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Jay Howard Cook

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. - Julia Child

About Me

Eclectic. Scattered. Allergic to suits and ties. Adopted. Farm-raised and corn-fed. Son of scholars. Partnered to a thinker. Drawn to vintage art, music, film, and decoration.

My Interests

THINGS I LOVE: Painting, Sci-Fi, Classic Pre-1980 film, Halloween, Jpop, Europop, Working out, Literature, The Olympics, Aquariums, Collecting, Anime, Christmas, Superheroes, Cooking, The Paranormal, Japan, The United Kingdom.THINGS I DISLIKE: RENT The Musical, American Idol, Mexican Food, WTHR, SUVs, Politics, NASCAR.

I'd like to meet:

Artists. Creative souls who use their hands and bodies. Good people. People with flaws who are striving to better themselves. People interested in vintage art, music, film, and decoration. People who believe in things that the frail human eye or mind can't comprehend.

Music:

I don't like: Rap, Hip-hop, maudlin college-radio, and "Contemporary" Christian. I loudly endorse Big Band Music, Swing, the Ultra-Lounge series, Venus Hum, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Brandon Fraley, Jamelle Fraley, Tim Schoepf, Harry and the Potters, Kit Malone, Cibo Matto, Origa, See-Saw, Shonen Knife, Sarah Brightman, ABBA.

Movies:

Pre-1980 film. Turner Classic Movies.

Television:

TCM, Sci Fi, History, BBC America, PBS, Science, Food, Travel, Cartoon Network. Specifically speaking: Battlestar Galactica, Miami Ink, Supernatural, Ghost Hunters, Most Haunted, Divine Design, The Barefoot Contessa.

Books:

www.bellairsia.com

Heroes:

Julia Child, Lewis Barrett Lehrman, Martha Stewart, John Bellairs, Edward Gorey, Vince Guaraldi, Charles Schulz, Norman Rockwell.

My Blog

SJR-7 Attacks ALL Hoosier Families

Friends,Hoosier families are under attack. Thanks to the efforts of bigots on the right AND the left, SJR-7 has been reintroduced to write bigotry into the constitution of the State of Indiana.As you ...
Posted by Jay Howard Cook on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:51:00 PST

Six weird things Eric made me list.

This is for Eric who will pester me to the end.    Six weird things about me: I hate Mexican food. I pretend to like it to please my partner and my friends who can't seem to get enough of ...
Posted by Jay Howard Cook on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:37:00 PST

Rest well, Christine.

My first memory of Christine was her laugh. My mother was always sewing something for her, and her older sister Deborah. They would come bouncing into our home for a fitting, making me laugh while wat...
Posted by Jay Howard Cook on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST

Truth and Limits

This past week, an old acquaintance from college died from a very long battle with cancer. She was not an easy person to be friends with. Even though I was not often in her inner-circle of friends, sh...
Posted by Jay Howard Cook on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:00:00 PST

Lessons from a Sick-Cat Christmas.

First it was our new beagle, Lucy. Then it was our new cat Figbash.  And now it's our oldest cat, Oliver. We woke up Friday morning to our home decorated in cat puke. Scott tended to the cat whil...
Posted by Jay Howard Cook on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:44:00 PST