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
Family weekend
I’m visiting family. It’s a bar mitzvah weekend. So I got to enjoy the wonders of New Jersey traffic on a holiday weekend. SO glad I moved to Richmond nearly eleven years ago.
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Postus interruptus
Ever have one of those days when you have absolutely no desire to post anything newsworthy? Yeah, that’s today. FYI, the May book sale is coming to a close in eight days. But you can still get the ebook for … Continue reading
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A break in the action
Been fighting a stomach virus all week, while also working, so the blog went by the wayside today. On the other hand, the stomach thing seems to have really helped my writing. Chugging along nicely last night and tonight, and … Continue reading
To lighten the mood
The Eurovision song contest never disappoints. Please click that link to get the Buzzfeed highlights. And enjoy this parody by the host country.
Tuesday briefs
Prayers for Oklahoma: My heart goes out to the families of the victims of the Oklahoma tornado. Iran ups the ante on the Golan: Why, yes, I said “Iran” and not “Syria”. Because Bashar al-Assad is now completely dependent on … Continue reading
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The al-Dura hoax
Israel has released the finding of an investigation into the widely-publicized incident where the IDF supposedly killed a little boy, Mohammed al-Dura, during a firefight with terrorists. The evidence does not support that al-Dura was killed by the IDF. The … Continue reading
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Sunday news roundup
The word of the day is “irrelevant”: Pay no attention to the Obama administration follies. Your questions about where Obama was on the night of the embassy siege is irrelevant. Your questions about whether or not it was illegal for … Continue reading
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Iran’s undeclared war against Israel
Iran’s undeclared war against Israel is being raised several notches: Officials in Baghdad said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has given Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force Revolutionary Guards, the responsibility of managing the struggle against … Continue reading
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Thursday, briefly
Gee, you think they might have been lying all along? So much for the “we had to use keywords because we were flooded with applications” excuse. The scrutiny began, however, in March 2010, before an uptick could have been observed, … Continue reading
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The NEW New Journolist spin
Out: There were so many new applications for tax exemption, the IRS had to choose keywords to sort out the riff-raff. In: The IRS peons were incompetent, but management put a stop to that as soon as they found out. … Continue reading
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The New JournoList spin on the IRS
That’s funny. Two different articles, one in Mother Jones, one in the WaPo, yet they’re running the exact same explanation as to why the IRS targeted conservative groups filing for tax exemptions. From Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog: The context for all … Continue reading
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The AP: Working hard to not tell the truth, much
Even the AP can’t hide the hate anymore, but don’t worry, they’re working hard on trying. Remember all that bullshit about the Muslim Brotherhood “moderating”? The media has decided to be honest about the Israel hatred in Egypt these days. … Continue reading
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The unbiased media circles the wagons
The IRS targeted groups for their political ideology when deciding whether or not to give them tax-exempt status. The New York Times barely covered the story when it broke, downplaying it as an apology for a few lower-down echelons in … Continue reading
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Terrorist, journalist, what’s the difference?
UPDATE: The Newseum is “re-evaluating“. The Newseum is a museum in Washington that covers, well, the news business. Journalism, both print and television, is its focus. I’ve been mildly interested in visting it. They advertise heavily on WTOP in the … Continue reading
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