Comments for PubliusTX.net http://www.publiustx.net Houston's longest-running personal blog/journal on politics and culture Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 by Marilynn http://www.publiustx.net/2011/12/31/goodbye-2011-hello-2012/#comment-10704 Marilynn Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7128#comment-10704 Happy 2012, Kevin. I have noticed that the blogging among you (well, you and Anne, anyway!) has dropped to almost none! Anne is so buried in work, health activities, and (most of all) family stuff, she doesn't always get her email read! Txt msgs are the next best thing to get her attention! She has discovered that kids don't get easier as they get older -- even after they go off to school somewhere out of town!! I think your social, grilling, wine, travel ... activities are much more FUN, too!! Here's hoping my 403(b)'s rise some -- because that'd mean everyone's 403(b)'s and 401(k)'s and such would also be rising in value. The first 3 quarters of 2011 were just plain AWFUL (no big secret), but I refuse to say that things couldn't get worse. I know they could. My son is predicting mucho improvement ... and I hope and pray he's right. I'm also hoping and praying for GOOD THINGS to happen on Nov 6th!! Onward ... Happy 2012, Kevin.

I have noticed that the blogging among you (well, you and Anne, anyway!) has dropped to almost none! Anne is so buried in work, health activities, and (most of all) family stuff, she doesn’t always get her email read! Txt msgs are the next best thing to get her attention! She has discovered that kids don’t get easier as they get older — even after they go off to school somewhere out of town!!

I think your social, grilling, wine, travel … activities are much more FUN, too!!

Here’s hoping my 403(b)’s rise some — because that’d mean everyone’s 403(b)’s and 401(k)’s and such would also be rising in value. The first 3 quarters of 2011 were just plain AWFUL (no big secret), but I refuse to say that things couldn’t get worse. I know they could. My son is predicting mucho improvement … and I hope and pray he’s right.

I’m also hoping and praying for GOOD THINGS to happen on Nov 6th!!

Onward …

]]> Comment on Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 by Chris Elam http://www.publiustx.net/2011/12/31/goodbye-2011-hello-2012/#comment-10696 Chris Elam Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:13:26 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7128#comment-10696 Straight up, Whited. Which means you need to get up to Austin soon in 2012. Straight up, Whited. Which means you need to get up to Austin soon in 2012.

]]> Comment on Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 by Cory Crow http://www.publiustx.net/2011/12/31/goodbye-2011-hello-2012/#comment-10695 Cory Crow Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:41:17 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7128#comment-10695 Happy New Year my friend. Hopefully in 2012 we can see you and Callie more than our schedules allowed in the 2nd half of 2011. Wish your dad and Callie's family a happy 2012 as well. Happy New Year my friend. Hopefully in 2012 we can see you and Callie more than our schedules allowed in the 2nd half of 2011. Wish your dad and Callie’s family a happy 2012 as well.

]]> Comment on Square Foot Garden 2011 by Evelynne http://www.publiustx.net/2011/02/26/square-foot-garden-2011/#comment-6926 Evelynne Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:42:59 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7099#comment-6926 Oh, nice!! I hope the deeper garden works out better for the tomatoes. I did not know that about herbs and stress. Clearly I have some research to do. Oh, nice!! I hope the deeper garden works out better for the tomatoes.

I did not know that about herbs and stress. Clearly I have some research to do.

]]> Comment on A day in the blockquoting life… by anne http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/11/a-day-in-the-blockquoting-life/#comment-6648 anne Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:51:26 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7039#comment-6648 It's the Future! It’s the Future!

]]> Comment on Coach Cupcake will be a PERFECT fit with the Texans by Inmobiliario http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/04/coach-cupcake-will-be-a-perfect-fit-with-the-texans/#comment-6638 Inmobiliario Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:46:38 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7026#comment-6638 Phillips' NFL headcoaching tenures have pretty much always had the exact same trajectory, right? Take over a good team, go to the playoffs then steadily decline until he gets the axe. That seems to point to a coach who does a bunch of things right...however, also completely ruins the culture of a team. For a guy known as being so handsoff...well, that's a solid explanation. Phillips’ NFL headcoaching tenures have pretty much always had the exact same trajectory, right? Take over a good team, go to the playoffs then steadily decline until he gets the axe. That seems to point to a coach who does a bunch of things right…however, also completely ruins the culture of a team. For a guy known as being so handsoff…well, that’s a solid explanation.

