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
A tale of two headlines
The AP never disappoints. Nine people have been killed and 42 wounded in Lebanon in the past two days, yet all you find is a brief story in the AP, whitewashed and vague. On the other hand, Israeli troops found … Continue reading
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Unexplained media bias rips through news outlets
It truly is fascinating to watch the AP bias in reporting about Israel and the Palestinians. Let’s go to an old post of mine first to look at an old AP story about Israel: Israeli Troops Kill 8 Palestinians Israeli … Continue reading
Homeownership
Hm. This doesn’t look good. Sales of existing homes tumbled more sharply than expected in June, pushing activity down to the lowest level in more than a decade. With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices … Continue reading
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A question
How is it that you bruise so much faster and easier the older you get? I mean, I’m not that old, and I banged my shin and boom! Bump and bruise. Icing.
Red on Red, terrorists dead
This is the kind of news we heard regularly about a year ago: Bomb blasts rocked a café and a Hamas politician’s home in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least one Palestinian in one of the biggest flare-ups … Continue reading
Brits to Israel: Talk with the murderers like we do
Some British MPs think it’s just dandy to talk with an organization that is working for the end of the Jewish State: After a long period of politically sequestering the Hamas government ruling the Gaza Strip, a group of British … Continue reading
The Russians are not our friends
Russia is not only arming Iran, and not only investing heavily in Iran, but also trying to make sure that the West can’t take out Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran is set to receive an advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft system by year-end … Continue reading
Today’s moment of kitty zen
Meryl’s new sheets, decorated with cats. First, Mr. Tig, who found something to do while I was in the shower yesterday. Then Miss Gracie, who wants you all to know that she looks even more beautiful on my new sheets … Continue reading
Obama and the Holocaust myth
Obama is using the Holocaust to score rhetorical points. Mind you, he’s not the only person ever to have done so, but I’m calling bullshit on this quote: “I am always taken back to sort of the core question of … Continue reading
Dozer driver stopped by “settler”
Do they have to use that stupid word? (It’s earlier in the article.) Ynet has eyewitness accounts, plus video, of the shooting of the terrorist. Doubtless the BBC won’t show this one on the news, what with all the highly … Continue reading
Copycat dozer terror attack
A copycat terrorist managed to hurt sixteen people, but thankfully didn’t kill anyone. But not for lack of trying. Levy very quickly understood that this was a terror attack and tried to escape. “I tried pulling the wheel and escaping … Continue reading
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UN Troops salute dead terrorists
Way to go, United Nations. What a crop of peacekeepers: Rapists, pedophiles, extortionists, and now—those who salute dead Hezbullah terrorists. Israel is calling for removal of two United Nations soldiers from Lebanon after photographs surfaced of the soldiers saluting the … Continue reading
Family time
So Mom has met her grandkitty, and found him adorable. She is, of course, spoiling him rotten. Look what she thinks is a fine thing to let him do: I swear, my cats are the worse for wear every time … Continue reading
A superhero in Iraq
Milo Ventimiglia, one of my favorites from Heroes, went on a USO tour and talked about the show a bit. He met many soldiers who were familiar with his show, and had strong opinions about his character’s nemesis, Sylar (played … Continue reading
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The deal that Ehud made
The piper’s bill is coming due: Haniyeh and Hamas are ramping up their expectations for Shalit. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday that the prisoner exchange deal between Hizbullah and Israel paved the way for Palestinian organizations to … Continue reading