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
News I can woo!
I had a bone density scan done this morning, because my mother suffers from very bad osteoperosis. I do not have it. That is SUCH a relief. Bad enough I have her arthritis (and it’s in the lower three discs … Continue reading
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The presidents wants YOU to snitch on your neighbor
Really? Attack Watch? Really? The president of the United States of America is so effing insecure that he has a website dedicated to trying to “fight the smears” about him? Really? Because it’s not like the media ever posted a … Continue reading
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Your daily news briefs
Oh, I feel SO much better now: The Iranians aren’t going to create nuclear weapons because their ethics don’t allow it. Yes, really. They say so. So all those “death to Israel” demonstrations? The calls to erase Israel from the … Continue reading
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Tuesday morning news briefs
Yeah, but they have to have the ability to fire first: Turkey is installing new “friend or foe” software in its F-16s, the better to target IAF jets with. Isn’t it time for Barack Obama to have a talk with … Continue reading
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Monday briefs
Erdogan ups the ante: For a guy who doesn’t want to go to war, he sure is talking all warlike and all that. Funny how he always says this on al Jazeera, and when called on it says he was … Continue reading
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Remembering 9/11
I have nothing new to say that I didn’t already say. Except to note that this morning, on the way to religious school with the twins, I discovered that Max knew all about 9/11 and Osama bin Laden’s death, even … Continue reading
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Three years of homeownership
My friend Sarah stopped by just a little while ago with her mother-in-law, who will be taking care of the kids while Sarah and Larry are away for the weekend. I’m on synagogue and religious school duty (as in: Take … Continue reading
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Friday brieflings
Okay, this is just funny: Read it in full, and yes, there are bad words in it, but this is utterly hilarious. A rocker explains why he won’t let Glee cover his songs. (For the records, every time I’ve watched … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Politics, Television, Turkey 4 Comments
Thursday briefs (now, with turkeys!)
The difference between Israel and its neighbors: An Israeli man was indicted for throwing stones at the Egyptian embassy. The Egyptian man who scaled the Israeli embassy wall and replaced the Israeli flag with Egypt’s was hailed as a hero. … Continue reading
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The Guardian and its Israel-hate: No boundaries
Apparently, the Guardian only approves of UN reports that its staff agrees with. Just Journalism takes apart the Guardian’s editorial that (I know, shocking) takes issue with the Palmer Report. Here’s my favorite line in the editorial itself: It was … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias, Turkey 1 Comment
Back to work briefs
Turkey continues its anti-Israel agenda: Erdogan totally has Arab street creds now; he’s suspended all trade ties with Israel. Say, Erdie, you do realize that means the Israeli UAVs you bought aren’t going to be maintained, don’t you? Good luck … Continue reading
Labor Day briefs
Oh, shut up about so-called Israeli racism: The New York Times is running a front-page story on how Libyans are rounding up black-skinned Africans (and dark-skinned Libyans from the south) because they’re—wait for it—black. And all black men, apparently, were … Continue reading
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Netanyahu: No apology, Turkeys
Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke to journalists about not apologizing to Turkey for killing nine Jihadis who were trying to kill Israeli soldiers. The AP article is almost unbiased, save for the adjective in the lead: PM: Israel needn’t apologize for … Continue reading
Sunday holiday briefs
In other news, water is wet: Really? Juan and Eva Peron, the political heads of post-war Argentina, gave Nazi war criminals asylum? And this comes as a surprise to anyone? Hello, Eichmann kidnapping, anyone? I’ll believe it when I see … Continue reading
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