The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Fifty things about me, part 4
Part one. Part two. Part three. Part five. Part six. Readers, it has been nearly a year since my last Fifty Things post. I blame, uh, me. 26. I love kids. I like them from the age of one day … Continue reading
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Once more, with bias
The Reuters version: Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W.Bank Near Jenin’s refugee camp, an Israeli undercover unit ambushed a car in which Ashraf al-Saadi, described by Islamic Jihad as a commander in its armed wing in the West Bank, … Continue reading
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Lemony Snicket’s Judaism
An interview with Daniel Handler in Moment magazine, in which we discover the Baudelaires are Jewish. Has the series been influenced by Jewish history? I think there is something naturally Jewish about unending misery, yes. I mean, I guess naturally … Continue reading
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We love the internet
Because the CW in Richmond pre-empted the Gilmore Girls two weeks ago, and we never got around to finding the episode on YouTube, and if they ran it a different night, we couldn’t find out, because, well, season seven is … Continue reading
Posted in Terrorism
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The French and the Jews: plus ça change…
…plus c’est la même chose. Yes, it’s the same old story. Only worse. The number of anti-Semitic incidents in France jumped sharply in 2006, lifted by attacks following the brutal murder of a young Jew at the start of the … Continue reading
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IDF leaves Nablus, which it invaded for no reason: AP
If you were to read this story, you’d really wonder what the hell Nablus had done to deserve being invaded by the IDF. The Israeli army pulled its troops and armored vehicles out of the West Bank city of Nablus … Continue reading
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Study finds today’s college kids are spoiled brats
Or words to that effect. Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society. “We … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture
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Bat-you-know-what crazy
I told you they’re batshit crazy. Iran’s president said on Sunday the country’s enemies had hatched a range of plots to push the Islamic Republic to give up its disputed nuclear programme, including driving up the price of tomatoes and … Continue reading
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Politically incorrect suggestions to a dying man
Louis Farrakhan may be dying of prostate cancer, but he’s going out the same anti-Semite he’s always been. “Farrakhan may have held his anti-Semitic views in check while on the dais, but if this is what he wants people to … Continue reading
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The lightness of posting
That would be due to my new contracting position. Although I am working from home, I’m finding it’s just as difficult to turn 24 hours into 30. Go figure.
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This week’s Shire Network News
Not even labor pains could stop SNN from going up. Mostly because Brian of London wasn’t the one in labor. And I can’t wait until he reads what I just wrote. Go. Listen. I guess we’re in the middle of … Continue reading
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Co-opting the language, Hamas style
I’ve written before how the palestinians make it a habit of taking the terms and descriptions used by and for Israel (such as the Israeli Law of Return changed to the palestinian “right of return”) and co-opting them for the … Continue reading
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Day by Day
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, Chris Muir is back from his embed in Iraq. And Zed is going back to Iraq as part of the Special Forces. Oh. And Sam is pregnant. Things happen so fast … Continue reading
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Yes, it’s been quiet
Been tired and busy. More later. Especially if I wind up watching the Oscars.
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The hunt for terrorists
Remember that smashing success Ethiopian forces had encountering the jihadists in Somalia? Well, it seems that those people who reported that U.S. Special Forces were the key to the success were right. The American military quietly waged a campaign from … Continue reading
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