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: October 2007
Hakinor shel Rechov “E”
I didn’t know that …for a few months, between late 1974 and early 1975, there was also a violin, in the darkness on the edge, adding heartrending poignancy to ballads like the debut album’s sparse “Lost in the Flood,” the … Continue reading
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Surfin’ for a bruisin’
Israelly Cool! has reported on the preference of model Bar Raphaeli to stay away from Israel. Well she was in the news again. Police detained eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater early Saturday after a scuffle with photographers who were … Continue reading
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A snip in time
Israel isn’t just repairing hearts of foreign children. Israeli surgeons have been going to Swaziland to help fight disease. The Washington Post reported Israeli Surgeons Helping Swaziland in Drive to Curb HIV. When I read that, I wondered how do … Continue reading
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A particularly violent weekend in the Palestinian Arab territories
Readers of my blog know that I have been keeping a count of all Palestinian Arabs violently killed by each other. So far this year I have counted 556 deaths, including 33 women and 40 children. The past few days … Continue reading
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“Discomfort?” maybe he needs a thesaurus
Ha’aretz is reporting that The Palestinian militants suspected of plotting to attack Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s convoy earlier this year were arrested for a second time on Friday and will face a military trial, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said … Continue reading
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Olmert escapes terror attack in Jericho
From Ynet: A group of gunmen affiliated with Fatah attempted to hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s convoy as it made its way from Jerusalem to Jericho for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on August 6, Shin Bet chief … Continue reading
Brothers can be a big help
You know, those of us with brothers know the drill. They can be the biggest pains in the ass when you’re growing up, and frankly, can be that way once you’re grown as well. But my big brother drove to … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #137 is UP!
Esser Agaroth has posted a very fine Haveil Havlaim #137! It’s about Israel, slices of life, media bias and Ann Coulter (again).
Rowling outs Dumbledore
Things that make you go hmmm: Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday … Continue reading
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Haftarah coaching
My regular haftarah tutor is busy tonight and tomorrow. If anyone out there has an hour or two to spare, and wants to help me learn, I’d be happy to chant haftarah at you, either by phone, Google Talk, or … Continue reading
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Wow the IAEA is really on the ball
Earlier when I wrote about the discovery that Syria was cleaning up the site I was put off by the nay sayers who argued “This isn’t like a Road Runner cartoon where you call up Acme Reactors and they deliver … Continue reading
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Syria covers up the nuclear evidence
Syria is taking the ruins of the “unused military buildings” that were bombed by the IAF, and putting them where the IAEA will never find them. (Of course, they could FedEx them to Mohammed El Baradei, and he still would … Continue reading
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It wasn’t nuclear but we’ll clean it up anyway
So after showing a bunch of credulous reporters an agricultural site, Syria’s now cleaning up the real site of the Israeli attack. Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an … Continue reading
UNHCR and Brazil vs. UNRWA and all Arab countries
The last group of a total of close to 100 Palestinian refugees who lived in Iraq, but had to flee to the Jordanian desert, have arrived in Brazil. The 25 refugees are being settled in the southeastern state of São … Continue reading
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The new Kirk
Just breaking … Christopher Pine has been cast to play the young Captain Kirk in the next Star Trek movie. The bridge of the starship Enterprise is filling up. Chris Pine, who had been in talks to join the cast … Continue reading
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