of the Goddesses.

2009-08-24T14:22:00.002-04:00

Two weeks ago I announced that I had finished my fan fiction piece, "The Song of the Goddesses" which was based on the characters of the popular Japanese manga "Oh, My Goddess" I made it available as a standalone .pdf file, (see the previous post for the link), but I decided that I will also post a chapter at a time as a blog post. I'll post each chapter every 2-3 days or so. I know

The Song of the Goddesses.

2009-08-05T08:59:00.002-04:00

I just finished writing an Oh, My Goddess fan fiction piece called "The Song of the Goddesses" It is based on the characters from the long running Japanese manga "Oh, My Goddess," created by famed manga artist Kosuke Fujishima. It's basically my interpretation of how I think the series should end. After 250 chapters, some 39 volumes, a movie, an anime and an OVA, not to mention one novel, the

A Crisis in Faith...Or a Midcourse Correction Part Two

2009-07-20T13:05:00.003-04:00

It was not my intention to do a second part to the A Crisis in Faith piece. But I realized that while I may have answered some questions about why my Christian walk has taken the strange and twisted direction that it has taken, I didn't really get to the real central point. Over the last year or so watching the Episcopal Church go through the struggles that it has gone through in regards to the

Happy 4th of July!!!

2009-07-04T17:56:00.002-04:00

Today is the 4th of July, and for the multitudes that read this blog who reside in the United States, we all know that this is the day that we Americans proclaim the right to engage in three of those most American of activities, namely: eating large quantities of fried, grilled, and/or battered foods guaranteed to lower our life span by at least ten years; imbibing alcoholic beverages of varying

Do I or Don't I...

2009-05-27T11:56:00.003-04:00

Should I or Shouldn't I...I've been thinking about shutting down the Scribbler. Despite a wealth of news and issues worth blogging about, I find myself not interested in writing about them. Even the mundane minutiae that makes up the scintillating life of one Pierre Wheaton is not enough to drag my lazy ass out of the rack, (or away from the Ah! My Goddess! manga) long enough to render an

From Baghdad, With Love...

2009-04-27T10:07:00.002-04:00

What is it about a scraggly, forlorn little puppy found in an abandoned wreck of a house in Fallujah, Iraq that would cause a hard-bitten, battle tested Marine Lieutenant Colonel to buck military policy that forbids the keeping of pets in a war zone by adopting this little dog, and to move heaven and earth to get him shipped home? This story is told in a heartwarming little book called "From

Fallen Shields

2009-04-04T18:53:00.001-04:00

This morning, The City of Pittsburgh was rocked to its core when a gunman holed up in his home in the Stanton Heights section of Pittsburgh opened fire on three Pittsburgh Police officers who responded to his home to investigate a call of a domestic incident. The three police officers were killed as soon as they attempted to enter the residence. Killed in action were : Officers Stephen

A crisis of faith...or a midcourse correction?

2009-04-02T18:38:00.013-04:00

Over the years, my religious life has taken a few twists and turns. I'd like to think that I still embrace Christianity for the most part, but I don't believe as I used to. Certain things I used to embrace wholeheartedly, I doubt now. And I'm starting to feel at war with myself in certain areas because I'm not sure if my change in beliefs is a crisis of faith, or a mere change in the overall

Seventeen Years...

2009-03-12T14:49:00.003-04:00

17 years ago, 1. Bill Clinton was beginning his White House Presidency.2. George Bush ralphed all over the Japanese Prime Minister.3.The Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.4. The Pirates had a winning season, winning their third straight NL East title only to fall to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. 5. The Penguins swept the Black Hawks in 4 games to win the Stanley Cup.6. 4 cops

The Scribbler Awakes…or is it awakens???

2009-03-09T16:51:00.001-04:00

Like a grizzly bear that spent the last four months snoozing peacefully in its cramped stinky cave, The Moonlight Scribbler has also spent the same amount of time in hiatus while its writer has been freezing his ass off during this winter and has shown no desire whatsoever to play around on his computer. Part of that being because Allegra is in a room that doesn’t have a lot of heat and I can

2008 in a nutshell...

2008-12-19T08:48:00.004-05:00

You may think that by the title, I was going to add my offerings to the interminable list of year-end reviews of things that were and are to come, but you would be wrong. Despite the tremendous amount of good and bad that happened this year, I'll leave the punditry and speculation to those who either get paid for doing it, or think they are so good at it that they should be paid for doing it.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

2008-11-05T00:23:00.001-05:00

Presenting the 44th President of these United States...From Chicago, Illinois.BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!!!

2008 City League Playoff Preview

2008-11-01T17:03:00.001-04:00

The last couple seasons in Everyone's Favorite Little High School Football League have seen some unusual instances in which teams that normally don't figure in the annual playoff chase have made significant progress in that area and in one case ended up hoisting the hardware. Case in point. In 2006, the Oliver Bears who had not won a City Championship since the end of World War II, ended up

2008 City League Preview Week 9

2008-10-23T12:12:00.001-04:00

The invitations for the City League Playoffs have all but been formalized. Three teams have received the gilt-edged, raised letter ducats while two teams are left to fight it out for the last one. Brashear, Perry, and Schenley are at the tuxedo shop getting fitted for their sure to be horrifically colored penguin suits while Carrick and Langley still have to hope for a little outside help. The

2008 City League Preview Week 8

2008-10-16T10:26:00.000-04:00

Well campers, Your City League Advocate has noticed that at least two City League teams have received their invites to the annual playoff gala, and are counting their shekels to see how much the tux, the corsage, and the stretch Hummer will set them back. One more team is certain that their invite is on the way, but can't be too sure, and the others are hoping that theirs didn't get lost in the

2008 City League Preview Week 7

2008-10-08T13:18:00.000-04:00

This week in the City League finds three of the top four teams in the League emerging victorious, Brashear staying clean after six weeks and Oliver still with a flickering chance at a playoff bid.The Standings:1. Brashear 6-02. Perry 5-13. Schenley 4-24. Carrick 3-25. Oliver 2-3------------------------------------------------------------5. Langley 2-37. Peabody 1-47. Westinghouse 1-49

Three Cheers and a Tiger for me!!!...

