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…
Author Archives: Meryl Yourish
Getting it wrong on Lebanon
I tend not to pay attention to the AP analysis on the Middle East, because it is so often wrong. Watching the AP spin the “negotiations” for the new Lebanese prime minister is a great example of how they get … Continue reading
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Guns and frozes
Where in the world was Meryl this morning? Up in the Poconos, taking her nephew shooting in 6 degree weather (-2 when factoring in the wind chill). He had a great time. So did … Continue reading
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Left behind
(All the lefties are going to freak about the title of this post. ZOMG! She’s one of those rapture freaks!) I left my good microphone in Virginia, and I am in NJ. With a kick-ass script and a crappy mic. … Continue reading
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Friday briefs
The usual Palestinian form of “dissent”: A stone-throwing mob. The French foreign minister was quoted as saying that holding Gilad Shalit was a war crime, so of course, the Palestinians showed their appreciation by terrorizing her and her staff during … Continue reading
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In response to Tiger mothers
You can’t read this first bullet point without laughing out loud. Leave it to a Jewish mother to show a Tiger mother how it’s done: Here are some of the things that my four children of a Jewish mother were … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
So he wasn’t a braggart after all: The line from the U.S. back when Khalid Sheik Mohammed was captured was that he didn’t kill Daniel Pearl, he was just a braggart who wanted credit for the murder. Turns out that … Continue reading
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Because we can all use some good news
NY cop rescues 11-year-old girl who fell through the ice. “I could see just her head sticking out of the water,” DeMatteo said, according to the New York Post. “I was nervous that we’d both go in, but I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Wednesday news roundups
You know, I’m almost with Iran on this one: I hate Valentine’s Day. I hate all Hallmark holidays. But I’m not willing to make it illegal, and the Iranians are. It’s that famous Muslim tolerance of other religions! Woot! (Although, … Continue reading
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Your Tuesday briefs
“Spontaneous” pro-Hizbollah demos popping up in Lebanon: Love the report of “hand-held radios” being spotted. Read: Walkie-talkies with which to receive their instructions. Associated Press reporters saw at least four gatherings of up to 30 people each, dressed in black … Continue reading
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AP now letting Hezbollah set the boilerplate
Seriously? The AP is so desperate for “balance” that they’re now quoting the paranoid accusations of a terrorist group as boilerplate “balance”? Because here’s what the AP wrote about the indictment filed against Hezbollah by the UN commission: The court … Continue reading
It’s true: Dictators hate being mocked
Hugo Chavez forced a Colombian soap opera off the air in Venezuela because it mocked him and his country. I think he’s right about the mocking part, anyway. A Venezuelan television station has stopped airing a Colombian soap opera after … Continue reading
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Briefs
But it’s anti-Zionism, and don’t you forget it: Synagogues and a Jewish school vandalized in Canada, yawn, yawn, yawn. Swastikas? Why, they’re just welcoming the Jews to Canada, 1930s-style. Talk about your climate of hate, perhaps America’s left should take … Continue reading
Stuxnet: Made in USA & Israel
The Times has an in-depth article on the origins of Stuxnet. It appears to be one more thing the world will be able to thank George W. Bush for: By the accounts of a number of computer scientists, nuclear enrichment … Continue reading
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And now a word
This post was originally published on March 9, 2002. Shortly before that, I was discussing how awesome it was to get several hundred visits a day. Adil Farooq and Glenn Reynolds (Adil first, then Glenn) were responsible for getting me … Continue reading
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