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
Tuesday snark briefs
And the AP is so disappointed: Israel navy halts Gaza-bound boat without violence. If you read the article in full, you will note that the AP puts objectivity to ridiculous ends by inserting the new boilerplate description of the Mavi … Continue reading
Monday morning briefs
So long, Turkey[s]! Israelis used to vacation in Turkey in the hundreds of thousands. Not anymore. They’ve shifted their tourist dollars to Greece. The irony meter is off the charts on this one: Turkey invaded, split, and colonized Cyprus, all … Continue reading
Ozzie!
The Ozzie Osbournes are a decidedly strange couple, but damn, I like their view on performing in Israel. When asked why he hadn’t come to Israel earlier, Osbourne said “no reason really, I mean, I was drunk for too many … Continue reading
The Gaza flotillas: Now bringing aid to those who need none
After the world outcry following the Mavi Marmara incident, Israel relaxed the Gaza blockade to the point where even building materials have been sent. The world media finally stopped pretending that there is a humanitarian crisis and redefined Gazans in … Continue reading
Things I hate doing
Being in any way, shape or form handy. Changing a lightbulb is about the extent of what I’m willing to do by myself. Which totally sucks when it comes to having to do things like put in a digital thermostat … Continue reading
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$100 million for schools? Not if it’s for charters!
Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is giving a $100 million grant to improve Newark‘s public schools. Having spent all but the last eight years of my life in New Jersey, I think that’s a wonderful thing. Newark is a … Continue reading
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The UN: Unnecessary Nuisance
I really don’t know which part of the latest UN gathering is the funniest, the saddest, or the sickest. Is it Mad Mahmoud saying that 9/11 was an inside job (or a Zionist plot)? Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked … Continue reading
It’s always OK to bash Israel
On the subject of Bill Clinton’s remarks on Russian immigrants in Israel being an obstacle to peace, we find that a generalization is neither sweeping nor wrong when you apply it to Israel (read: Jews). The Telegraph, quoting unnamed “observers”: … Continue reading
My co-blogger is an obstacle to peace
Snoopy the Goon has been one of my co-bloggers for years, but I just may have to sack him. Former president Bill (“I did not have sex with that woman”) Clinton says that the reason Israel hasn’t reached a peace … Continue reading
Briefly
The Russians aren’t coming! The Russians aren’t coming! The Russians have frozen the sale of S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran, since it is in violation of UN sanctions. Not to worry, though. Iran can just buy them through Syria now, … Continue reading
Tuesday snarks
I know you are, but what am I? The Iranians are saying that the U.S. is just as barbaric as Iran, since we execute women as well. The fact that the women we execute are convicted of murder, not adultery, … Continue reading
Jeffrey Goldberg on Israel’s existential threats
After you’ve read Jeffrey Goldberg’s analysis of Michael Oren’s Yom Kippur sermon, you’ll feel like you’ve just heard from Rabbi Goldberg on the topic of the threats to Israel’s existence over the millennia. I can’t do it justice with an … Continue reading
One of these things is not like the other
Remember that song on Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the other? Well, here’s a real-life example of it. The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency begins its annual meeting Monday, where it looks set to wrestle with … Continue reading