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: October 2010
Sunday night cats
Twofer! (Unmade bed!) ((They love the unmade bed!!)) Gracie in close-up.
Posted in Cats
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Oh, it’s Halloween
Went to the gym this morning and couldn’t understand what kind of idiot would work out in a floor-length dress. Then she came near me, and I realized she was a staffer in costume. (She was a princess.) Oh. Right. … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Life
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The dull, throbbing anxiety of Jonathan Franzen’s potential reader
I have a confession to make. It is with growing feelings of inferiority and frustration that I look at the growing list of authors who, according to widely accepted verdict of literary critics belong to the Pantheon of greatness or … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Juvenile Scorn
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The Stewart/Colbert rally
Is it my imagination, or were the only black people at the rally onstage when the OJays sang “Love Train“? Also, funny, isn’t it, that Stewart didn’t introduce Yusuf Islam by his full name? Oh, wait. I forgot. Cat Stevens … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn, Pop Culture
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Al Qaeda: Singling out the Jews
Lair Simon said it best: To compete with UPS, FedEx in Yemen changes motto to: “When it absolutely, positively has to kill Jews overnight.” The stupider members of the anti-Israel left pointed to al Qaeda’s naming of Israel’s “occupation” as … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Terrorism
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Boycott Israel: Lose your lives and your jobs
The Presybterian church (PC-USA) wants to boycott and divest from all companies that do business with Israel. Great idea, guys! You don’t want to support the country that gives us new and better ways to detect cancer with a simple … Continue reading
Rabin remembered; terror forgotten
Ethan Bronner reports in a letter from Tel Aviv on Remembering Rabin, Some See His Legacy Fading Bronner quotes Ben Dror Yemini: “The truth is the opposite,” he wrote. “Rabin’s assassination saved the Israeli left wing.” He added that before … Continue reading
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Today, in the future
This fits perfectly with Soccerdad’s post coming up in one short hour. Latma is one of the funniest shows on the air. It makes me want to learn to REALLY learn Hebrew. H/T the Elder.
Friday briefs
Documenting Egyptian war crimes: But there won’t be a hue and cry over them, because they were committed against Israelis. Wasted PR funds: The publisher and senior editors of the New York Times visited Ariel, the “settlement” city. My prediction: … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, News Briefs, palestinian politics
Tagged Israel, Media Bias, Palestinians
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The UN as accomplice
The other day Elder of Ziyon blogged about The Palestinian Arab plan for de-legitimizing Israel, 1968 and observed: While the PLO has not been as successful in rallying the Arab nations behind it in recent years, its propaganda plan has … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
But it’s anti-Zionism! Jordan, the nation that signed a peace treaty with Israel, does not allow Jewish religious symbols. It used to mean no religious Jew could bring t’filin into the country. Now, you can’t even wear a yarmulke. In … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Jew Cooties, News Briefs, Terrorism
Tagged Gaza Flotilla, Israel, Jordan
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Compare and contrast: A tale of two “protests”
The AP has two ways of describing situations: One way when Israelis are involved, and another way for everyone else. Witness: Crowd harasses UN investigators in Beirut Oh, so a crowd yelled slogans or something at UN investigators? Maybe they … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged AP Media Bias, Israel, Lebanon, UN
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Wanting peace more than the Palestinians
A few days ago the Washington Post reported Halt to Palestinian peace talks could become permanent: In perhaps the shortest round of peace negotiations in the history of their conflict, talks between the Israelis and Palestinians have ground to a … Continue reading
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Tuesday morning Middle East briefs
Say, that Obama-Syria outreach really worked! The latest insult from Baby Assad: Bashar Assad told Al-Hayat newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that the U.S. “created chaos in every place it entered.” Smart power! So, how’s that idea about separating … Continue reading
Posted in Jew Cooties, Lebanon, News Briefs, Syria, The One
Tagged Gaza Flotilla, Israel, Lebanon, Syria
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