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
Obama’s meaningless withholding stimulus
My last two paychecks were mysteriously larger by about $27. As I am nowhere near the category that gets to stop paying social security taxes at a certain date during the year, I was confused—until Sarah helped me figure out … Continue reading
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What? Good news briefs?
Good news from Russia? Russia has yet to supply Iran with the sophisticated anti-aircraft defenses that would make it more difficult to take out Iran’s nuclear program. Mind you, I know almost nothing about weaponry, but I do hope that … Continue reading
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Hezbullah in Egypt: Not there for the resorts
Hezbullah planned multiple attacks on Israeli and Egyptian targets. According to the report, Shihab gave “earth-shattering confessions” during his investigation. Shihab reportedly admitted that the organization’s goal was to carry out attacks in Egypt, and not to aid Hamas in … Continue reading
Israeli Double Standard Time in plain sight
You know, it’s not enough that the world pushes the Palestinian problem at Israel, while utterly ignoring the fact that an equal number of Jews were forced out of Arab and Muslim countries right after the establishment of the State … Continue reading
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Stupid marketing ploy of the week
It boggles the mind that someone in marketing thought this up, got it approved, and then ordered who knows how many of them. Today, a sticker on a banana that I bought declared, “Peel me! I’m a low-fat food!” Yes. … Continue reading
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Roger Cohen: Dumb, stupid, or all three?
My brother used to have a very snarky question as a teenager: Are you dumb, stupid, or all three? I find that it still has its uses, especially when discussing the New York Times’ anti-Israel golden boy’s latest column. First … Continue reading
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Little-known facts about the White House Seder
The Weekly World News, as always, got the dish on what really happened at the White House Seder: A team of Rabbis, Jewish Scholars, and Project Runway winner Christian Siriano were brought in to design the event. At the beginning … Continue reading
Innocent Palestinian ship blown up by evil IDF
A Palestinian fishing vessel, minding its own business, was viciously attacked by the IDF. And strangely, it exploded. A Palestinian fishing boat from Gaza, floating illegally near the Israeli coast, exploded Monday morning when hit with IDF artillery. IDF sources … Continue reading
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You look like a monkey…
Egypt’s war of words with Hassan Nasrallah is escalating, and the laughs just keep on coming. An Egyptian state-controlled newspaper escalated Egypt’s dispute with Hizbullah on Sunday by calling its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, a “Monkey sheikh.” The state-owned al-Gomhouria newspaper … Continue reading
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Somali pirate haiku
Navy Seals killed three out of three pirates who refused to surrender to the U.S. Navy. “While working through the negotiations process tonight, the on-scene commander from the Bainbridge made the decision that the captain’s life was in immediate danger, … Continue reading
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A thank-you note to my readers
I’d like to thank you all for sticking with me these past couple of weeks. The site statistics have barely changed at all even through all the blog-hopping, changing to the old html style, and going through all the changes … Continue reading
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In the meantime…
Still have a lot of posts over on my Blogspot blog that probably won’t get transferred over here, as you can get them on Soccer Dad’s and Snoopy’s blogs. Jack’s too. I’ll be putting a few of the Blogspot posts … Continue reading
RSS feed test
Okay, if you’re having trouble getting an RSS feed, close out your email/RSS client and restart it. I had to do that with Thunderbird, and you may have to do it with yours. We’re working on the rest of the … Continue reading
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Under construction
Give us a little bit of time to get things going. I’ll let you know what needs to be done once we’re ready.
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Two quotes on the struggle of Jews
Two pieces I read last night struck me as particularly worthy of passing along to my readers. First, Phyllis Chesler: We must understand that anti-Semitism is an illness – a madness – something evil that is not caused by Jews. … Continue reading
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