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
Tom Friedman: Ignoring the inconvenient truths
The man makes a ton of money for writing opinion pieces in the New York Times, and all I can do is gaze at the unbelievable stupidity of today’s analogy and wonder why on earth this man is paid for … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
Spillover: Missiles fall in Israel once again as Syrians battle in the Golan Heights. No injuries–yet. What anti-Israel media bias? There are no headlines about Mahmoud Abbas’ absolute refusal to sit down for peace talks without preconditions. But the AP … Continue reading
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Tuesday morning briefs
So how long before he starts blaming “Zionists”? Erdogan is blaming “terrorists” for the uprising in Turkey. He’s actually right this time: His is the party that backs terrorism, and his party and autocratic ways are what is being protested. … Continue reading
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Can you spot the media bias?
Here’s a simple test. Headline: Fire rips through Palestinian lands in West Bank Details: Nimir Tirawi of the village of Burin says the fire began when hard-line Jews from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar lit the blaze Monday. He says … Continue reading
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Social media: The new equalizer
Turkey’s prime minister Erdogan is now blaming social media for the protests. Well, he’s blaming his opposition part, too (naturally), but here’s how frightened he is of the proles’ method of communication: With Turkish media otherwise giving scant reports about … Continue reading
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The schadenfreude briefs
Or, when bad things happen to bad people. We’re just not that into you: Iran is cutting funding to Hamas because Hamas is supporting the rebels and Iran is supporting the Dorktator. Woot! Win-win! The Turkish Spring: Over 100,000 Turks … Continue reading
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This is why Israel can’t have peace
Everyone loves to talk about how sports brings nations together, especially around Olympics time. Athletes cross national borders, make friends with athletes from enemy nations, yadda yadda, blah blah blah. Except it’s mostly bullshit. Because this is what happened during … Continue reading
Last day for the sale price!
Today is the last day to get the ebook of Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles for $2.99 and the paperback for $11.99 ($10.70 with the added Amazon discount). And starting tomorrow, I’m going to put the paperback … Continue reading
Friday briefs
Crap science: Pass it along! Found this via Yahoo! News. Gee, I wish I was paid as much to blog as the people who write crap like this. See if you can find the cause for their bad teeth. Can … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
The culture of terrorism: Mahmoud Abbas said that kidnapping isn’t part of Palestinian culture. Yes it is, said Hamas. Pass the popcorn: It’s terrorist on terrorist. Hezbullah has ordered Hamas out of Lebanon. Why? Because Hamas is backing the rebels … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism
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Wednesday (finally!) briefs
Islam’s famous religious tolerance strikes again: Christians are now officially the most persecuted faith in the world. Muslim nations do not tolerate them. Government agents shut down Iran’s largest Persian-language Pentecostal church Monday, just one week after one of its … Continue reading
Ennui
I have blogging ennui. If only posts would magically appear as I read the news articles and think, “Yeah, that would be a good one for the blog.” Or as I read the news articles and think, “I really can’t … Continue reading
On Memorial Day
Take some time out from your day to honor our fallen, our veterans, and those who still serve in the military today. It’s due to their efforts that we are free today.
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Palestinian “journalists”: Aiding and abetting terrorists
Video proof that Palestinian journalists work hand in hand with Palestinian terrorists to attack the IDF: The Newseum was all set to honor two members of Hamas killed during Operation Defensive Shield–because they were supposedly journalists. Propagandists for a terror … Continue reading
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