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 2006
Best. Video. Ever.
If you have not seen this yet, go. Now. Watch. It’s an open letter to the world, from a Jew in Israel the late Rabbi Meir Kahane. Its titles are in French, because it’s directed at the French, who have … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Juvenile Scorn
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Smartest cat in the world
Don’t let the sweet face and the sweet nature fool you. Gracie is the smartest damned cat in the world. This morning, we tapered down to half a Prednisone per day. I gave her the pill, which of course, she … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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The French find something they will shoot at: Israel
The French UNIFIL forces are insisting on pretending that they’re going to fire on IAF jets that have been overflying Lebanon. French UN anti-aircraft batteries have taken “preparatory steps” to respond to Israeli jets violating Lebanese airspace, despite global criticism … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon
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My genocide vs. your genocide
The decision of France to recognize the murder of one and a half million Armenians by Turks as genocide continues to piss of the regime in Turkey. The climax was reached recently when Turkey suspended military relations with France. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Really depressing random birthday thought
I was just looking around for various statistics, and discovered that I am older than more than a third of the people in America. Wait. That means that I’m younger than nearly two-thirds. I feel much better now.
Posted in Meanderings
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Another kind of globalization
More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a UN report says. The militia in Lebanon returned the favor by providing training and – through its patrons … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Terrorism
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Snarky briefs
The IAF flips France the bird: Not exactly shaking in their boots, IAF planes flew low over Lebanese territory in mock attack formation today. It’s practice for Round Two of the next war, which Hezbullah, Syria, and Iran are bringing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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Israel and oil shale
Glenn Reynolds says there’s good news on oil shale, and points to an article that says the Feds have given three oil companies the go-ahead to work on shale. They should have talked to this Israeli company instead: HAIFA, Israel, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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Europe offers a peace plan: Same-old, same-old
Let’s see, how long before the world jumps on this peace plan? GERONA, Spain Nov 16, 2006 (AP)— Spain, France and Italy unveiled a five-point Middle East peace initiative Thursday, calling Israeli-Palestinian violence intolerable and saying that Europe must take … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, World
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Soundtrack trouble
So I went out last night and got the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, which has the music on which the music from the LOTR video was based. It seems that a bunch of musicians remixed Lux Aeterna and … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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The dehumanization of Israelis in the media
What’s missing from this story? JERUSALEM Nov 15, 2006 (AP)— Israel promised a punishing response to a deadly Palestinian rocket attack Wednesday near the home of the country’s defense minister. The rocket one of at least eight that struck Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, Terrorism
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Now THIS is a birthday present.
Gracie ran up the stairs after I fed her today. She started, stopped, waited for me, then ran ahead so she could leap on my bed for what in the old days was her bellyrub, and is now a petting … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Thank you notes
Thanks to those of you who hit my Amazon tipjar in the last few days. That was a nice birthday present. So was the news that I’ve got an interview for the permanent position that I want at Large Company … Continue reading
Kassam rockets kill Israeli civilian
Say, those “crude, homemade rockets” that “rarely do any damage”? They killed a woman, and cause the loss of both legs of a 24-year-old man. These people, however, have no names in the AP report. The rocket fell in the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Terrorism
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Islamists against the world
Say, that overstated Islamist threat? The New York Times quotes a UN report that says Somali Islamists fought with Hezbullah against Israel last summer. More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah … Continue reading
Posted in World
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