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
EATAPETA Day: The Tenth Anniversary Meatfest
Still pissed off at PETA? Want to get revenge on them for their all-kill shelters? (a 95% kill rate is close enough to all.) Then join the International Eat an Animal for PETA Day, the day where we eat animal … Continue reading
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Every time I forget. EVERY TIME.
Fixed the clock in the WP dashboard to reflect the change in time. Sigh.
Sunday Caturday post
If that headline is not a contradiction in terms. The news is exceptionally depressing today. Gracie is not.
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Media bias as the rockets fall on Israel? Yeah, we got that
There’s so very much material, one hardly knows where to start. The Guardian: At least 15 killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 15 people in an escalation of … Continue reading
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Israel under fire from Gaza
The IDF took out some major terrorists, including some that were released in the prisoner swap for Gilad Shalit. The result? Southern Israel under heavy fire: Four people were wounded after a rocket exploded in southern Israel’s Eshkol region Friday … Continue reading
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Friday briefs, with extra media bias thrown in
The narrative: The Ynet version of an attack on an IDF medic, and the AP version of what happened. Strangely enough, the AP version has a witness saying the Palestinian who was killed was not taking part in the attack, … Continue reading
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You have made me very happy
Thanks to all of you who donated to my nephew’s cross-country tour. He’s just under $200 to his goal with a day and a half left, making it a sure thing that his band will be hitting the road. Nothing … Continue reading
Only two days left!
My nephew’s band still needs about $800 for that cross-country tour. If you have even a dollar or two to spare, go to Kickstarter and pledge. Aunt Meryl really wants to see her boy perform in Richmond. Plus, bonus of … Continue reading
The Exception Clause, Part 2
Longtime readers know that The Exception Clause on this blog consists of the words “except for Israel” added to situations that every other nation is allowed. One example would be that all nations have the right to retaliate when being … Continue reading
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Wednesday news roundup
And yet, in every generation, another enemy tries to destroy us: Marc Tracy in The Tablet on why Iran isn’t Haman, and how the world isn’t trying to destroy Israel. That’s a false choice, though. The whole world isn’t trying. … Continue reading
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Oops
This was supposed to go up on Friday. I don’t know what to think about this: Obama is talking tough about Iran to Jeffrey Goldberg, saying he means what he says about Iran not getting nukes. I honestly don’t know … Continue reading
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Pledge drive, part 2
My nephew’s band needs $849 more in pledges in order to go on their cross-country tour. I kicked in a hundred books. Five bucks apiece from a few dozen of you would go a long way, especially considering that a … Continue reading
Your lunchtime giggle
This is what you get when you have a Google News section for Turkey. A neighbor has stalked Edna Geisler for two months. He lurks in her front yard, screeching at her constantly, even jumping out occasionally and attacking her … Continue reading
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The always objective AP and Israel
Say, AP, bias much? Once again, the AP uses extremely biased language to slant a story as anti-Israel as possible. Here’s the Ynet description of what happened at yet another Palestinian “protest” (Ynet called it what it was, a “violent … Continue reading
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Monday snowy briefs
Really? Snow in Richmond? Really? This is why they pay such a high price for hostages: A cadet in Israel went AWOL over the weekend, but nobody knew why he was missing at first. The entire country mobilized to find … Continue reading
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