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: June 2007
Presents before breakfast, and not the good kind
Tig and Gracie decided to make my morning about as thoroughly unpleasant as possible. I am habitually weak in the stomach in the morning, as my stomach tends to wake up hours after I do. So I can’t deal with … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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120 vanity of vanities!
The latest edition of Haveil Havalim, number 120, is up. Wow, that’s like, ten dozen. Lots of stuff on the Six Day war there, too. Go have a look.
Believe it or not
I don’t know what to say. The whole Elders’ HQ is buzzing like a hornets’ nest that senses an approaching bear and just waits for the command “go”. The problem is, there is nowhere to go at the moment. The … Continue reading
Posted in Life, World
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Well, that was a lightshow
Worst. Lightning storm. Ever. There was some wild weather south of Baltimore tonight, and it hit, well, right about the time I was driving south of Baltimore. It started looking really dicey, so I called Sarah, and she checked online … Continue reading
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The Teacup vs. the Hulk
The friend I am staying with has a brand-new puppy that really, really likes the Hulk. And the Hulk, he’s such a good sport. I mean, really. Look at this. He fell for her. Head over heels. Her name is … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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A magnificent performance
My nephew was superb. The rest of the choir wasn’t bad, either. Safe and sound in NJ, and busy until sometime tomorrow afternoon. Posting may be a bit light ’til then. He’s such a sweetie. Tried to let me have … Continue reading
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Travel day
Off to NJ to see my nephew perform in his school concert tonight. Be nice to each other while I’m on the road. I won’t have much time on this trip to visit anyone other than family and old friends. … Continue reading
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A different kind of anniversary
On the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War, Ukrainian pipeline workers found a mass grave of Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. That would be the one that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man who is counting down the … Continue reading
Posted in Holocaust, Israel
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Honest Reporting on the Six Day War
The Six Day War report without the anti-Israel spin. Or check out the Jewish Virtual Library, one of my all-time favorite places for the history of Israel and Judaism.
The people speak: Jericho returns
I wonder if they’ll bring back Gerald McRaney. Naaaah. But Jericho’s coming back. For weeks, “Jericho” junkies have been firing e-mails (effectively shutting down InBoxes at CBS and this newspaper), signing petitions and sending bags of nuts to CBS headquarters … Continue reading
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Preparing for war
Fact one: Hezbullah is rebuilding south of the Litani River, right under the noses of the UN Peacekeeping force, which surprises us not at all. The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, told lawmakers … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Lebanon
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Palestinian Prime Minister: We will never recognize Israel
Not ever. From an interview in the Saudi daily Aljazeera in April, Ismail Haniyeh said: “As far as we’re concerned, the issue of recognition of Israel has been settled once and for all. It has been settled in our political … Continue reading
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Forty years later: Jerusalem of Gold
Forty years ago today, according to the calendar that much of the world goes by, Israeli airplanes launched a pre-emptive attack on the Egyptian air force, totally destroying the planes on the ground, as well as the airbases from which … Continue reading
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NY Times sort of backs Israel
Check the air for flying pigs, because the New York Times is taking Israel’s side on an issue. Okay, they really should be backing Israel in this instance, because journalists and academics are supposed to be bias-free, impartial automatons (or … Continue reading
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Amnesty Intl., the “impartial” observer
Amnesty overload: Amnesty Intl. released yet another anti-Israel report, but I can’t be bothered to read it. There’s only so much bias I can take. Just remember, Amnesty is impartial. Because they say so. AI is independent of any government, … Continue reading
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