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
Iron Dome mythbusters.
We keep hearing how it onlys costs terrorists about $1,000 to fire a kassam rocket into Israel, and it costs tens of thousands for each interceptor. This op-ed by Akiva Hamilton of Shurat HaDin, the people that are fighting terrorism … Continue reading
Monday Monday briefs
So it’s pretty much all bad news, huh? Let’s take a look. The new Pharoah: Morsi’s standing tough on his power grab, and the Obama Administration has yet to say much about it. The new pseudo-state: The Palestinians are still … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Gaza, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism
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So what did you do with your weekend?
Well, let’s see. I worked on Friday. Went to services Friday night. Picked up Jake and went to services Saturday morning and then home for a Lord of the Rings movie marathon. Worked Saturday night, because my HR department is … Continue reading
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Post T-Day briefs
No more rockets in Israel, for now: And Tony Badran says Hamas was the ultimate loser. You should read that one. Tony is the one who has always told it straight on Lebanon while the idiots were buying the Hezbollah … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, Syria
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful for many things, and these are two of them. Tigger Pie (and no, you can’t have a piece). Grace.
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Wednesday terrorism briefs
A bus bombing: They’re not trying to put suicide bombers on buses, apparently, which is both good and bad. This scumbag left an explosive device in the middle of a not-so-crowded bus, and wounded 28 people. Nobody died, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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Tuesday briefs
That’s because they’re terrorists, stupid: Israel halted fire on Gaza when the prime minister of Egypt visited. Ban Ki-Moon is in Israel? No problem. Hamas lobbed missiles at Jerusalem minutes before Ban was due to arrive. Okay, Jeffrey, I admit … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism, United Nations
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The media focus: What Syrian civilian deaths?
Couldn’t find this on my Middle East Yahoo news feed: DAMASCUS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — A flare-up of violence hit the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday, as the ongoing conflict has engulfed most parts of the country and given … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
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The Israeli double standard
Israel got the head of Hamas’ rocket program. Civilians were killed in the strike. The world will be protesting loudly. For the sake of comparison, number of worldwide protests against 30,000 Syrian civilians killed over the past year: Zero. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
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More war briefs
Must-read: An analysis of the current Gaza war that explains why there are still rockets falling on Tel Aviv. Isn’t it ironic: You just have to love this. A pro-Hamas rally in Tel Aviv was broken up by–rockets fired by … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East
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A great birthday
Thanks, everyone, for helping me reach my goal of 100 copies of Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles. In fact, we overshot it and are now at 103 copies sold. I have now completely covered the cost of … Continue reading
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I can’t drive 55
This is my birthday theme song. Except I don’t drive like that. Really. I am double nickels today. I used to try to think of things that would challenge me on my birthday, because I hate getting older. Nine years … Continue reading
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Deterrence
That’s funny, I thought Hamas wanted to make peace with Israel and settle down to live quietly ever after in Gaza. I mean, the New York Times op-ed people told us so! Or not. Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal on … Continue reading
Israel at war with Hamas and the media
Three Israeli civilians were killed by rocket fire. They didn’t make it to the fortified stairwell in their building, which did not have a bomb shelter. There’s a picture of a bleeding baby at the link. Think the AP will … Continue reading
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Busy, busy, busy day
I’ve been given more hours at work. Still not back to full-time yet, but now I can live on my salary again. We’re up to 93 books sold! Woo! Seven more copies to go until Meryl’s very happy birthday! Thanks, … Continue reading
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