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…
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Why is Meryl looking back?
You might have noticed that I’ve been putting up posts from my past. That’s because in April, this blog will celebrate its tenth anniversary. I’ve been blogging since before Instapundit—since before anyone in the current JBlogosphere, in fact. And this … Continue reading
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Been doing a little site updating
Cleaning out the blogroll, updating sites if possible, deleting dead sites, and wow, Angie Schultz is still blogging. I know she’s still around, because I get the occasional comment or email, but Angie’s been blogging nearly as long as I … Continue reading
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It was 24 years ago today
Twenty-four years ago, I opened Through the Looking Glass BBS to the world, thus starting my blogging career without knowing that I was a blogger. I would argue that BBSes were early forms of blogging. TTLG featured message boards of … Continue reading
And now a word
This post was originally published on March 9, 2002. Shortly before that, I was discussing how awesome it was to get several hundred visits a day. Adil Farooq and Glenn Reynolds (Adil first, then Glenn) were responsible for getting me … Continue reading
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My first Blogathon
In the summer of 2002, I had just moved to Richmond, VA, and was talked into taking part in the Blogathon, a 24-hour blog-posting marathon designed to raise money for the charity of your choice. This was my 10:30 a.m. … Continue reading
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Yes, I am a Jew, Part 2
This post was originally posted on March 10, 2002. (It’s the post that started my schism with my left-leaning blog circle of that time.) About a week and a half ago, I found a brief mention of my first essay … Continue reading
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Spam comment of the day
Is it a bot, or is it someone who doesn’t speak English? nice a day Yourish.com , i look your blog , this a nice blog and useful. Great for everyone. a lot of Iran and content. i going to … Continue reading
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Farewell to Soccer Dad, and other bloggy things
I wasn’t sure how public Soccer Dad wanted to make this, since he didn’t put anything up on his blog, but he’s retired from blogging, which is a huge loss for the blogosphere in general and Yourish.com in particular. He … Continue reading
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Palestinian Arrested for Criticizing Islam on Facebook
Today, a young man from Qalqiliya, Walid Husayin, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority for writing on Facebook in criticism of Islam. He wrote parody. Some, if not much of what he wrote was highly insulting of Islam, and he … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Fascism, free speech, Palestinians
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A textbook example of a moronic commenter
While trying to wrap my brain around the New York Times Magazine profiling Pamela Geller, I came across Charles Johnson and Robert Spencer in the Guardian’s Comment is Free. Now, I sometimes delve into the CiF comment sink, because Know … Continue reading
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A comment on commenters
Glenn Reynolds linked a post of mine recently, and I was rather pleasantly surprised at the coolness of the comments. And by “coolness” I mean “OMG, nobody’s flaming anyone?” I have had my share of links from Glenn, and links … Continue reading
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Wednesday evening funny
Sarah gets the greatest spam. My spam is all boring. The best one I ever got had one really funny line: “I look pushy to hearing from you.” Sarah and I used “I look pushy” for weeks after that. Sarah’s … Continue reading
I wish I had an Ivy League education
Then I could say genius things like this: Requiring 60 votes rather than 50 to pass legislation in a body with 100 members is a terrible idea. It’s always been a terrible idea. Nobody would design a legislature that way. … Continue reading
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For all your terrorist news
Fred Pruitt’s Rantburg has been around for a long, long time. I’m on the daily newsletter list, and this is why: Besides the wealth of information, there are the comments. Fred’s aren’t the only funny ones. (But they are the … Continue reading
I have weird friends
This is my friend Neil, whom I met, oh, twenty-some years ago. This picture got linked by BoingBoing and Instapundit. This is the backstory on his wife’s blog. And this is another example of my crazy friend, an obvious homage … Continue reading
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