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
The evolution of an anti-Israel AP headline
See the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel spin in action. First: Israel cuts Palestinian tragedy from textbooks The Israeli government will remove references to what the Palestinians call the “catastrophe” of Israel’s creation from textbooks for Arab schoolchildren, the country’s education minister said … Continue reading
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Player of the day: Nate
Last night, I stopped on the way home to watch Nate play in the Little League All-Star tournament. It’s his team’s third game, and they faced the other team in the tournament that was undefeated. We got to see two … Continue reading
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Tuesday Snark News
Brits to America: The Israelis don’t listen to us. Meryl to Brits: You anti-Israel, anti-Semitic gits. Why should they? Barry Rubin cut the bullshit: He did, really. (It’s okay, Barry, I put it back for you.) Seriously, click the link … Continue reading
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Monday night bedtime story
Once upon a time, there was a blogger who drove from Richmond to NorVA on Mondays. She got tired and went to bed. The end. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know—don’t give up my day job. Admit it. Some of you … Continue reading
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Monday morning snark news
Despicable, if true: Settlers burn Palestinian fields as a consequence of having illegal outposts removed. I have no snark for this, only contempt. Labor to Israel: Netanyahu and Obama have their wires crossed, which is detrimental to U.S.-Israel relations. Meryl … Continue reading
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Obama ups the ante on “settlements”
The Obama administration shows its hand by demanding that Israel stop building in eastern Jerusalem. No word yet if anyone ever objected to Jordan’s near destruction of the city’s ancient Jewish Quarter (including synagogues and Torahs) which was—wait for it—in … Continue reading
Busy, busy, busy
Who knew organzing a comic collection would take this much time? And we’re not half done.
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Beware of the Blob
Beware of The Blob, it creeps And leaps and glides and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the wall A splotch, a blotch Be careful of The Blob Update: It’s algae. Put down the CO2 … Continue reading
Podcast bleg
If anyone out there has an mp3 or wav file of clucking chickens—or even a person imitating clucking chickens—I’d appreciate an email. I need to get mind done early if possible, so I’ll be trying to squeeze it in between … Continue reading
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The U.K. Israeli arms embargo: Hypocrisy defined
The U.K. canceled export licenses for weapons parts to Israel because of the Gaza war and its civilian death toll. But they have said—and done—nothing about exports to countries like Sri Lanka, where the war with the Tamil Tigers caused … Continue reading
Thursday Snark News
Religion of Peace blows up two more hotels: Indonesia again, but don’t worry—it’s just a tiny minority of extremists doing all the kabooms. Palestinians answer Hillary’s request with a kassam rocket: Looks like Hillary’s plea to the Palestinians to refrain … Continue reading
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Wily Jews may have found a cure for radiation poisoning
Wow, won’t this suck for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: If this is true, he can’t destroy Israel, after all. Medication that can protect humans against nuclear radiation has been developed by Jewish-American scientists in cooperation with a researcher and investors from Israel. … Continue reading
Can I call myself a Southerner yet?
Last week marked my seventh anniversary as a resident of central Virginia. Since I’ve moved from New Jersey, I have done a number of things in Virginia that I never did in NJ. They are, in part: Voted for a … Continue reading
The Exception Clause and Hillary’s speech
There’s a principle that I call The Exception Clause. Essentially, you add the words “except for Jews” or “except for Israel” to the end of every rule, statement, etc. that the world lives by, or something that is expected of everyone. It was in full bloom in Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy speech yesterday, where, we were told, she would be asking the Palestinians and Arabs to work as hard at fulfilling their obligations toward peace as the Obama administration is demanding from Israel. Continue reading
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