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: May 2007
J’accuse? Non, J’excuse
Hold onto your hats, folks. Azmi Bishara, the Arab member of the Israeli Knesset who is about to be charged with espionage and treason for aiding Hizbullah in the Second Lebanon War, is likening himself to Alfred Dreyfus. Say hello … Continue reading
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Random smoke alarm thought
Cats do not like it when you change the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Well, actually, they really wouldn’t mind it if I didn’t also test each one after inserting the new battery. WHOOSH. Update: Turns out this was … Continue reading
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New Heroes thread
This one is to discuss something from the end of the April 23rd episode.
Posted in Television
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Copyright protection
I am, frankly, on the side of the HD-DVD consortium on this. I am a firm believer in copyright protection and have refused numerous times to accept illegal copies of expensive software. Yeah, I’d like to have the software. But … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Movies
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To look at the queen
Pussycat, Pussycat, where have you been? I wasn’t in Richmond to look at the queen. Pussycat, Pussycat, what did you there? It’s not worth the effort. Or did you not hear? Pussycat, Pussycat, but she’s a queen! We fought a … Continue reading
Posted in World
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EU to Israel: Stop thinking of your own problems
You know that Israeli Double Standard Time I’m always mentioning? It’s worse than I thought. The Israeli government crisis should not be allowed to undermine efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, European Union president Germany said on Thursday. … Continue reading
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Nine years smoke-free
Nine years ago today, I quit smoking. And yes, I still miss it. That is one hard-to-kick habit/addiction. But I’ve made it through nine years without going back, no matter what the world has thrown at me, so I think … Continue reading
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Things I no longer bother writing about
Well, let’s see. There’s the “Gilad Shalit deal is imminent” stuff. Nope. I don’t bother writing about that, because it’s crap. Israeli reporters know it’s crap, too. Get a load of this lede: A prisoner exchange deal for the release … Continue reading
Bishara: I was framed
So of course, Bishara is falling back on the typical Arab response to Israeli facts: He says they’re lies. Former MK Azmi Bishara accused Israel of fabricating recent allegations against him, in order to undermine the credibility of Arab leaders. … Continue reading
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This is what treason looks like
So far, the media have not jumped on Israel about this, but I notice that neither have that the media have picked up the story. Mordechai Vanunu’s conviction for breaking his gag order is bigger news. Because it’s far more … Continue reading
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Shire Network News is up (albeit a bit late)
Go and listen. Part two of last week’s interview. My piece is on the difference between Democrats today (specifically, Senator Harry Reid) and the Democrats of yesterday (specifically, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.)
Posted in Podcasts
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Let’s talk about the weather
It’s 94 in Richmond right now. It’s going to be in the sixties tomorrow. WTF?
Posted in Meanderings
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Tone-deaf military leaders
The U.S. Army has shut down all possible battle zone milblogging. The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. … Continue reading
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Bishara may be charged with treason
The gag order has been lifted on Azmi Bishara, the Arab Member of Knesset who fled Israel a few weeks ago under suspicion. He gave Hizballah information that helped them in the war. I do believe that Fifth Column in … Continue reading
Amir Peretz to world: I’m a moron
So the Winograd Commission, which has spent months and months analyzing the second Lebanon War and what went wrong, is just some bogus little investigation that isn’t nearly as smart as Amir Peretz, the Defense Minister who was one of … Continue reading
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