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
Happy 62nd birthday, Israel!
Israel celebrates 62 years as a modern nation-state today. But before the Independence Day celebrations, Israelis all over the country come to a complete stop for two minutes to remember those who fell in the service of their country—even before … Continue reading
Spam comment of the year
This comment has got to be about the most awesome spam comment I’ve ever seen: Willingly I accept. The theme is interesting, I will take part in discussion. Together we can come to a right answer. I am assured. It’s … Continue reading
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Arnold Stang and the Middle East
Barry Rubin has succeeded in using an Arnold Stang analogy while explaining the way power works in the Middle East. And so, if you’re going to have a superpower protector, the relatively moderate Arab rulers prefer Arnold Schwarzenegger to Arnold … Continue reading
Late Caturday evening…
Tomorrow is my second Tiggerversary. So today, we have some recent pictures of the kitties. First up, Princess Gracie in her typical morning “Worship me” pose. She loves the sun; the sun loves Gracie. Oh, she also luuuurves my office, … Continue reading
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Fisking Robert Fisk on Scuds
I normally don’t even bother reading the man whose name became the blogosphere’s first verb (“fisk”), but I was researching a post, and I came across Fisk’s take on Hizballah having Scud missiles. This is what leaped out at me: … Continue reading
Briefly
Israelis go home: Israelis fled the Sinai after a particularly strong warning of terrorist kidnapping cells looking for, well, Israelis to kidnap. Which leads us to: Gazans go home: Hamas shut down a boatload of tunnels into Egypt. Why? Well, … Continue reading
Are your taxes done?
Just need to mail out the state and I am good for the year. Boy, was it simple this time around. One job. One W-2. My goal for 2010 is to give a lot more to charity, though. I should … Continue reading
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Wanted: A few good co-bloggers
Are you an up-and-coming blogger looking for a bigger soapbox for your views? A steady commenter who wants to branch out into the front page? Have you been reading Yourish.com for a long time, and agreeing with most of what … Continue reading
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Israel’s nuclear umbrella
While President Obama’s nuclear weapons conference takes place in Washington, some nations wanted to try to co-opt it by painting Israel as a nation that needs to be put under the control of the non-proliferation treaty—a treaty that Israel has … Continue reading
Site’s back up
Server issues with my host. They’ve (obviously) been fixed.
Never again
The modern state of Israel was created, in part, because of the world’s guilt over the Holocaust. That guilt lasted until about five minutes after Israel’s establishment, but it gave the world’s Jews the chance to stop relying on others … Continue reading