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: Holidays
Eight Video Nights of Hanukkah: Third night
Okay, I really can’t stand Bon Jovi, but I know a lot of you out there do. So here’s his version of the Adam Sandler Chanukah song. Yes, really.
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Eight Video Nights of Chanukah: Second night
My Menorah: This one is going to sound really familiar to all you old fans of The Knack. (I wasn’t one of them.)
Hava Nagilah a cappella
So how was your first night of Chanukah? Mine was latkes and music at the R household. I burned my finger in the oil (sigh) but not badly enough to do more than sting after an hour or so of … Continue reading
Eight Video Nights of Chanukah: First night
This year we’re going to have something new for Hannukkah: A video each night. You can thank regular reader chsw, who sent me a link to the video I’ll be using on the sixth night. Tonight’s video: How Do You … Continue reading
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Christopher Hitchens, fact-check on aisle three
Found a funny bit in the JPost today about Christopher Hitchens’ ignorance of Judaism. This is the best part: Hitchens’ avers that: “If one could nominate an absolutely tragic day in human history, it would be the occasion that is … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I have a great job, I’m on my way to financial security, my family is all healthy, I have great friends, Tig and Gracie are happy and healthy (albeit always … Continue reading
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The chocolate course
Last year, due to Gracie’s illness and having to either board her or pay someone to come by twice a day to give her her pills, I stayed in Richmond for Thanksgiving instead of spending it in NJ with my … Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving story
From the creator of “The Internet is a Series of Tubes” PowerPoint comes: A Thanksgiving Story.
G’mar hatima tova
An easy and meaningful fast to all my Jewish readers. This blog will be going dark until after my Saturday night break-fast. You wouldn’t want me blogging on an empty stomach, anyway. You have no idea how crabby I get … Continue reading
Shana Tovah
This is the time of year when I wish a sweet and happy and healthy new year to all of my Jewish friends and family. May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for nothing but good things this … Continue reading
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Have a Glorious Fourth!
Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans, and to my fellow Americans in spirit. Long may she wave! Every year on this date, I post this: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the … Continue reading
100% American: Your turn now
Are you ready to take the MSNBC citizenship challenge? It’s a snap. Only one question gave me pause, and that’s because I’m not a lawyer. Please note that I scored 100%. That’s right, baby. I’m not just a red-blooded American, … Continue reading
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Remembering our fallen
I’m not very good at this part, having never been in the service, nor lost any member of my family who served. But Blackfive’s pretty good at it. Especially here, in this post. And there’s always this: And these. And … Continue reading
The Torah on Shavuot
My rabbi tapped me to carry the Sefer Torah during this morning’s services, something that I haven’t done in a very long time. It’s quite an honor, although the cynical among us point out that one of the ways to … Continue reading
Israel is 59
I think this recording of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp survivors singing Hatikvah says it all, particularly the last line: “Am Yisrael Chai—the children of Israel still live!”