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: 11/15/2007
A laugh for the day
A truly hilarious, deliberate mistranslation of an Indian pop song. Note: Absolutely NOT safe for work. And more than a little risque. Language and dirty joke warnings. Via Charles.
Posted in Humor 2 Comments
Ressurection of Muhammad Al Durrah?
(An addendum to that excellent compilation by Soccer Dad.) The case of Muhammad Al Durrah, the Gazan boy allegedly killed by IDF during a stone-throwing episode and made into a symbol of Intifada, is slowly unraveling, it seems. The raw … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias 3 Comments
The Bat Mitzvah Desk Fund update
We’re tooling right along, and our Desk Fund is increasing. Thanks all who have contributed, and if you haven’t, and have a few bucks to spare, think about sparing them. Anything left over from the Desk Fund will go to … Continue reading
Hamas cracks down on Palestinian freedoms
I’m never going to get tired of referring to this lying op-ed the New York Times published: “Palestinians want, on their terms, the same thing Western societies want: self-determination, modernity, access to markets and their own economic power, and freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas Comments Off on Hamas cracks down on Palestinian freedoms
Fifty things about me, on my 50th birthday
Part one. Part two. Part three. Part four. Part five. In honor of my fiftieth birthday, which is today, I am finishing my 50 Things About Me series. 41. I have a tendency to mark my birthdays these days with … Continue reading
Posted in Life 19 Comments
Israeli-Arab MK: Israel has no say over Temple Mount
The true Fifth Column in Israel: An Israeli Arab member of the Knesset (yeah, that apartheid Israel, they have Arab members of Israel’s version of Congress) says that Israel has no legal jurisdiction over the Temple Mount. The digs, replied … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Religion 3 Comments
An ignatius mess
(h/t Media Backspin) In Palestinian Security Paradox, David Ignatius writes: Security is the magic word. No peace deal will work until the Palestinians are able to provide security that Israelis can trust. But right now, people are paying lip service … Continue reading
The beginning of Hamas’ end?
The natives of Gaza are getting very, very tired of Hamas tyranny and brutality. As the mourners sat on a long row of plastic chairs in the alley next to Ibrahim’s home, his father was too distraught to join in … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas 4 Comments
Philippe who?
There is precious little coverage of what ought to be considered Watergate for the international media, but yesterday brought some dramatic news. After telling the court that he had 27 minutes of video of the conflict near Netzarim junction the … Continue reading