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: Pop Culture
Anti-Semitism documentary on PBS tonight
“Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence,†will be airing on most PBS stations tonight. It’s on at 10 p.m. in the Richmond area. It covers the history of modern anti-Semitism, then jumps into the swamp that is the Arab … Continue reading
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Queenan against Cohen – first round
It seems that a new kind of war is looming, totally unexpected by all and sundry military experts: Queenan against Cohen. That is, Joe Queenan an American film critic vs. Sasha Baron Cohen the major piss taker on this side … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Politics
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Attention, NJ Mary Chapin Carpenter fans
Okay. Which of my New Jersey readers wants to go see Mary Chapin Carpenter at the McCarter Theater on Tuesday, April 10th? I don’t have Hebrew School that week. I think I’d consider going up to NJ for a few … Continue reading
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Heroes thread
The first episode is online now, for those of you who missed it. Time to catch up, and start talking about the show in the comments. My first question: Anyone out there think that Ando is going to wind up … Continue reading
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What’s wrong with the Gilmore Girls
Besides the fact that Amy Sherman-Palladino is no longer in charge of it, that is. Last night’s episode contained Emily Gilmore using the word “snarkiness” when describing Lorelai’s sense of humor. Emily would not use “snarkiness.” I will not be … Continue reading
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Heroes
I have been praising the excellence of the new NBC show, Heroes, all year, particularly to my friend Lynn, who I know only likes to watch good shows. By sheer accident (turning on NBC ten minutes too early), she caught … Continue reading
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The perfect pancake syrup? Motor oil
Ever wonder how the food in ads looks so damned good, and you’ve never, ever seen food like that in real life? Well, here’s how it’s done. It’s hard work to achieve the perfect roasted chicken, but advertisements always show … Continue reading
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Michael Richards: Not a Jew.
Toldja so. He’s not Jewish. Which makes him even more of a bigot, what with now also being charged with anti-Semitic rants as well. Last week, crisis-management expert Howard Rubenstein acknowledged that Richards had shouted anti-Semitic remarks in an April … Continue reading
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Michael Richards Public Service Announcement
I would like to answer a question that many of you probably are asking today: No, Michael Richards is not Jewish. Michael Richards is not a Jew. As Cosmo Kramer in “Seinfeld,” Richards played one on TV. But he himself … Continue reading
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Obessions: My quest for music
Okay, I give up. I have looked and looked for A) a legitimate version of this song or B) a CD-quality mp3. The closest I came to it was a torrent file that, I was told, was probably no longer … Continue reading
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Soundtrack trouble
So I went out last night and got the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, which has the music on which the music from the LOTR video was based. It seems that a bunch of musicians remixed Lux Aeterna and … Continue reading
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Letter from a caveman
You know, the title “Caveman” on an email automatically kicks in my spam detector. But it was from some guy with a normal-sounding name, and I figured I’d take a look at it and see if it was legit. This … Continue reading
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Film question
Okay, folks. Now that I know the music in this LOTR video is from the film Requiem for a Dream, and now that I’ve listened to it about fifty times since yesterday, and now that I’ve read a bunch of … Continue reading
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VH1’s 100 Greatest 80s videos: Betcha can’t watch just one
My manager’s been talking about this all week, and I finally remembered to start watching. Damn. I forgot how addictive 80s videos are. This is as good as the “I Love the 80s” series. You have been warned.
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They could be Heroes
The latest episode of Heroes: Man, they just keep getting better. Shock after shock, surprise after surprise (though it was pretty easy to see the end of the cheerleader’s little jaunt with the quarterback; they telegraphed it a mile away), … Continue reading
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