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
Friday news roundup
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore: First Iran’s Supreme Leader admits publicly that Iran has been funding Hezbollah and Hamas for years. Now Chipmunk Cheeks himself is bragging that he’s in the Iranians’ pocket, and has been there … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon, Syria 4 Comments
I was right: It’s a deadbeat bailout
Charles Gasparino writes about the mortgage bailout in today’s NY Post. I’m so glad I’m bailing out deadbeats who tried to play the housing market and failed. By borrowing far more heavily than what they could afford, they were also … Continue reading
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Discriminating against veterans
Nichole Olson explains why American companies aren’t hiring veterans, and the American education system refuses to honor military education when vets go to college to get a degree (that will make them more employable) and try to transfer credits from … Continue reading
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One more penalty on thriftiness
Let’s review: I refused to get a mortgage I couldn’t afford. I didn’t get a balloon mortgage. I didn’t buy my condo until I was sure of two things: That my contracting job would be a full-time staff position, and … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Life 3 Comments
More Superbowl commercial fun
First, watch this one: Then go here and see the behind the scenes videos. Hilarious.
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You lost me at “wants to be remembered”
This is what is wrong with journalists today. In one of NPR’s top five articles on their website, they discuss whether or not Israel will attack Iran. The number one reason why Israel may bomb Iran is as follows: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias 2 Comments
Wednesday briefs
If you’ve lost Joe Klein, you’ve lost Middle Europe: When even Time magazine correspondents are commenting on how crappy the deal between Fatah and Hamas is, you know that it stinks really, really, really badly. Check the skies for flying … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, palestinian politics, Syria 2 Comments
Time warp blogging fatigue
One of the reasons I get so tired of posting these days is because I post essentially the same things, different days. Pick a month from 2008 and go read over the archives. I found a post on Hamas smuggling … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Site news 1 Comment
I have a new obsession
And it’s only minutes old. Smash. The new NBC series about putting on a Broadway play. Yeah, it’s well-titled. Smash is a smash. I am STILL humming the tunes. Now THAT’s Broadway. (I’m sure it will be, after the TV … Continue reading
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The best Superbowl commercial
I like this one the best, so far. There are a bunch here.
Posted in Pop Culture, Television 2 Comments
Well, I did write today…
But it was for me. I’m close to the halfway point with my novel, and put about another 2000 words on it this weekend. You know, if it’s a choice between the blog and my novel, the blog is always … Continue reading
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Burying the lede, AP style
Well, that’s that for the AP. The fact that Iran’s Supreme Leader called Israel “a cancerous tumor” that “needs to be removed” is now buried on the second page of the story that warns the rest of the world that … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias 2 Comments
The war of the words
Israel’s annual Herzliya conference, which draws leaders from around the world to discuss the region’s security issues, is always a cause for the news media to get a case of the vapors. Its major topic this year, of course, is … Continue reading
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25 years online
Twenty-five years ago today, I opened my BBS to the public. It had one telephone line, so when one person was on it, everyone else got a busy signal. It was 2400 baud. Woo! So fast! I think I used … Continue reading
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The double standard on political influence
Wow, the media keep piling on Sheldon Adelson. Let’s remember his big crime is donating millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich’s campaign. And as we all know, there’s nothing the media like to do more than profile people who use … Continue reading
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