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
Your Thursday news roundup
And yet, the word “intolerance” is not paired with “Muslim”: The AP covers Israel’s dwindling Armenian Christian population without really mentioning the elephant in the room except in vague, generalized terms. Although the article does point out that when Jordan … Continue reading
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Wednesday briefs
More Mel Gibson schadenfreude: “The Beaver” didn’t even make the top 20. “African Cats,” a Disney documentary about lions and cheetahs that’s been out since April 22nd, beat it. “Hoodwinked Too,” the animated sequel to a Little Red Riding Hood … Continue reading
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Tuesday briefs
What? Mention Israel’s Independence Day without reference to the Palestinians? That wouldn’t be AP. Yep. “Nakba” reference at the end of the AP story on Israel’s Independence Day. Because it’s all about the Palestinians, who turned down a state in … Continue reading
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A happy video for Israel’s Independence Day
To get you in the mood. Via Elder.
Monday on the road briefs
The mystery of the contaminated jet fuel: I’ve been tracking this story for days, but there’s no explanation. Did terrorists tamper with Israel’s jet fuel? Was it a disgruntled employee? Or just a bad batch from wherever they purchased it? … Continue reading
Mel Gibson schadenfreude update
The Beaver is declared a flop–on opening weekend. Sucks to be you today, Mel. Awww. Are we sad? Nope. Not at all.
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Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who read this blog. I am in NJ, preparing to take my mom out to breakfast. There’s almost no airplane noise in Richmond. At 1:45 this morning, I woke up thinking that a … Continue reading
The evolving bin Laden story
You know all those people who said that bin Laden was effectively nothing to al Qaeda any more? Yeah, they were wrong. The wealth of information pulled from Osama bin Laden’s compound has reinforced the belief that he played a … Continue reading
Your Friday afternoon news roundup
Well, that’ll piss off the Deathers: If al Qaeda itself says bin Laden is dead, will the lunatics stop pretending that he’s not? Of course not. It’s all U.S.-Zionist psyops. He’s a witch! Burn him! The modern state of the … Continue reading
The bin Laden is still dead briefs
OBL wanted a hit on Amtrak: He must have watched too many old western movies when he was a kid. Turns out he wanted to blow up the tracks on a bridge so the train would fall off the tracks. … Continue reading
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Late Thursday briefs
Awesome. Hamas just keeps on digging in that deep hole: Now the bin Laden killing is an “atrocity.” No, it was justice, asshats. Something that we all hope for the leaders of Hamas to experience someday. That’s funny, I thought … Continue reading
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Wednesday, briefly
Just recycle my last fifty posts on Carter: Unity agreement, yadda yadda, Israel should accept, yadda yadda, Hamas will moderate, yadda yadda, I certified free and fair elections, yadda yadaa. Blahblahblah, Carter is an imbecile, yadda, yadda, yadda. If bin … Continue reading
I wonder how much money I’ve really saved
Today marks thirteen years of non-smoking. I had a carton-a-week habit. Cartons were about $35-40 in NJ when I quit (I think). Even using the $40/week baseline, I’ve saved a ton of money not smoking.
The getting back to normal briefs
Actions have consequences: The Palestinians are hurting without the tax monies Israel is withholding. And while I don’t deny that Fayyad is right, those are Palestinan monies, well, perhaps you should have stopped to think before getting in bed with … Continue reading
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The DDOS is over and bin Laden is dead briefs
Burial at sea? That was much too good for him: Leave it to the AP to bring on the downer news in its main story about bin Laden’s death. Look, we know his death isn’t going to have a huge … Continue reading
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