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
Caturday mellow
From Tig to you: Don’t harsh my mellow, dude. He hit the five-pound mark. I weighed him this morning. Yep, he’s going to be a big boy.
Another day, another mortar attack, and still–truce
Israel will send goods through the crossings, in spite of mortars fired at Karni crossing today. An explosion was heard near the western Negev community of Gabim, but a search for a rocket or mortar landing site came up empty. … Continue reading
In celebration of Heller
In celebration of the Heller decision, I will be going to my second shooting lesson tomorrow. Or, as my friend Sarah puts it, I’m going to go shooty-bang-bang. Report, and maybe pictures, tomorrow evening.
Gazans fire mortars, AP calls it “test” of truce again
Mortars fired from Gaza are yet another “test” of the ceasefire, according to AP, while somehow, the closing of the border crossings—which were contingent on the ceasefire working—are labeled as the cause of the mortar fire by the AP. Note … Continue reading
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A telethon to support the troops
Don’t forget to check in with Michelle Malkin at 4 p.m. Eastern today. She’s running a live, streaming video telethon to raise money for From the Frontlines. Or you can go here to sponsor a care package in your price … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics Tagged from the Frontlines, Michelle Malkin, Support the Troops 1 Comment
Hamas pwned by Israeli hackers
A group of Israeli teenagers pwned a few terrorist websites. Izzadin Kassam’s site displayed a blank white screen and Hebrew text notifying of a technical error. The websites of Arab Israeli political party Balad, and left-wing activist groups ‘Hagada Hasmolanit’ … Continue reading
What ceasefire?
Rockets hit Israel again today. And from the PA’s very own Fatah terrorists. A Qassam rocket was fired Thursday afternoon from the Gaza Strip into Israel, exploding in an open area in Sderot’s industrial zone. There were no reports of … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, palestinian politics, Terrorism Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism 3 Comments
You put your left fist in…
Sarah sent me a link to the Hokey Pokey Hulk toy. It’s so bad it’s good. Meryl want.
Israel’s slow defeat
Ehud Olmert is presiding over Israel’s slow defeat by her enemies. What else can you call a situation when a country refuses to fight back when terrorists attack her? And not just refuses, but tells the enemy that she will … Continue reading
Israel’s unacknowledged terror victims
The current AP boilerplate for Gaza is as follows: The Egyptian-brokered deal aims to end a year of violence that has killed more than 400 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians, and seven Israelis in a bloody cycle of Palestinian rocket … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
Go Greyhound
Okay, so now I’ve checked around some more, after someone asked me, “Have you tried Greyhound?” and I said, “Duh! No!” $43 round trip, takes me to the Springfield-Franconia mall, four-tenths of a mile from the Metro station, which saves … Continue reading
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Tig3.0: The cycle is broken
For thirteen and a half years, I never had to clip Tig the First’s claws, because he never scratched. From time to time I’d don a pair of gloves and he would know it was no-holds-barred playtime. He loved it. … Continue reading
AP: Truce violations a “test”
And here we go. Buried in the middle of an article about an Israeli guard who committed suicide while Sarkozy was boarding his plane to leave Israel, we have this description of the Palestinians violating the truce: Earlier, Palestinian militants … Continue reading
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And the AP reverts to form: “Israel says” truce broken
Check out the headline: Rockets hit Israel, which says truce broken Gee. The truce says no launching of rockets. Rockets were launched. Is the truce broken? The AP doesn’t know. It has to say that Israel says the truce was … Continue reading
Rockets hit Sderot, truce broken again
The truce is broken for the third time. The first was Hamas’ refusal to end smuggling. The second was a mortar fired early this morning. And now rockets are being fired at Sderot. Ceasefire shattered? Residents of Israel’s south were … Continue reading