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
My first Blogathon
In the summer of 2002, I had just moved to Richmond, VA, and was talked into taking part in the Blogathon, a 24-hour blog-posting marathon designed to raise money for the charity of your choice. This was my 10:30 a.m. … Continue reading
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A question for the relativists
This post was first published on April 2, 2002. It occurs to me that I need one simple question answered, and only one. Let’s for the moment drop all of my arguments about the Palestinian suicide bombings, the refugee problems; … Continue reading
Posted in Blasts from the past, Terrorism 5 Comments
What I’m reading
Thing 1: Yaacov Lozowick illustrates and explains the Shepherd’s Hotel (a.k.a. the dead Nazi’s former home). (Daily Alert linked him, good job, Yaacov!) Thing 2: This is a very interesting look at the Arab mindset, buried inside a New York … Continue reading
Finally Friday briefs
The awesome awesomeness of the ability of Israel to cause everything: You know, we Jews are so wily, so powerful, so all-encompassing, that we can cause neighboring state governments to fall. An Iranian minister said so. (With help from the … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, United Nations Tagged Israel, Media Bias, United Nations 1 Comment
Arafat phone transcripts revealed!
This was first posted on March 30, 2002, during the seige of Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah. Eat your heart out, Drudge. Glenn, ya snooze, ya lose. Yourish.com has obtained the actual transcripts of Yasser Arafat’s phone calls to world leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Blasts from the past, Israel, Terrorism Tagged Israel, Terrorism, Yasser Arafat 3 Comments
What the AP doesn’t tell you, part 2
The AP quotes every anti-Israel quote it can find from Turkey’s Prime Minister’s interview with Al Jazeera. But it left out this one: Hamas “is not a terrorist movement.” It gets better. During an interview, the Turkish leader said Hamas … Continue reading
The incivility of the right left
Remember this? It’s from an entire website that was developed solely to apologize to the world for re-electing George W. Bush. Say, that right-wing incivility that the pundits are all decrying? Backatcha, pals. In this one, “get the bastards” is … Continue reading
Yes, I am a Jew, Part 2
This post was originally posted on March 10, 2002. (It’s the post that started my schism with my left-leaning blog circle of that time.) About a week and a half ago, I found a brief mention of my first essay … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Blasts from the past, Bloggers Tagged Anti-Semitism, Daniel Pearl 4 Comments
What I’m reading
Thing 1: The latest Charles Krauthammer column has a laugh-out-loud final paragraph. Best. Krugman. Putdown. Ever. Mr. Krauthammer, welcome to the world as a Master of Juvenile Scorn™ Thing 2: Yeah, that “Tiger Mother” essay really bothered me, too. Katie … Continue reading
The what day is today? briefs
No time left for Time: Abe Greenwald reads that drek, so I don’t have to. The magazine that gave us “Menachem Begin (rhymes with Fagin) is bashing Israel again. Say, it’s a weekly magazine, isn’t it? And this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Lebanon, Media Bias, Religion, Terrorism Tagged Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 4 Comments
Tuesday “I forgot to publish these this morning” briefs
Yeah, and I’m the Easter Bunny: Iran says it penetrated the Mossad and is currently holding onto ten or so “spies.” Because it’s not like they don’t call someone a spy, arrest and convict him on no evidence (especially if … Continue reading
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Yes, I am a Jew
This post was first published on February 27, 2002 For the past couple of months, I’ve noticed that Qatar turns up regularly in my web stat demographics. It may be a spider; it may be a spammer using someone else’s … Continue reading
The news the AP leaves out
There’s a boilerplate in the current AP stories about the destruction of the “historic” Shepherd Hotel to make way for apartments. The relevant portion is in bold. (The fact that the AP finds it necessary to devote two paragraphs of … Continue reading
Men are a different species
This post was originally published on January 26, 2002. A couple of days ago, I was in the lunchroom at work, standing in line to pay for my purchase. I work at a college. You need to know that, because … Continue reading
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When mental illness ruptures civility
The rush of politicians, pundits, and bloggers trying to blame Sarah Palin and “inflammatory” speech for the shooter who killed six and wounded many more while trying to murder Congresswoman Giffords is just plain stupid. Jared Loughner was batshit crazy. … Continue reading