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…
Daily Archives: 06/21/2007
Technology rocks
I had one of those “Oh, so THAT’s how you do it!” moments tonight. Found the Firefox extension Video Downloader, and immediately downloaded my current obsessions off YouTube. (Obsession number one is “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin” number … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Television 2 Comments
Random spam thought
When you are not quite awake, and watching the spam run through your mailbox before your brain gets into full gear, you see a spam header running through your email that says this: Your koan approval What is the sound … Continue reading
Posted in Meanderings 6 Comments
UN SecGen shakes finger at Human Wrongs Council
The new UN Secretary General, picking up where Kofi Annan left off (Kofi did this too around the same time last year, about the council’s predecessor), essentially frowned in the Human Wrongs Council’s general direction. The Secretary-General is disappointed at … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn, World 1 Comment
Brits rediscover their spine
The British are standing pat on the Rushdie knighthood. Good for them. Britain will not apologize for its decision to bestow a knighthood on writer Salman Rushdie, the home secretary said Wednesday, highlighting the need to protect freedom of expression … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, World 2 Comments
Abbas brands Hamas “terrorists,” terrorists vow revenge
So, when one terrorist group calls another terrorist group terrorists, does it truly mean anything? I mean, come on—Fatah’s got its own branch of plausible-deniability terrorists (yeah, that would be Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade). Anyway, it is rather fun to see … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, palestinian politics 7 Comments
Compare and contrast
Let’s do yet another compare and contrast. Compare Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians taking refuge in the Erez Crossing: Hamas came by to deliver bullets and hand grenades, killing one and wounding many. Israel sent ambulances and health-care professionals. The … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza 3 Comments