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: December 2007
Tigger’s tough two days
Well, yesterday Tig had blood drawn. Today he was imprisoned at the vet’s and they got a urine sample from him. I’m going to guess that they took it the hard way, because the vet told me that at one … Continue reading
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A funny cat story
Remember Dogs in Elk? The story that I reprint every couple of years? This is Cat in Garbage Disposal. Also very funny. If the website had sound files with occasional cat yowling and meowing, it’d be even funnier. Spit-monitor warning … Continue reading
Israel to Hamas: Stop the rockets, then we talk
Israel is finally refusing to fall for the usual terrorist line of a cease-fire once the terrorists are on the run. First, Ehud Olmert denied that he was considering a truce with Hamas. Now Shimon Peres told Hamas that there … Continue reading
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Bansky graffiti: Gone
You can’t make stuff like this up. BETHLEHEM, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Offended Bethlehem residents have painted over a satirical mural by graffiti artist Banksy that was meant to highlight their plight. The elusive British street artist painted six images … Continue reading
The IDF: Fighting the next war
According to one officer, what we’ve seen the last few days—over 20 Palestinian terrorists killed at the cost of a few wounded Israeli soldiers—was combat, not, as the media like to say, “raids.” “What we’re seeing in Gaza is not … Continue reading
Now it’s Tig’s turn
The Independent Republic of Tiggerstan’s borders have been shrinking. I figured that out, but I didn’t realize how much. He’s lost four pounds. Before I brought him to the vet today because he’s been losing weight and acting strangely for … Continue reading
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The Gaza-Britain gas deal is off
This is interesting. The British natural gas company BG Group Plc pulled out of negotiations on the controversial plans to drill for natural gas in the Gaza Marine field, a British Gas spokesman told The Jerusalem Post Thursday. According to … Continue reading
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A threat from the south?
via memeorandum According to an Argentinian prosecutor Iran was involved in the attacks on Jewish targets in Argentina. Dr. Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who has secured Interpol backing for the arrests of several leaders in Teheran, including former president Hashemi … Continue reading
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Painting Israel as the villain, again
The AP spins the death of two more Palestinian terrorists as anti-Israel as possible. Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Gunmen Note that in a headline dealing with dead terrorists, the active voice is always used, and Israel or the IDF are … Continue reading
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24 and the NYT
In season 4 of 24 there’s an excellent exchange between a politician and one of his former aides. I’m going to leave out the character names so this won’t serve as a spoiler to anyone who still plans to see … Continue reading
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Catholic patriarch: No Jewish state, you bigots
Michael Sabbah, the Palestinian anti-Israel Catholic priest tells Israel that there should be no Jewish state. Because it’s discrimination. ”If there’s a state of one religion, other religions are naturally discriminated against,” Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah told reporters at the … Continue reading
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NYT vs. Daniel Pipes Round Robin
Down Payment on Mideast Peace The political and territorial challenges facing Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators are formidable and familiar. The economic obstacles to the creation of a viable Palestinian state are also formidable, but easier to make a dent … Continue reading
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The Palestinian faux moderates: The masks are falling off
The supposedly moderate (and modern) Palestinian Prime Minister, the one who is supposed to make the Palestinians fiscally responsible and who says he needs $5.6 billion over the next three years to do so, more than the Palestinians have ever … Continue reading
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Israeli researchers create a nano-Bible
Israel researchers at Technion—the Israeli Institute of Technology—put the entire Jewish Bible on a square .5 millimeters—smaller than the head of a pin. Technion researchers have succeeded in putting a full version of the Hebrew Bible, with vowel points, on … Continue reading
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Officially done with winter
I am officially done with winter. Even though it’s still autumn. And I live in a much milder climate than I used. I will have more substantive things to say later today, but it’s work/dentist/work/work/work day, following a day and … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Life
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