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: November 2007
Thankful for the Land of the Free
There is something to be said for America being the freest of the free lands. Especially when you read this paragraph at the very end of an article about the Australian elections: Participating in elections is compulsory under Australian law … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, World
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The fallout from Annapolis
The conference hasn’t even begun, and Hamas is already threatening more terrorist attacks after it’s over. Hamas will step up attacks against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after a US-hosted peace conference next week, an … Continue reading
Legacy of legacies
The administration was winding down. It wanted to make its mark on history. A legacy. What better legacy could there be than peace in the Middle East? And so the adminstration worked to make it happen. Shultz Expects Some Progress … Continue reading
The Annapolis farce force
The Annapolis farce will continue, now with the Golan Heights on the agenda. Let us remember that Israel just bombed a nascent Syrian nuclear plant in the desert, and yet, Syria is the nation that gets to set the demands … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jew Cooties
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The futility of confidence building measures
In an innocuously title article, Israel Allows Some Gaza Exports, Isabel Kershner of the NY Times reported: Israel has approved the transfer of 25 armored personnel carriers from Russia to the Palestinian Authority and will allow the export of some … Continue reading
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Disorder in the (Israeli) courts
Isabel Kershner writes about the current controversy over Israeli’s judicial system in Friends’ Clash Reflects Battle Over Israeli Court In recent days, Aharon Barak, the internationally esteemed jurist and retired chief justice of Israel, has broken a self-imposed silence and … Continue reading
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All your radar are belong to us
Part of the Israeli attack on Syria included first taking out—via old-fashioned bombing—a critical radar station. And the U.S. helped. The first event in the raid involved Israel’s strike aircraft flying into Syria without alerting Syrian air defenses. The ultimate … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I have a great job, I’m on my way to financial security, my family is all healthy, I have great friends, Tig and Gracie are happy and healthy (albeit always … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
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Adult entertainment
The original episodes of Sesame Street have been issued on DVD. But our children better not watch them. It wouldn’t be right. Just don’t bring the children. According to an earnest warning on Volumes 1 and 2, “Sesame Street: Old … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Meanderings, Media, Pop Culture, Television
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Surprised George and The Bomb
This picture summarizes for me the image of George Monbiot: in essence – a surprised imbecile. The picture, by the way, comes from a BBC article, so it could not be labeled an Elders’ Photoshop job. His new article in … Continue reading
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The chocolate course
Last year, due to Gracie’s illness and having to either board her or pay someone to come by twice a day to give her her pills, I stayed in Richmond for Thanksgiving instead of spending it in NJ with my … Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving story
From the creator of “The Internet is a Series of Tubes” PowerPoint comes: A Thanksgiving Story.
Israel turns the tables on the ICC
Israel is now using the ICC in ways, I’m sure, the UN never thought possible. Israeli organizations are bringing suit against Hamas for murdering Israeli citizens. ZAKA, a volunteer organization committed to the recovery and identification of human remains, in … Continue reading
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I’m back
I’m back from recovering from the cold/fever thingie, as well as from my business trip to northern VA and Washington. I got to experience the layers of bureaucracy up-close and personal, and was not in the least bit surprised that … Continue reading
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Votes in the Middle East
Voters are headed to the polls in Jordan. Tuesday’s elections for the 110 seats in the lower house are marked by rising expressions of cynicism from among the country’s 2.4 million voters, and from political analysts. Eighteen years after Jordan’s … Continue reading