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
Elie Wiesel’s attacker freed
Elie Wiesel’s attacker will be released from jail soon. I don’t have a problem with it. As I said when these facts first came to light, I really do think this is a case of a young man badly in … Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism roundup
Oh, look. A modern-day kapo. Some of Hecht-Galinski’s critics say she is misusing her deceased father’s stature as an esteemed public figure to mount an anti-Israel campaign. She has invoked the phrase “as the daughter of Heinz Galinski” to defend … Continue reading
Italy: Playing both sides since WWII
My father used to say that the Italians were the only country in the world that fought on both sides in World War II. Well, they’ve just admitted that they’re also not beneath making deals with terrorists to keep Italy … Continue reading
The weekend Tig report
Mr. Tig is a sloppy drunk. When I got him home from the vet after being snipped, for the next 24 hours, Tig simply would not leave me alone. He napped, and woke, and napped, but every time he woke, … Continue reading
Iranian Air Force lies
Yeah, pull the other leg: Iran says it has increased the range of its warplanes, allowing them to fly as far as Israel and back without refueling. State TV is quoting air force chief Gen. Ahmad Mighani as saying Iranian … Continue reading
Steps toward homeowning
It’s official. I’m going to be a homeowner in less than three weeks. Proof of the change? The last gift cards I ordered through my rewards program were Circuit City gift cards and they went towards buying my big-screen TV. … Continue reading
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Nasrallah threatens from secure, undisclosed location
So, when Chipmunk Cheeks Nasrallah makes threats on TV from a hidden location deep in Lebanon, should we do anything more than laugh, loudly and scornfully? Speaking on Lebanese television in a special broadcast marking two years since the end … Continue reading
Regarding Georgia
Have I mentioned lately how thankful I am that my grandparents on my father’s side, and my great-grandparents on my mother’s side, left Russia and Latvia and came here? “Mother Russia” my ass. “Master Russia” is the only fitting title. … Continue reading
UNIFIL: In Hezbullah’s pocket
Get a load of this Bizarro World UNIFIL general: Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second … Continue reading
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Tig’s travails
It’s that time in every young, male cat’s life that they would dread, if only they knew it was time to dread it. Yes, that’s right. Tig got snipped today. He is currently sleeping on the blanket that hangs off … Continue reading
Iranian hatred: It’s not just the Zionism
An Iranian minister made the mistake of declaring that he didn’t hate Israel. He’s about to lose his job because of it. More than 200 Iranian parliament members slammed Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai for stating that Iranians are ‘friends … Continue reading
A song for the evening
Reading old posts is a bad idea. Because it makes me sad. Because I no longer have an active commenting community. Which makes me want to sing. I ain’t got no comments, and nobody talks to me. I’m so sad … Continue reading
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Your giggle for the day
Saw a license plate in the supermarket parking lot today: “ARRRM8E”
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Sexist story of the day
From the headline until nearly the last paragraph, this condescending, sexist piece of drek willl go down in my Feminist Hall of Shame. And it’s from AP. It figures. What a ride: Woman, 82, inducted into Hall of Fame Wow. … Continue reading
Congress did something right
I’ll be damned. Congress actually passed a law that is going to benefit me. After all these years of being unable to take advantage of, well, almost every tax credit, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act is actually going to … Continue reading
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