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
Fourth light
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News media can’t slam Israel for Bethlehem this year—oh. Wait.
Instead of the “Israel is killing Christmas” stories this year, the news services are serving up a plate of “Bethlehem is going like gangbusters, BUT—Gaza really sucks, d00dz.” Witness: Christmas in Bethlehem festive, Gaza violent Christians celebrated Bethlehem’s merriest Christmas … Continue reading
Flying pig alert: UNSG chastens Hamas
The UN SecGen actually issued a statement calling for Hamas to stop rocketing Israel without calling for the reduction of violence “on both sides.” He does, of course, condemn the Gaza blockade. The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the situation … Continue reading
To all my Christian readers
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. (Okay, I’ll be posting later, probably. But the sentence really works, y’know?)
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To all my atheist readers
You have no excuse not to add comments to posts tonight and tomorrow.
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The other side of “No one was killed in the rocket barrage”
The miracle of Hanukkah, 2008: Three children were saved from terrorist rocket fire. The lives of three children – aged four, five and eight – were saved Wednesday, as a Grad missile fired from northern Gaza hit their home, moments … Continue reading
Rocket barrages from Hamas: The Blame Israel Media steps up
Someone in the AP decided that even that news service can’t keep ignoring dozens of missiles fired at Israeli civilians. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with dozens of mortars and rockets on Wednesday, sowing panic and … Continue reading
Hottest search phrase of the year: Obama shirtless
I wonder if Obama shitless would do as well? Obama shirtleds? Put this one under “whoring for hits”. Sorry. Should have put a language warning on this post. By the way, I will not subject you to pictures of Obama … Continue reading
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Hamas wants to renew the faux truce
Of course Hamas wants to renew the truce. Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar said Tuesday that his organization was willing to renew the truce in Gaza if Israel adheres to the terms that have been agreed upon last June. There … Continue reading
Funniest video of 2008
Go here. Do not be eating or drinking. And then, thank Allah for the video. Seriously.
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Second light
Something different from my usual virtual menorah: Pictures from a Chanukah party I attended tonight. Four of my seven students from last year were there, as well as one of my favorites from three years ago. And there were new … Continue reading
The problem with the world viewpoint on Israel
Here is the problem with the world’s viewpoint on Israel in a nutshell. What part of this definition don’t the media organizations understand? a military order to cease firing a suspension of active hostilities Apparently, all of it. Hamas says … Continue reading
Credit where it’s due
Gentlemen, while I appreciate the spread of the term “Jew cooties,” I think a tip of the hat once in a while to the originator (at least in the blogosphere) of that term would be nice. The category was established … Continue reading
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Hamas: Truce and lies
There’s a 24-hour lull in the rocket fire, according to Hamas, that they’re observing at Egypt’s request. Problem is, Egypt said they never asked for one. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry denied reports that it had requested that Hamas hold its … Continue reading