2008-10-03T19:50:00.004-04:00

2008 City League Preview Week 6

2008-10-01T11:42:00.001-04:00

As is the tradition in Your City League Advocate's Previews of Everyone's Favorite Little High School Football League, once the season hits the halfway point we concentrate on the teams still in the running for the playoffs. The Standings:1. Brashear 5-02. Perry 4-13. Carrick 3-14. Schenley 3-25. Oliver 2-3---------------------------------------------------------------6. Peabody

2008 City League Preview Week 5

2008-09-24T10:45:00.002-04:00

After four weeks in, the City League is starting to take shape. The contenders are starting to separate themselves out from the pretenders, and the playoff scenarios are becoming more and more interesting as the season goes on. No weird and crazy monologues from the Advocate this week. Let's get straight to the football.The Standings.1. Brashear 4-02. Carrick 3-12. Perry 3-14. Oliver

2008 City League Preview Week 4

2008-09-17T11:02:00.003-04:00

Your City League Advocate is still a touch woozy a full four days after yet another wildly successful Birthday Bacchanal and Clam Bake held last Saturday in an undisclosed location. Funny, The Advocate used to be able to bounce right back into the saddle after the annual weekend of revelry, raw, naked hedonism (with the emphasis of naked) and the mass consumption of highly alcoholic beverages of

2008 City League Preview Week 3

2008-09-09T12:19:00.001-04:00

It was a slightly upside down slate of games this past weekend in the City League. A team that was expected to lose got a convincing upset, while the game that the Advocate picked as his game of the week turned out to be anything but. And as usual, Brashear rolled on. The Standings.1. Brashear 2-0, 2-02. Carrick 2-0, 2-03. Oliver 1-1, 1-14. Perry 1-1, 1-15. Schenley 1-1,

2008 City League Football Preview Week 2

2008-09-03T10:33:00.002-04:00

The Opening weekend of City League action went like a usual session in Everyone's Favorite Little Football League: One decent game and a butt load of blowouts. The one game that Your City League Advocate thought would be remotely entertaining wasn't as No.1 ranked Brashear laid the wood to Perry 28-3 with Manesseh Garner scoring 3 touchdowns.Carrick and Peabody provided the sole decent football

My Month--September...

2008-09-01T13:25:00.009-04:00

If there was a way I could include a streaming link to Earth, Wind and Fire's hit "September", and not run afoul of the RIAA, I would do so, because my favorite month of the year has arriv-ed!! Yes kiddies, I'm a September baby, and September is here! Oh joy, Oh rapture!!!If it hasn't been made abundantly clear, yes, September is a very important month for me. Many significant events, all of

2008 City League Football Preview Week 1

2008-08-28T12:27:00.002-04:00

My fellow Americans...I come to you this evening asking for change. You may think that the other candidates in this upcoming Presidential Election know what we, the people want. They talk about health care, the economy, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the housing crisis. All very important ideas that need to be addressed, but I, Your City League Advocate, the true Man of the People, the Lone

Your City League Advocate

2008-08-20T18:17:00.004-04:00

As was done last year, I will be posting my weekly columns, pieces, or whatever these damn things are called to the Scribbler as well as to the Internet sportsboard that I help moderate: The Pennsylvania SportsBoard I've been a part of that board for almost 10 years as a regular poster and the last two and change years as an admin/moderator. I am known on the board as the City League Advocate.

Oct 28, 1983.

2008-08-11T09:44:00.006-04:00

2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the first deployment of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). As those of you who read this blog know, I served in the US Navy aboard that ship, and I was also aboard during that historical first deployment.Ask any sailor about what a deployment is like and depending on who you talk to, when you talk to them, and whether they had a few adult beverages when you talked

The Stone of Sisyphus---Chicago's Lost Album

2008-07-13T11:07:00.006-04:00

It's been a quiet summer at The Little House in the Ghetto. The kids have finally stopped shooting off their excess Fourth of July fireworks, and hopefully the adults won't start shooting off their versions of cherry bombs, m-80's and Roman Candles i.e. Ak-47's Tec-9's and Glocks.I really haven't posted much of anything to the Scribbler in about a month. Yeah, I posted the Declaration of

The Declaration of Independence

2008-07-04T06:32:00.001-04:00

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the

More of the Stuff that I fill My Head...With!!!

2008-06-10T19:41:00.002-04:00

The last post to this blog dealt with some of the podcasts that I listen to in order to pass the time when sitting in a closed entertainment facility in the Strip along the river watching the geese shit all over the place.From the tech files...ExtremeTech.com. If you like your computers with graphics that will make your eye's bug out, terabytes of storage for all the video and music( and other