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
The academic double standard
You’ll never see nationwide campus protests over this: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng claims he is being booted from his apartment and his fellowship at New York University this month because of NYU’s kowtowing to the Chinese government. The school protests … Continue reading
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Rocket fire from Gaza, again
Six rockets hit southern Israel today. No casualties; Iron Dome intercepted two and the rest landed in open areas. The big question is: Why? “We’re pretty shocked at the whole thing,” said Sigal Moran, head of the Bnei Shimon Regional … Continue reading
I got nothin’
You all will have to fend for yourselves for a while.
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Busy, busy, busy
Let’s see… yesterday was work plus annual synagogue board meeting, where I was elected recording secretary. Today was work in NorVA. Tomorrow and Saturday, and next weekend, will be leading services while the rabbi and gabbai are on vacation. Yeah, … Continue reading
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You can fool all of the media, all of the time
The Mad Mullahs must be laughing hysterically every time they read a news article this week. The idiotic Western press has completely bought that the president–who was hand-picked by the Mullahs, as opposed to 600 other candidates who tried to … Continue reading
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Aunt Meryl Mode
I’ve been in Aunt Meryl Mode since yesterday noonish. My friends are out of town for their anniversary, and I have the two younger kids (11) under my roof while the older boys (17 and 14) spend the nights and … Continue reading
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Who can replace Mad Mahmoud?
Now what am I going to do about my Iran blogging? Mad Mahmoud, the Monkey Boy (really, look at that chimp face) is on the way out, and his replacement is–I’m told this by nearly every media source in the … Continue reading
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The AP: Spinning even the Holocaust
The AP does it again. There simply is not a single thing that the AP can’t spin against Israel, especially when it comes to Netanyahu. Compare these two leads. First, the article that I presume was the original AP release: … Continue reading
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Wednesday briefs
Who you gonna call? Israel! When the Austrian UN peacekeepers want to leave Syria safely, how do they do it? They cross the border into Israel. Really, why on earth wouldn’t Israel want the UN to administer a multinational Jerusalem, … Continue reading
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My thoughts on the lack of privacy in America
I was unhappy with the lack of privacy in the U.S. BEFORE the NSA scandal broke. Sometimes I just want to go off-grid and live in the woods somewhere. But then I remember how much I hate bugs.
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Barry Rubin on why U.S. spying on U.S. citizens won’t stop terrorism
Barry Rubin tells us why the NSA spying on Americans is an utter waste of time. Read the whole thing, but this is the most salient portion: There is a fallacy behind the current intelligence strategy of the United States, … Continue reading
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Monday briefs
Trust us, we’re here to help you: Once again, international peacekeepers have fled from the violence on the borders of Israel, this time in the Golan. Every single peace plan that mentions Jerusalem as an international city insists that Israel … Continue reading
Sunday night post-Tony thoughts
Saw the Tony Awards tonight. American theater isn’t dead, but it’s definitely in decline. The only pleasant surprise was the number from the musical of “A Christmas Story” (yes, the one with Ralphie and the gun). But I wasn’t very … Continue reading
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Your feel-good post of the day
As an antidote to all of the depressing news, I give you: Baby moose rescue. As Sciascia tells it, the mother made it across the swift river. The calf was soon to follow. It left its rocky perch and stepped … Continue reading
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The end of privacy
Do you have a Gmail account? Facebook? Use the Google toolbar? Buy from Amazon? Join any online rewards clubs, like the ones from your pharmacy or credit cards? Then you have no online privacy. Facebook and Google track your every … Continue reading
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