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 2006
Waiting and worrying
Well, there’s nothing to do this morning but hope and pray and wait. They didn’t tell me exactly when Gracie’s going into surgery, only that it’s this morning. Last night on the way home, I popped in the Mary Chapin … Continue reading
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Marvel at the AP spin
You simply have to just shake your head and wonder how these editors sleep at night. Look at the latest AP story about Human Rights Watch calling out Hezbullah for using cluster bombs in civilian areas, and contrast it to … Continue reading
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Gracie update 6: The visit
I went to see Gracie before the vet closed tonight. She looked pretty miserable. She has an IV in her front paw, and she threw up while I was there. She’s still doing that every few hours—that was the fourth … Continue reading
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Princess Gracie
I met her on Easter Sunday in 1997. She was just a few weeks old. Someone had left her and nine other ten-day-old kittens at the Clifton (NJ) animal shelter, and the shelter fostered them out to various vets in … Continue reading
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On British diplomatic ingenuity
Stuff of legends, that British ability to resolve anything using nothing but diplomatic wit and savvy. The Sun, under a rather shrilly headline Brave heroes hounded out, displays a shining example of that famous British tradition. Tragicomedy in 3 acts: … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Satire
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News snarks
Reuters is reporting, well, news: Ohmigod! Reuters is reporting that Hezbullah used cluster bombs on Israeli civilians. Quick, write this down in your diary; you’ll never see its like again. Of course, the article spends about 90% of its words … Continue reading
Vote for me for the Virginia Senate seat
I’ve decided that I want no part of either George Allen or Jim Webb. Or the independent candidate. And talking to some of my friends, we discovered we feel about the same. So I’m announcing my write-in candidacy for the … Continue reading
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Thanks
Thanks to those of you who have hit the tipjars this past week. It’s been a big help, and Gracie’s bills are piling up. So are the rest of the bills, come to think of it. Good thing I get … Continue reading
Random spider thought
Okay, I know that a Daddy Long-legs is utterly harmless. I know it won’t bite you. But still—when one of those things gets in my apartment, I just want it out. Brrr. This one had, like, eight-inch legs. I showed … Continue reading
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Gracie update 5
The endoscopy was done this afternoon. Aside from a discoloration and irritation towards the back end of the stomach/bowel area, the vet didn’t find anything. He’s not quite sure what to make of the irritation. They did the barrium X-Ray … Continue reading
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They could be Heroes
The latest episode of Heroes: Man, they just keep getting better. Shock after shock, surprise after surprise (though it was pretty easy to see the end of the cheerleader’s little jaunt with the quarterback; they telegraphed it a mile away), … Continue reading
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Gracie update 4.1
The vet still hadn’t done the endoscopy when I called a little while ago. Gracie is still vomiting every hour or two, but they keep telling me she isn’t depressed or lethargic. Probably annoyed that she can’t stop throwing up, … Continue reading
Lost episode minisummary
So I’m watching last week’s episode of Lost, and some things fairly leap into my mind, but I don’t want to do the entire episode, which takes, like, an entire hour. So here are some snippets: [IN THE BOAT] Sun: … Continue reading
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Jews helping Muslims: A story the MSM will never print
Jews in Israel are helping underprivileged Muslims prepare for the end of Ramadan. The same Jewish group who gave food assistance to underprivileged Jews during Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot is now turning to help an unlikely crowd: underprivileged Muslims who … Continue reading
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Only in Russia
The article (some of you will have to believe me, I know) starts with the news about a theft of a new novel written by Victor Pelevin, one of the outstanding contemporary Russian writers. An electronic copy of the novel, … Continue reading
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