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: 06/08/2008
Lazy Caturday afternoon
I am all out of things to write today. Instead, I give you the zen of Tig on Afghan. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. We took a Caturday afternoon nap. Tig was just napping. I was trying … Continue reading
Proof of Shalit’s death?
Funny how Hamas hasn’t managed to fulfill its promises to Jimmy Carter, the mediator extraordinaire who went to Gaza and declared Israel to be the criminals, not Hamas. Captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit has still not written the letter Hamas … Continue reading
“Humliating” checkpoint saves Israeli lives
Soldiers caught yet another would-be bomber at one of those “humiliating” checkpoints—in an area the Palestinians are supposed to be policing. IDF soldiers manning the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus apprehended on Sunday an 18-year-old Palestinian … Continue reading
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Jewish prayer book defaced, Jews riot
Well, no, actually, the police arrested the people in question and nothing else happened. These are Jews, not Muslims, after all. Shocked and repulsion seem the best words to describe the collective feelings of Haifa’s police reconnaissance unit upon entering … Continue reading
Betting with buffett
In People vs. Dinosaurs Thomas Friedman shows some surprising optimism about Israel. Question: What do America’s premier investor, Warren Buffett, and Iran’s toxic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have in common? Answer: They’ve both made a bet about Israel’s future. Ahmadinejad declared … Continue reading
A good Bob Herbert column
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is a good Bob Herbert column. He gives a shout-out not just to the fact that a black man won the Democratic presidential nomination—a truly historic moment in our nation’s history—but he … Continue reading
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