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: January 2008
How to Win Friends and Influence People
This is only a part of the headline (they told me not to make them too long). The other part is: Or lying through your teeth about power shortages in Gaza The story by Barry Rubin of Gloria Center has … Continue reading
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Richmond: Welcome to the 19th century
So explain to me, you lawyers out there, why I can’t bring my laptop with me to jury duty tomorrow. I understand that I can’t use it while I’m in the jury box. But I don’t understand why I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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A brother could love
According to the New York Times: Given the international uproar that unfolded after the bombing, “we can assume it’s not a reactor,†said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington that … Continue reading
Norman Finkelstein in Lebanon: when the unmentionable meets the unspeakable
Probably getting booted out from the DePaul university has exacerbated his all-consuming lust for visibility. Now he has found a way – after his other learned friend, who also went on a similar pilgrimage. Finkelstein is known as a vocal … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Lebanon
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Caturday
The last few days have been warm and sunny, and Tig has taken advantage of the weather to snooze and sit in the sun. Presented, for your amusement: The Independent Republic of Tiggerstan has suffered some border shrinkage, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Libya on the UNSC: Stooge for the Arab League
The new Libyan head of the UN Security Council has proven me right, in less than two weeks. First, the good news: Meanwhile, the Security Council condemned Katyusha rocket fire from Lebanon that struck Shlomi in northern Israel, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, World
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Ms. Magazine refuses to publish ad about Israel’s most powerful women
The magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem doesn’t seem to like Jews when they’re Israeli Jews. Or at least, that’s the impression they’re giving after rejecting an ad for Israel that the AJC wanted to place. The magazine has turned down … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israeli Double Standard Time
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Arun amok
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, gives pacifism a bad name. Here’s a roundup of responses. Shira bat Sarah (who brought this swill to my attention) writes in Family Tradition: Why … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Nasrallah the anti-racist
Ynet recorded another eruption from that submerged victorious groundhog, the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: According to Nasrallah, Bush views Israel “as a Jewish state, that is, racist…its existence is premised on race. Israel aspires for a racially pure existence.” Now … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Lebanon
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George W. Bush’s Clintonian diplomacy
He hasn’t invited Yasser Arafat to the White House, but you could pretty much substitute any major Clinton speech on Israel and the Palestinians for the speech W. gave yesterday. In addition to these three tracks, both sides are getting … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics
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Not a good month for fluffy orange cats
Lair Simon lost Frisky. My condolences, Lair.
Tigger’s farewell tour
The vet wanted another bunch of bloodwork from Tig this week. In spite of the fact that Tig looks better than he has since he was first diagnosed with renal failure, and in spite of the fact that Tig is … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Thailand giving Hizbollah-TV a wider reach
Say thanks to the good folks at THAICOM, a satellite company in Thailand, who have picked up the Hizbollah propaganda station, Al-Manar. THAICOM, a private satellite company in Thailand, has begun airing the broadcasts of Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV. The satellite … Continue reading
Shavit’s prescription
One of the most consistently interesting Israeli columnists, is Ari Shavit from Ha’aretz. Though a member of the Left and of the peace camp, he has consistently demonstrated an intellectual honest that makes him readable even if I don’t agree … Continue reading
Crossdressing Clifford
My six year old decided to dress Clifford up. In a skirt and blouse. Who knew? Maybe he found Emily Elizabeth’s clothes. Maybe it’s a John Ritter thing. Crossdressedposted at Soccer Dad.
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