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: Life
What a lousy night
Man. I just drove home from NorVA. There were tornado warnings up north. Then, as I was getting close to home, there were tornado warnings near where I live. Bookended by tornado warnings and driving through pouring rain. The drive … Continue reading
A puzzling question
If anyone can figure out why I’ve had Brahms’ Hungarian Dances running through my head all morning, I’d appreciate it. Because it took me a while to figure out that no, it isn’t Slovanic Dances, and no, Sorena’s orchestra did … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Music
9 Comments
Industrial Zones for Peace
Writing about an industrial zone on the border of Gaza set to open nearly ten years ago, William Orme of the New York Times reported: Now, hailed by all sides as the first tangible achievement of the current phase of … Continue reading
Ten years today
I just realized: Ten years ago today, I quit smoking. I’m thinking by now, I’ve saved enough money to pay for my living room set, my kitchen set, and my Jeep.
Posted in Israel, Life
3 Comments
Lazy Saturday
It was a lazy day today. Beautiful weather; thought about taking the top off the Jeep, but thunderstorms are moving in, so there went that notion. Maybe tomorrow, since there does seem to be a string of sunny weather coming … Continue reading
Posted in Life
2 Comments
Lazy Saturday
Well, not really. There was a bar mitzvah (one of my third-year students; only one more left from that class, and he did a wonderful job), and I’m working to make up the hours from Monday and Tuesday, and, well, … Continue reading
Adventures in babysitting
I got a call from Sarah yesterday asking “Do you have plans for tonight?” That’s usually followed by a request to help shepherd children around to their various schedules, often caused by her husband being out of town or extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Life
3 Comments
Worst. Stomach flu. Ever.
Got home from school yesterday feeling mildly uncomfortable. That blew up into the worst stomach flu I’ve ever had in my life. I have been incapacitated since yesterday afternoon. I am currently ingesting Gatorade ice chips, which is about the … Continue reading
Posted in Life
4 Comments
Say, fellow tinnitus sufferers….
(How many spam comments you figure that headline is going to bring?) Apparently, new therapies are helping those of us who suffer from those annoying noises. I’m pretty sure my tinnitus is partly genetic, partly from TMJ caused by gum-chewing … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Miscellaneous
2 Comments
Oh, never mind
Sorry. I’m in the middle of my Battlestar Galactica marathon. Talk among yourselves.
Posted in Life
2 Comments
A boy named Marion
John Tierney writes about Bad Baby Names and the effect they might have on a well adjusted individual by citing that famous psychologist, Johnny Cash. During his 1969 concert at San Quentin prison, Johnny Cash proposed a paradigm shift in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Miscellaneous
5 Comments
Taking the night off, EATAPETA, etc.
I’m tired. Long drive, long day at work, great dinner (I had veal), pleasant company… you all talk amongst yourselves. Remember that March 15th is International Eat a Tasty Animal for PETA (EATAPETA) Day. Plan your breakfast, lunch, and dinner … Continue reading
Posted in EATAPETA, Life
8 Comments
Power out
When I left my apartment this afternoon, the power was out. When I came back, the power was out. A few minutes later (after I’d gotten all the candles and flashlights from the previous outage), it was back on. But … Continue reading
Posted in Life
3 Comments
Apples and space shuttles
The following is one of the reasons that a friend of mine goes crazy at work on a daily basis. And by “goes crazy at work” I mean, “Is driven utterly bananas by many of the people she has to … Continue reading
Six more things about me
Damian decided that I need to tell my readers six more things about me. It’s a meme. You’re supposed to tell six unimportant things about yourself or your habits, then tag six more people. Yeah, the tag stops here, unless … Continue reading