tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208517442009-10-13T06:07:53.575-05:00Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-40958881742874658822008-12-25T18:05:00.000-06:002008-12-25T18:00:15.302-06:00

....in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-64318873494663650282008-12-21T23:51:00.002-06:002008-12-21T23:58:24.482-06:00

Glad to see that he's back on the charts and bankin' some royalties. A Christmas classic to be sure.For proof that the Europeans really are different from us, go see this horror show. I keep waiting for someone to start machine-gunning the zombies off the balcony.Merry Christmas to readers one through two.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-3068832076405740212008-12-10T22:45:00.003-06:002008-12-10T23:35:44.647-06:00

Snow in south Texas. Is Al Gore in town?My daughters' 96 Camry (made in Japan) with ornament, as photographed when I got home with my wife's 2001 Windstar van (made in Canada). I picked up the van from the shop after spending $369.00 to repair one (1) of the four (4) automatic windows that won't operate. All the windows on the Camry work just fine, as do all the windows on my Accord (assembled in

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-79408598992740920722008-11-13T23:46:00.000-06:002008-11-13T23:42:03.097-06:00

....before the heartburn

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-72909450952501958982008-11-13T06:21:00.001-06:002008-11-13T23:26:42.705-06:00

Nuevo Progreso, Mexico.Arturo's Restaurant Rich, flamy goodness.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-70150923435387983622008-10-27T20:00:00.007-05:002008-10-27T20:11:45.677-05:00

I first ran across him as SoxBlog, and then on Hugh Hewitt's radio show, and then at the Weekly Standard. Fine writer and better on the radio than one would think, given his "Baahstan" accent. Always good natured and positive on the radio.The only "major" blogger kind enough to visit this poor blog and send an email. I'll miss him.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-57362872969551439232008-10-02T15:36:00.000-05:002008-10-02T15:38:17.453-05:00

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-54156979176550882262008-09-20T01:12:00.005-05:002008-09-20T01:31:22.865-05:00

...just too busy to post.couple miles west of downtown Houston, Monday night, looking out my office window. Couple million people out there....glad I didn't mail the Netflix....please let there be ice cream...ohh, and don't forget Galveston/Bolivar Peninsula

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-84244991291411781222008-09-17T15:34:00.000-05:002008-09-17T15:31:11.073-05:00

This is life in houston for the time being. No power in the woodlands, but the weather is nice.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-32776575469979528222008-09-13T06:26:00.001-05:002008-09-13T06:26:15.792-05:00

it was a good run. cant complain

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-58167243918476345692008-09-13T06:16:00.001-05:002008-09-13T06:16:38.189-05:00

fewer boards on that side of house. more rain now

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-21663306741869962142008-09-13T05:42:00.001-05:002008-09-13T05:42:33.930-05:00

of wind at 5:45. many roof pings and bonks. still have power

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-42215578459618569392008-09-13T04:58:00.001-05:002008-09-13T04:58:14.726-05:00

in our neighborhood. now blogging on phone

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-766033208585705062008-09-13T04:19:00.004-05:002008-09-13T04:26:04.671-05:00

woke up from branch landing on roof - that's the sound I've been afraid of. Big winds right now and will get bigger for next half hour at least. Power still on. Something small just fell on neighbors car.Cat wants out. Maybe not.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-41138142475795716692008-09-12T21:37:00.002-05:002008-09-13T04:21:38.850-05:00

The Weather Nerd is serving as a pretty nifty clearinghouse of info on Hurricane Ike. At least until my power goes.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-37421985011038770732008-09-12T21:02:00.006-05:002008-09-13T04:26:40.721-05:00

The boards are on most windows, trimmed a few tree limbs away. Stood in awe of the number of trees around our house and cars and decided one of them would fall by morning.The problem with the Woodlands is that every property has five trees that can hit a house two properties away. It's impossible to guess which one has your name on it. But at least we're not in Galveston. Lord help those people.9

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-12923014489844380972008-09-11T22:04:00.019-05:002008-09-13T04:27:03.794-05:00

A few weeks after Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Rita tore through the (relatively sparsely populated) Texas - Louisiana border region and made a helluva mess.It’s easy to forget that Rita was supposed to hit Houston, but broke right, leaving 1 million Houston-area evacuees on the highway. Now comes Ike. It may break right but for the time being it appears that it could hit Galveston Bay and head

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-72371282820349119122008-09-04T22:17:00.004-05:002008-09-04T22:23:58.004-05:00

Waaaay better than I hoped. The crowd helped. He showed good instinct in taking the crowd with him. Brit Hume and Juan Williams mention green backdrop. Heh.Rove goes through his checklist. He keeps stats. Cool. 67 paragraph.So I wasn't the only one wondering what the hell the backdrop was. Oh it was a school.Sorry I was so slow posting comments. Don't get many of those.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-81246374866103761432008-09-04T20:59:00.038-05:002008-09-04T22:17:01.538-05:00

College night... a little late to the party.Well, Cindy's never going to project a lot of warmth. The new hair almost makes her look too young and for such an old guy.The little sincere head shakes seem kind of overdone with the camera so close - too close.Here comes the video -Nothing here you couldn't do with a nice home computerMomma's boy. OkayFirst I've heard of his father standing at the

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-39649523693319437702008-02-12T20:05:00.000-06:002008-02-12T20:16:24.329-06:00

Hugh Hewitt just finished his interview with authors of the book, The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World's Most Dangerous Secrets...And How We Could Have Stopped Him.I listened and got scared. You should too! The transcript from a 3-hour interview may not be up for a while, though.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-82874867563618743412008-01-29T23:04:00.000-06:002008-01-29T23:14:17.064-06:00

Borrowing Mickey Kaus's old line...In September, when it becomes to clear to the last subterranean dwelling Republican that McCain can't beat Clinton, or Obama, or Clinton-Obama, we'll have Florida to thank.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-10302742413923825892008-01-28T19:54:00.000-06:002008-01-28T21:30:24.716-06:00

CNN will be interviewing John McCain and Mitt Romney, and SENATORS Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama."Tired of leaders who ask nothing of us at all." Good line.She's good enough on TV, but just a little too understated. East Coasters are yawning gigantically.Nobody cares about Greensberg, KS. Sorry. How did we get to global warming? Whining about deployed Kansas National Guard. Calls herself

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-1162833630984688762006-11-06T11:20:00.000-06:002006-11-06T11:43:41.820-06:00

My Drudge and blog-addled brain usually finds Gagdad Bob's exquisite writing to be almost exhausting. But even I can grasp this post on the elections.

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-1161917926058264172006-10-26T21:45:00.001-05:002006-10-26T22:13:16.033-05:00

When you're ready for a grim, Mark Steyn world view, without the humor, try the Brussels Journal.Contemporary anti-Semitism in Europe (at least when coming from nativeEuropeans) is related to anti-Americanism. People who are not prepared to resistand are eager to submit, hate others who do not want to submit and are preparedto fight. They hate them because they are afraid that the latter will

Jeff Cooknoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851744.post-1161663548564872612006-10-23T23:17:00.000-05:002006-10-23T23:43:08.833-05:00

Several blogs including Powerline link to a Christian Science Monitor article about the lack of "Radical Islam" breeding grounds in the U.S compared to Europe.In a nation where mosques have sprung up alongside churches andsynagogues, where Muslim women are free to wear the hijab (or not), and whereeducation and job opportunities range from decent to good, the resentments thatcan breed extremism

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