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…
Category Archives: American Scene
Honoring the veterans
Happy Veterans Day! Here’s a link to some deals for veterans at various local and nationwide chains. Now I’m going to get back to work. I work for a company with a large number of veterans. The place is a … Continue reading
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Wednesday briefs
Yeah, but watch out for the knife in the back: Israeli Energy Minister Silvan Shalom says everyone wants to hug Israel now that it’s going to be a natural gas exporter. See title. I know that the rules of the … Continue reading
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The Obamacare clusterfark
Of course the Obama administration won’t take the blame for screwing up the ACA website. They had three and a half years to get this thing ready, and they chose instead to choose a non-bid contractor, hide any rate information … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
If only: Israeli and Palestinian women meet in Tel Aviv to promote peace between their people. The kicker: They include people from both sides who have lost family members in the conflict. Two hundred Palestinians is a pretty high number … Continue reading
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Tuesday briefs
Spying and lying: Israel caught an Iranian spy. It’s a huge thing, but look at the way NBC downplays Israel’s authenticity by using the weasel words “alleges” and “was said to be”. This, on an article that shows the pictures … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
Oh, now they’re just mocking Obama: Bashar al-Assad is bragging to Lebanese newspapers that he can “blind” Israel. But that’s not the object of mockery. This is: “We have 1000 tons of chemical weapons that were initially a burden for … Continue reading
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The What day is it today? Oh, yeah briefs
Well, I survived oral surgery, and best of all, so did my tooth, but my brain is mushy from yesterday’s painkillers. Also, my typing sucks. But you won’t notice that. And yet, they’ll still make this a gun control issue: … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Hamas, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Middle East
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Tuesday pre-dentist briefs
Today is not going to be a happy day. Oral surgery. Ugh. I bet it was pretty smelly: A Daily News reporter reflects on the smelliness and futility that was Occupy Wall Street, which is apparently two years old today. … Continue reading
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Global warming: The science isn’t settled, but we’ll say this anyway
This is what passes for analysis in National Geographic, a magazine that is supposed to be fact-based. In an article about the current flooding in Colorado, we read: Drought tends to harden the soil, she said. When rains do come, … Continue reading
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12 miles west, 12 years later
Driving to the doctor’s this morning, Richmond’s morning talk radio host ended his program with audioclips from 9/11, and then the Star Spangled Banner, because that’s what Jimmy Barrett does every morning–ends his show with the national anthem. Of course … Continue reading
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Wednesday briefs
Time supports fantasy writing now: Karl Vick (rhymes with dick), the viciously anti-Israel Mideast reporter at Time, thinks that the Mad Mullahs of Tehran could be convinced to get Assad to give up his chemical weapons. Why? Because they suffered … Continue reading
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President of the world
This bothers me so very, very much. White House spinners have spent the last couple of days telling the press that Obama surprised even his most senior staff Friday night by deciding to seek congressional authorization. Before that, it is … Continue reading
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Welcome to the USSA
We are now the United Surveilled States of America. And screw us if we don’t like it. The government is slowly but surely starting to look like Soviet Russia. Early on in the Snowden leaks, it was revealed that Snowden … Continue reading
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It’s not just the NSA
Last week, my car insurance was up so I thought I’d see if Geico was cheaper. I went to their website, put in my zip code, and was immediately told that I am female, single, and own a yellow Jeep … Continue reading
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Sunday night thoughts
The world is a messed-up place. People walking on the beach in California are run down by a nutjob who managed to kill some poor Italian woman on her honeymoon. America closes its embassies across the Muslim world for fear … Continue reading
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