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: April 2007
Shire Network News is up
This week’s podcast features an interview with Egyptian Sandmonkey, who talks about how Mubarak feels able to repress his citizens even more now that Bush is ignoring the steady erosion of human rights in the country. I talk about Nancy … Continue reading
Burying the news
Funny how neither major wire service can manage to spread widely the news that yet another Palestinian internecine firefight has broken out—this time in Nablus, the West Bank—not Gaza. That means the civil war is spreading. I found the story … Continue reading
Posted in palestinian politics
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Long time coming
Here you go: A story about a woman who hit her first-ever hole-in-one—at age 102. Elsie McLean thought she might have lost her ball on the par-3, 100-yard fourth hole at Bidwell Park. Instead, the 102-year-old Chico woman became the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
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Minor site problems
The Comments Quicktags script is buggy at the moment, so I’ve disabled it until we can figure out what’s wrong. You’ll have to enter the tags yourselves, folks.
Posted in Site news
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Fifth Columns
Let’s say you are a member of parliament of a nation with many enemies. Let’s say you regularly make trips to those enemy nations. Let’s also say that you call on the enemies of the nation whose parliament you are … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, The Exception Clause
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More on the British sailors
Okay, I know the Sun is a tabloid, and I know Faye Turney got paid to tell her story, but this is despicable: Earlier it was revealed staff from the Iranian embassy in London phoned Faye’s mother-in-law to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Iran
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To explore strange, new worlds
The kitties had fun exploring the sofabed while Mom was here. I took a bunch of pictures. And now I’ve put them into a page for the cat-lovers among my readers. The pictures are a little larger than I can … Continue reading
The Gore Effect hits Richmond
Yesterday morning, I woke up, went downstairs, opened the door, and nearly dropped dead of shock. April in Richmond and there was SNOW on the trees and cars. I heard rain during the night, but had no idea that Al … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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Say, about that quid pro quo
Turns out there was, after all. The White House involvement in the hostages’ release has been confirmed. When the crisis broke, the US and Iraqi governments offered to help. Several initiatives were under way before the release, allowing officials to … Continue reading
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The AP bias strikes again
Rockets into Israel from Gaza? No big deal. On a daily basis? So what. Israel sends a Hellfire up the asses of three terrorists trying to send rockets into Israel from Gaza? Oh. My. God. Stop the presses, it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Israel
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It’s the umpteenth time Abbas says Shalit will be released
No, wait, it’s the umpteenth time that Abbas or Hamas has said Shalit will be released. Either way, I’m not buying it. Abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit will be released soon, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said in … Continue reading
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This could get me arrested in England
Seriously. This picture could be used as evidence against me in a U.K. court. Why? Because they’ve enacted a pet care law that forbids owners from letting their dogs and cats get fat. Owners of fat dogs or cats could … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Juvenile Scorn
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Iranian hospitality: Not quite what they claimed
Let’s check out the details of what happened to the British sailors and Marines, shall we? Apr 6, 2007 — CHIVENOR (Reuters) – The 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran in the Gulf last month said on Friday … Continue reading
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Palestinian civil war watch: Yeah, we’ve got that
Yes, the “militants” of Hamas and Fatah are still murdering each other without regard to anyone getting caught in the crossfire. Apr 6, 2007 — GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas and Fatah militants clashed in the Gaza Strip on Friday and … Continue reading
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When in doubt, cat pictures
When the world is filled with almost nothing but bad news, post cat pictures. This was taken about a week ago, a rare twofer of the pair of them on the air conditioning unit. The unit is off. They don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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