]]> Comment on Coach Cupcake will be a PERFECT fit with the Texans by Kevin Whited http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/04/coach-cupcake-will-be-a-perfect-fit-with-the-texans/#comment-6635 Kevin Whited Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:33:20 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7026#comment-6635 Evan, I do agree that Turner has underachieved as a head coach with his talent. Fine offensive coordinator. Not such a great head coach. That being said, he's had more than a few moments at San Diego where you've had to look at his team and think it was a legit Super Bowl contender. And he has made the playoffs. Even Turner's degree of underachieving success would be a big step forward for Smith/Kubiak! :) Evan,

I do agree that Turner has underachieved as a head coach with his talent. Fine offensive coordinator. Not such a great head coach.

That being said, he’s had more than a few moments at San Diego where you’ve had to look at his team and think it was a legit Super Bowl contender. And he has made the playoffs.

Even Turner’s degree of underachieving success would be a big step forward for Smith/Kubiak! :)

]]> Comment on Coach Cupcake will be a PERFECT fit with the Texans by Kevin Whited http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/04/coach-cupcake-will-be-a-perfect-fit-with-the-texans/#comment-6634 Kevin Whited Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:30:34 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7026#comment-6634 Gary, Parcells did not enjoy playoff success, which is one reason he got to go away. But he did rebuild what had become a pathetic football organization, and left a lot of talent for whoever would succeed him. The Cowboys became a serious football organization again with a football man in charge. He also left with the ominous warning that nobody would even remember he'd been there in a few years. With Coach Cupcake and Jerruh doing things their way, that proved to be exactly right. That 1-7 debacle to start this season did not resemble anything that Parcells has ever been a part of. I have a bad feeling a year from now, Bob McNair will finally be considering bringing in a football man and chasing off all the yes-men prayer partners he has put in charge of his operation. But I hope I'm wrong. It would be nice if the hometown team could make the playoffs every once in a while. In some sport! Gary,

Parcells did not enjoy playoff success, which is one reason he got to go away.

But he did rebuild what had become a pathetic football organization, and left a lot of talent for whoever would succeed him. The Cowboys became a serious football organization again with a football man in charge.

He also left with the ominous warning that nobody would even remember he’d been there in a few years. With Coach Cupcake and Jerruh doing things their way, that proved to be exactly right. That 1-7 debacle to start this season did not resemble anything that Parcells has ever been a part of.

I have a bad feeling a year from now, Bob McNair will finally be considering bringing in a football man and chasing off all the yes-men prayer partners he has put in charge of his operation. But I hope I’m wrong. It would be nice if the hometown team could make the playoffs every once in a while. In some sport!

]]> Comment on Coach Cupcake will be a PERFECT fit with the Texans by gary http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/04/coach-cupcake-will-be-a-perfect-fit-with-the-texans/#comment-6633 gary Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:21:30 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7026#comment-6633 Could you compare how many playoff game Coach Cupcake won in Dallas versus Coach Serious? Thanks in advance. Could you compare how many playoff game Coach Cupcake won in Dallas versus Coach Serious?

Thanks in advance.

]]> Comment on Coach Cupcake will be a PERFECT fit with the Texans by Evan http://www.publiustx.net/2011/01/04/coach-cupcake-will-be-a-perfect-fit-with-the-texans/#comment-6631 Evan Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:10:28 +0000 http://www.publiustx.net/?p=7026#comment-6631 It could be worse...we could have gotten Norv Turner, who has consistently taken championship level talent and failed to win playoff games (or even make them!) It could be worse…we could have gotten Norv Turner, who has consistently taken championship level talent and failed to win playoff games (or even make them!)

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