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…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Tolkien geek. Yes, I am a Tolkien geek.
The Hobbit trailer debuted the other day. (Really funny first comment at the link, from someone who has obviously read the books and wanted to see how stupid some commenters can be. Scroll down.) Sigh. Next year? NEXT YEAR?
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Celebrating Christmas in Gaza and Israel
The Guardian is waking up to the fact that Gaza is ruled by an Islamic theocracy that doesn’t allow the dhimmis within its midst to celebrate their religion. There hasn’t been a Christmas tree in Gaza City’s main square since … Continue reading
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Friday morning crazy weekend briefs
Reaping the storm: They sowed the whirlwind. Bashar al-Assad bankrolled plenty of suicide bombers in Baghdad. Now he has them in his own backyard. We should start a countdown clock for The Fall of the Dorktator. And the spin begins: … Continue reading
Thursday AYFKM?! briefs
The U.N. General Assembly confirms that it is a nest of despicable human beings: The United Nations General Assembly approved the request for a moment of silence in honor of the passing of Kim Jong-il, a mass murderer who may … Continue reading
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Wednesday briefly briefs
Awesome. Talk about grist for the ZOG mills: Israel’s Home Front Defense Minister says that the U.S. and Israel are on the same page regarding Iran. Well, when American Jews like Tom Friedman are using the Walt/Mearsheimer Israel Lobby tropes, … Continue reading
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These are the days of my life
I’m still not going to go into details about what’s going on with my mother, except to say that I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel. But I did want to let you know that … Continue reading
First light of Hanukka/Chanukah
My virtual menorah: It’s nowhere near as clean now as it was some ten years ago.
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Open thread Tuesday
You know, I’m a little tired of the news at the moment, so we should talk about the weather, or something.
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Monday morning briefs
Ding dong the witch is dead: Kim Jong-il is gone. Alas, another is ready to take his place. Stupid Sith lords. Not my grandfather’s religion: I don’t care what you say, rioting is not the part of Orthodox Judaism that … Continue reading
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This is what sanctuary looks like
The Occupiers are selfish bastards. Really, what else can you say when you read a quote like this, from an Occupier who tried to invade a park owned by a church: “We’re just trying to say that this country has … Continue reading
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Hamas senior got lost in the tunnels
The news appeared in Maariv’s Hebrew weekend edition on Friday Dec 16. Maariv, using Palestinian Pal Press as their source, tells that Tahr Atwa, a senior Hamas functionary and a part-time commander in Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades left Gaza five … Continue reading
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Remembering a love of theater
Saw South Pacific at the Richmond Landmark Theater tonight. I’d forgotten how much I love watching plays, particularly musicals. I subscribed after learning that Wicked was going to be here (went with my niece and with a friend, as I’m … Continue reading
A new record for Meryl
I was checking out Reason’s blog and discovered that they were right. A bunch of movies you probably haven’t seen get Golden Globe nominations from the preposterous “Hollywood Foreign Press Association.” A quick trip down the list shows that I … Continue reading
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