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: November 2010
On the eight days of Hanukkah…
I’ve been putting up videos for the past couple of years. If anyone has any new ones to link, let me know. I’ve been pretty busy with work and other things this week, and Hanukkah starts tomorrow(!).
Posted in Holidays
2 Comments
Wikileaks and the Arab Perspective
Barry Rubin and the GLORIA Center noted that the Wikileaks documents confirm what they have been saying about the Middle East. Among other things, what the Wikileaks docs show is that what the administration has been saying about a “linkage” … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged Iran, Israel, Linkage, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, peace process, US, Wikileaks
Comments Off on Wikileaks and the Arab Perspective
J Street’s Call to End Oslo
This week J Street sent out a petition to its membership urging them to sign on to a letter urging the Obama Administration as follows: Mr. President — You have inspired me with your commitment to a two-state solution to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged J-Street, Jerusalem, Obama, peace process, settlements, We Are For Israel
2 Comments
Tuesday morning news roundup
Who’s got Wikileaks? We’ve got Wikileaks: Here’s one on Netanyahu. Here’s John Kerry telling Qatar that the Golan has to go back to Syria. (Qatar? WTF?) Here’s one on Egypt being “stubborn and recalcitrant” (and yet, no 42-minute dressing-down by … Continue reading
Monday briefly briefs
Don’t call him Shirley: A moment of silence for the incomparable Leslie Nielsen. Oh, we can stop the investigation now: Islamist Prime Minister Erdogan says that Hezbollah had nothing to do with Rafik Hariri’s death. Everybody go home, nothing to … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, News Briefs, Turkey, World
Tagged Iran, Israel, Turkey, Wikileaks
3 Comments
Lori Berenson: a nice Jewish girl from a nice Jewish family? You bet…
The CNN article Peruvian court grants parole to imprisoned U.S. citizen caused me to do some surfing. I didn’t know anything about Lori Berenson. The mere fact that a US citizen was imprisoned for 20 years in Peru – not … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Politics, Terrorism
37 Comments
Amazing sales at Amazon
I have refused to buy Battlestar Galactica’s season 4 because they were charging full-season prices for each half-season DVD set. It irked me. I don’t mind paying $40 for a full season, but I will absolutely not pay twice what … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Television
Comments Off on Amazing sales at Amazon
Sunday long weekend briefs
Yeah, that outreach is really working: Iran is now practically declaring that Lebanon is its client state: They’re not even trying to hide it anymore, so the big question is: Will Iran go to war with Israel if there is … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, News Briefs, palestinian politics, United Nations
Tagged Feminism, Iran, Israel, Lebanon
1 Comment
All right, let’s have the battle of the sexes again
On my way into my fitness club, the woman behind the desk asked me “What was the worst present you ever got?” It took only a second to refer to the $16 gift certificate for a CD from the music … Continue reading
Posted in Life
9 Comments
I knew I forgot something
I forgot to post today. Fixed now. Discuss among yourselves. Observations for the day: The Big Bang Theory is a show I should have given a bit longer to make me laugh. Cougar Town, too. Now I’m playing catch-up. Hot … Continue reading
Posted in Life
2 Comments
Black Friday briefs
Compare and contrast: Hundreds of Egyptian Christians have been arrested and charged with serious crimes, dutifully reported by the AP as a riot (as opposed to “protest”—their standard word for Palestinian riots in Israel). When Muslims rioted against Christians and … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
This is the only post you’re getting today, I think. I’m heading over to my friend Sarah‘s to experience life at full volume (click or just mouseover the link). I’ve got the requests already in the car: A movie, my … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Life
6 Comments
North Korea, ploughshares, swords, common sense…
The headline Why North Korea attack is not a crisis is a masterpiece. It can’t fail to draw your attention from any other these days. I mean, after hearing (and seeing) how NK artillery opened up on a South Korean … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, Politics, World
2 Comments
A head start on giving thanks
I’m thankful for a four-day weekend, among other things. Tig is currently thankful that I like to keep a towel/rag on the kitchen floor to wipe up spills, because he’s lying on it. Gracie will be thankful when I come … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
Comments Off on A head start on giving thanks
Pre-T-day briefs
It’s twue! It’s twue! Looks like Stuxnet really is doing some damage to Iran’s nuclear program. It’s starting to become a meme in the MSM. Those wily Jews! Sorry, I meant Zionists! The de-Judaizing of Israel: Now the Palestinians are … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged Israel, Media Bias, Palestinians, Stuxnet
3 Comments