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
Frogstar
I found Frogstar a while ago while looking (I think) for a copy of “The Cat Came Back,” a song we used to sing in camp. Now I use it for clips in my podcasts, and I thought it’s only … Continue reading
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The definition of chutzpah
Khaled Mashaal, the man who should have been executed as a terrorist leader but instead is feted in Syria and other Israel-hating nations, has told Noam Shalit, Gilad’s father, that the reason his son is still in the hands of … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel
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If it’s Friday, this must be Bilin
Or Bi’ilin, or Be’ilin, or howeverthefrig you spell it. On the second anniversary of the weekly anti-fence riots, protestors—rioted. Five protesters where injured on Friday in clashes with security forces near the Palestinian village of Bilin, where villagers and left-wing … Continue reading
Sound the bell again, professor
It is an old story, and I don’t know its source: A professor of anthropology visits a Bedouin camp to investigate this or another habit of the tribe. Feeling thirsty, he looks around for a well and finds it. Near … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Politics
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U.S. to Israel: We like you! We really, really, like you!
The Gallup Organization polled Americans on which countries they like and dislike, and which most greatly affect U.S. interests directly. Israel scored the big one, being declared both favorable and a “vital friend.” WASHINGTON – A Gallup poll surveying US … Continue reading
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Don’t mess with these old coots
A retired military man and eleven other senior citizens fought off three would-be robbers, killing one of them. These folks were all off a Carnival cruise tour in Costa Rica. They got back on their cruise and sailed away, doubtless … Continue reading
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Cognitive dissonance alert
What time is it, kids? That’s right. It’s Israeli Double Standard Time. From an editorial in The Gulf News: As the international community ponders ways to revive the Middle East peace process, Israel responds by launching its biggest war games … Continue reading
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Learning something new
I have always—always wondered what the hell “reading them the riot act” meant. I knew there was a Riot Act, but I never got it. But then I found this nifty website, which explains what that prhase means. In English … Continue reading
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The Danger Room
The man behind Defense Tech, Noah Schachtman, is now defenseblogging for Wired in the Danger Room. (As an X-Men fan, I love the name, of course.) If you’re a milblogger or someone interested in defense, this is the place to … Continue reading
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In which we educate Tony Blair on why he cannot deal with Hamas
The Prime Minister of Britain is a fool, an idiot, or hopelessly naive. The UK has indicated it could be prepared to do business with the Islamic group Hamas, in comments that underlined the growing difference in approach between Europe … Continue reading
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If a Quartet issues a statement that nobody likes….
The Quartet released a statement that can apparently be read in Humpty Dumpty-ese: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. “It means just what I choose it to mean – neither more or less.” … Continue reading
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The non-truce farce is over
Hamas has finally declared their non-truce—in which they continue to launch suicide attacks, shootings, and rockets at Israel, but don’t claim the attacks in Hamas’ name—over. It’s good to know that Mahmoud Abbas thinks that these are the people that … Continue reading
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Talk amongst yourselves
Barring my co-bloggers putting up something new, this will be my last post until I get home from D.C. tonight. Through the magic of scheduling, I wrote it last night before I went to bed. So you have to go … Continue reading
World anti-Semitism update
Croatia thinks it’s just nifty to publish sugar packets with Hitler’s image on them, as well as anti-Semitic jokes. Charming. A senior member of the al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s military wing, told Ynet that although Tuesday’s attack failed, more attacks … Continue reading
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The non-stop suicide bombing attempts
They caught yesterday’s would-be Tel Aviv suicide bomber. But don’t think that Israel is safe, or even that the terrorists have stopped trying to murder Israelis. They most certainly have not. Security officials were not surprised by the attempted suicide … Continue reading