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
Let’s try a thought experiment
I just disabled registration and enabled commenting. Soccer Dad’s previous post got picked up by Yahoo! News. Shall we start a pool on the number of anti-Israel comments that wind up in the moderation queue? Update: Two in eleven minutes. … Continue reading
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The double standard of the international law crowd
In every argument about Israel, you will hear how Israel is defying X number of UN resolutions, and that Israel is defying international law by continuing to build the separation barrier. It is a mainstay of the anti-Israel crowd that … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time 2 Comments
Funniest missile ad ever
An Israeli defense company is selling its missiles to India via a Bollywood campaign. I think it has top 40 potential. But then, I’ve had a soft spot for these music videos ever since I first discovered them. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Israel, Media 2 Comments
Durban II: The West may be a no-show
The EU is threatening to boycott Durban II, which would just about kill any semblance of legitimacy. Good. The EU threatened on Monday to withdraw from a UN conference on racism next month unless its final declaration is changed, joining … Continue reading
Here’s a thought: Stop protesting the security barrier
An ISM “activist” was hit in the head and severely injured by a tear gas canister during a weekly anti-fence protest. And of course, the “activists” are claiming that a) The IDF is using unnecessary force, b) the soldier deliberately … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome 3 Comments
Latest edition of Shire Network News
Hear all about it. You don’t need to have an iPod to hear it, just Windows Media player or some such program on your computer. I’m on a roll, I think. I like my segment this week a lot, too.
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Happy Birthday, Gracie
Gracie is twelve years old today. Here she is last week, in her usual morning routine—sunning herself in my office. She got tunafish. So did Tig. A perfect addition to my EATAPETA dinner of chicken. Happy birthday, Sweetness. May you … Continue reading
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Registration is open for a while
At least until the spammers twig to it again and start adding bogus accounts. Not that it really does them any good. I have about four or five levels of spam protection for the blog.
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Great moments in bureacracy
David C. put me on to this extremely funny report of what happens when a bureacrat with no scientific background (and apparently no scientific knowledge whatsoever) is the person who gets to approve the safety features of your highly scientific … Continue reading
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Eat Meat
It’s IEATAPETA Day. Go out and enjoy that tasty chicken or beef or whatever else you’re going to have today. Or, as Bart wouldn’t say: Have a cow, man.
Posted in EATAPETA 8 Comments
German documentary proves al-Dura was a hoax
Philippe Karsenty sent an email that was published on The Iconoclast blog that says a German documentary has thoroughly proven the Mohammed al-Dura story to be a hoax perpetrated on the world by the Palestinians, with the willing blindness (or … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias 2 Comments
Israel and the media: Tunnel vision, blindness, or outright bias?
Yesterday, the Israeli press carried Hassan Nasrallah’s recorded speech released on Mohammed’s birthday. It’s a pretty important speech, you would think, since Britain has recently announced that it is seeking to establish ties to Hizbullah. And it’s a very important … Continue reading
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Stupid PETA tricks
Yes, PETA is filled with very tall three-year-olds who really crave attention. Get a load of their latest attention-getting project: Selling George Clooney’s sweat. (H/T: Kat) Just when we thought we’d seen it all from PETA — the animal rights … Continue reading
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It’s National Iowahawk Day
It’s Iowahawk’s day! Don’t miss the thrilling story in the comments about how he rescued me from a burning building.
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Shire Network News is back
Did I forget to tell you that SNN is back? Yes, yes I did. Go listen.