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 2009
Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere
A quick note to let you know that Haveil Havalim, the weekly blog carnival of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere is live. It is a great resource that you can use to get a sense of what is being talked about in … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews
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Snow snarks
What kind of subhuman steals the Auschwitz sign? Really, you have to wonder if these people are just your run-of-the-mill Jew-haters or they’re so stupid they think they can sell the sign on the black market to a Nazi memorabilia … Continue reading
Winter Wonderland, part 2
So, a week or two after telling my cousin from San Diego that the pictures I have of last year’s snowstorm are so rare for the Richmond area, we get—a huge snowstorm. And it’s not supposed to stop until late … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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Winter wonderland
The view from my deck after about six hours of snow (started as a snow/sleet mix): Looks like about four inches so far. More to come tomorrow, probably with cats. Or cat, anyway.
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Winter is a-comin’ in
This will be an interesting day. There’s a major snowstorm headed my way that’s due to start dropping flakes on Richmond around 4 p.m. I’m heading up to Company in Northern Virginia for the day (but I plan on leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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The Grinch, metal style
I heard this yesterday in the car. It’s an awesome version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” by Gary Hoey, who plays a mean guitar. Here’s one live version: And here’s another in a radio studio. Listen at least … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Hanukkah video list
Because I’m too lazy this year to put up eight days of videos, here’s a comprehensive list of (as of today) 171 Hanukkah videos on YouTube.
Posted in Holidays
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Prince Saud’s fraud
As his tenure as Saudi’s foreign minister winds down, Saudi Prince Saud al Faisal admits regrets, he’s had a few. The New York Times starts off with some fun irrelevance: The year that Prince Saud al-Faisal was appointed foreign minister … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn
Tagged Prince Saud al-Faisal
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Gracie by request
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Bored now.
Posted in Cats
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Constants and variables in the Middle East
Ethan Bronner writes about Israeli PM Netanyahu: After a long career supporting Israeli settlements in occupied land and rejecting Palestinian statehood, Mr. Netanyahu said last June that he accepted the two-state idea. Three weeks ago, he imposed a 10-month freeze … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Binyamin Netanyahu
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I’m so unhip, Golden Globes version
So the Golden Globe nominations are out, and it turns out that the only nominated film I’ve seen is “Up.” And you know, I really don’t care. I don’t watch any of the nominated TV shows, either. Tried a few … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
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It’s the most anti-Semitic time of the year
Hanukkah attacks on Jews are up sharply this year, after being down last year. The worst attack is not the Muslim that bit off a Chabad rabbi’s finger during a menorah lighting. The worst is this methodical, matter-of-fact attack on … Continue reading
Goldstone’s innumeracy
Martin Kramer recently wrote a devastating post about one aspect of the Goldstone report. The most important sentence in this section of the Goldstone Report is this one: “Mr. Amr Hamad indicated that 324 factories had been destroyed during the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Judge Goldstone
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The AP spin: Hamas calls for destruction of Israel are “suggestions”
Really, you just can’t make this stuff up. Buried deep inside the whitewashed AP version of Hamas’ anniversary festivities in Gaza is this nugged of wisdom from the AP, which purports to show the moderation of the terrorist group even … Continue reading