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
A bit of lazy weekend fisking
There is something unfair in sitting home during a rainy day in your favorite armchair with your favorite cat purring near the keyboard (in expectation that you will go away for a few moments, forgetting to close the laptop’s lid … Continue reading
Posted in Lebanon
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Rudy’s in the race.
The only candidate worth voting for, as far as I’m concerned, and here’s the video. Part one: Part two: The money quote: HANNITY: you are then officially running to be the next president of the United States. GIULIANI: Well. We … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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I won in Jeopardy: Haveil Havalim
I have beaten Weird Al Yankovic, as well as Yehudit and Dave. This week’s Haveil Havalim is a Jeopardy quiz, and I won. Ha!
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Linkfests, Religion
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Super Bowl ads
I usually only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. Yes, really. I’m not interested in sports much these days. But I had things to do yesterday, and missed most of them. Allah didn’t. The good ones are all over … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture
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The Final Showdown
The final round of Pickle Tales at Podcast Pickle is up. I swore an oath before the first round that I’d pull a Terrance and Phillip in the final round, and I stuck by that oath. So, here’s what you … Continue reading
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The Look
Today’s class was, well, horrible. For whatever reason, the students were at their worst behavior of the entire year. They were unruly and talkative and simply would not listen. In fact, I gave every single student a negative point at … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
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Your laugh of the day
The Iranians have cured AIDS. No, really. Honest! They said so! Iran Introduces AIDS Cure TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- After 7 long years of arduous work, Iranian scientists here on Saturday introduced a herbal medicine which cures Acquired Immune Deficiency … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Juvenile Scorn
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This week’s Shire Network News
This week’s SNN is up, featuring Douglas Murray, the man who joined Daniel Pipes to open a can of reality on Ken Livingstone’s West-bashing, er, clash of civilizations conference. My contribution this week: All I did was quote liberally from … Continue reading
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More gaseous conspiracies
The Sunday Times says that Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’: A prize-winning Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. An intelligence source … Continue reading
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Updating Miss Gracie
This is the latest Gracie picture, taken only yesterday, and in it, you can see the striking changes since she came home in November after her second operation (and three weeks without eating). She has regained most of the weight … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Nasrallah: Not so cocky any more
Hassan Nasrallah, the chipmunk-cheeked leader of the terrorist organization that murdered more Americans than any other until 9/11, admitted that he screwed up last summer: Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah once again admitted that he erred in his management of the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon
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Palestinian Civil War Watch: Time to call it what it is?
Hamas has upped the ante, possibly farther than they realize. It may be time to make the Palestinian Civil War into an initial-cap phrase and a proper noun, because I think it’s finally hit the point of no return. Hamas … Continue reading
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22 dead, 245 wounded in Gaza in 48 hours
Twenty-two dead, including four children, in Gaza in the last two days. And the world condemnations are nowhere to be seen. Because it isn’t Israelis doing the killing. Oh, and children were murdered. But since Israel didn’t kill them, they … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time
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Outgoing UNIFIL commander: Israel is the provocateur
The outgoing UNIFIL commander in Lebanon accused Israel of overflying Lebanon to “provoke.” And when asked if Hezbullah was rearming, said he had no evidence of that. “They are continuing to do (overflights) on a daily basis … sometimes five … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon
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Iranian soldiers in Gaza
If Mahmoud Abbas is to be believed, not only did his security force capture five Iranians, but one of them is a general teaching Hamas how to make weapons and explosives. However, terrorists are notorious liars, so I’m waiting for … Continue reading