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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The Meryl Diet
I tried to start a diet back in June, and I went with a diet that worked years ago, back when I only had about ten pounds to lose. Basically, I cut out junk foods, cut down on Coke (sorry, … Continue reading
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Observations
I realized a long, long time ago that I am a terrible housekeeper. It’s mostly because I really hate cleaning house. When I left my apartment last year, I decided to hire a cleaning staff so that I wouldn’t have … Continue reading
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Player of the day: Nate
Last night, I stopped on the way home to watch Nate play in the Little League All-Star tournament. It’s his team’s third game, and they faced the other team in the tournament that was undefeated. We got to see two … Continue reading
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Busy, busy, busy
Who knew organzing a comic collection would take this much time? And we’re not half done.
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Can I call myself a Southerner yet?
Last week marked my seventh anniversary as a resident of central Virginia. Since I’ve moved from New Jersey, I have done a number of things in Virginia that I never did in NJ. They are, in part: Voted for a … Continue reading
Stupid spammers
Every once in a while, a new spam subject comes along that apparently keeps managing to elude the spam filters at the server level. And I have to ask: What effing moron actually thinks he will get a free sample … Continue reading
A midday visit, with pictures
Sarah and the kids were in town today so that Jake could retake a couple of parts of the test for the gifted program. He was sick and on meds when he first took the test, and didn’t score highly … Continue reading
The poll results
The poll has been up for quite a while now, and it looks like the answers are staying pretty steady. Here are the results:
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Reflections on hotel life
It’s been a really long time since I actually stayed in a hotel instead of with friends. And even longer since I stayed at one that caters to a more upscale clientele. So much to snark, so little time. Just … Continue reading
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Back to school
I just want to say this upfront: The Learning Tree absolutely rocks. They give us breakfast. They have soft drink machines that charge only fifty cents for sodas and water. They give us a snack in the middle of the … Continue reading
I’m back
The drive was exhausting. But I have a corned beef cooking, and a Gencarelli’s panelle bread, and some kosher steaks in the fridge. I had a very nice weekend with friends, and learned that my nephew is, indeed, going to … Continue reading
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Saturday picture shows
We’re waiting for Bob to get home from the movies before we go to lunch, and for the clouds to go away before we go swimming. But I have time for blogging, and I simply had to share a few … Continue reading
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Traveling
I’ll be on the road by the time this is posted, on my way to NJ for my nephew’s graduation party. I swear, he was only six last year. Maybe the year before last. But graduating high school? No way. … Continue reading
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A Hebrew robocall?
Someone in the marketing department in some company that has my phone number really screwed up. Because I got a robocall in Hebrew late this afternoon. It was the greeting that tipped me off that something was, er, not kosher. … Continue reading