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…
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A prediction for Obamacare by a doctor
I went to the doctor today. Since it was an urgent case, I told them I’d take any member of the group. I saw a male GYN, something I haven’t done in years. I told him he was the first … Continue reading
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Friday briefs
French justice for murderers: Well, when it’s Jews and Americans they kill, the French sure like to just let them go. The price for two murders, including an Israeli diplomat? Less than 20 years. Bar-Siman-Tov was murdered in April 1982. … Continue reading
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Gun control message fail
The New York Times asked students if they thought The Journal News publishing the names and addresses of gun owners was a good idea. Almost without exception, the students said no. A random sampling: Should gun owners have a right … Continue reading
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Ice towers
Saw a picture of a tree almost completely encased in a frozen waterfall of ice on Imgur. A commenter said it was a project that people do every year. Google sent me here. Click the link for more.
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Wednesday briefs
But think of the children! The asshole newspaper editor who published the names and addresses of NY area gun owners, ignoring the public outcry at the invasion of privacy, was going to publish more gun owner addresses. Except now one … Continue reading
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Horrible
There are few words to say about the horror of what happened in Connecticut today. I despise all people who harm children. If I believed in hell, I’d hope there was a special place there for child murderers. May God … Continue reading
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They’re watching you
Glenn Reynolds linked to an article that describes how companies now have your real user information and they’re sending it to one another when you shop and search. Georgia resident Andy Morar is in the market for a BMW. So … Continue reading
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One question about the David Petraeus case
I’m sorry, but there’s something that simply cannot be asked often enough. The CIA Director was using a Gmail account? Seriously? A GMAIL ACCOUNT? Director? CIA? Head of the spy agency? The ones who are supposed to be, you know, … Continue reading
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How Obama won re-election
With the economy still in the tank, our standing in the world beneath what it was when W. was president, our debt larger than it has ever been, what, you may be wondering, got this crappy president re-elected? Media covering … Continue reading
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Election day briefs
I think I have to admit it: I’m a political junkie. I really didn’t think I was, but I do seem to be far more up on politics than my friends, who are no slouches in keeping up with the … Continue reading
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A word about the election tomorrow
I was in a deep blue area of Richmond today. I saw almost no Obama signs. The momentum is on the other side. I think Mitt Romney is going to be our next president. Don’t forget to get out and … Continue reading
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Busy day
I had job-related things to do. I also collected and bought goods to send to the NJ/NY Hurricane Sandy relief effort. Spent way more than I’d intended to, but I haven’t lost everything, just full-time hours. And my family and … Continue reading
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The untrackable Sandy relief efforts
Via Glenn Reynolds, we see that Chuck Simmins is tracking private donations for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. But there are many relief efforts that are virtually untrackable. Late this afternoon, I received a text from a friend of my nephew … Continue reading
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Post-hurricane panic: Yeah, we has it
How many times have you heard the old “You can smell I’m in New Jersey” jokes? The odor is a combination of swampland and oil refineries. Well, here’s what happens when two of those odor-causing refineries go offline after a … Continue reading
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Farewell, Mad Libs guy. Blank in blank.
One of the men responsible for bringing Mad Libs to the world has died. Sloan, the last survivor of the trio of founders of Price Stern Sloan publishing, died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a brief … Continue reading
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