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Welcome To Case's Column

Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken. Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.

In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.

Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!

Regards,

case44

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People Helping People: Got To Love It!

Posted 08-28-2017 at 04:21 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-28-2017 at 04:55 PM by case44

This ---- this ---- is what America is all about. Really. People are seeing others in need, and they respond. They respond positively. Neighbors helping other neighbors in a time of crisis, and they are delivering. We're in the midst of one of the most dangerous and costly tropical weather situations this nation has seen. To think, a week ago, a tropical storm way down south of Mexico in the extreme southwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico didn't get much notice...
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Astros Will Play Home Games In St. Pete For Now

Posted 08-28-2017 at 03:52 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-28-2017 at 04:30 PM by case44

There's nothing like baseball to bring people together. In most instances, that is the case. But there's also nothing like tragic weather conditions that also bring folks together. As people in Texas and across the nation deal with a horrible, tragic storm like Hurricane Harvey has become, we've seen the very best in Americans displayed when there's a crisis. Baseball has become secondary to the needs of those who are trying to ride out the storms in Southeast Texas. More on that...
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After All These Years, There's Still Nothing Like It

Posted 08-25-2017 at 06:18 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

I wake up early every morning. On my work days, it's 3:45. On my off days, it's 5:30. There's just something special about mornings.

And there is also something particularly special about Sunday mornings when I can just pause from everything. I go outside (usually out to the car to go to a restaurant for breakfast), and then I'd stop. I mean, right where I am, before I even get to the car. The pause is to take a look at the trees in the parking lot and...
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More Central Texas Tastes Coming To North Texas

Posted 08-20-2017 at 08:32 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-21-2017 at 09:27 AM by case44

Where the title is concerned, well, that's the best I can do to describe what I'm about to describe. In years past, people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have seen an influx of Central Texas-style barbecue moving to new restaurants in the Metroplex. Area residents have seen Rudy's Country Store & BBQ make inroads here, and locally-inspired aficionados have brought the Lockhart influence in two locations of Lockhart Smokehouse. And that's not to mention one local outlet, Hutchins...
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I-69 Update: Texarkana Has It Backwards

Posted 08-19-2017 at 09:21 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-19-2017 at 10:05 PM by case44

If you've had some occasion to look at Google Maps' street view, then you'll always get the opportunity to see places and things right there on your computer screen. And such is the case with roads. Sometimes, I look at little things like signs.

The subject at hand is Interstate 369 in Texarkana, which is a leg of the Interstate 69 nationwide transportation network. It still lacks some of the signage needed for interstate highways, particularly on the feeder roads...
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