While baseballers await the dithering of those in the bigs' players association to get to the potatoes and gravy, fans everywhere will await the vote of the writers for this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame induction. Mark your calendars if you already haven't. It's January 25, work stoppage or no.

And while your writer doesn't expect former Houston Astro relief pitcher Billy Wagner to have enough votes to get in just yet, he's certainly picked up some steam recently...

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As many preachers know and teach if you listen to sermons, they say as the bible does that human beings can be possessed by evil spirits. I myself have witnessed in my own life that is very true. Evil has always hated me for been a Christian that would never deny that Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and sacrificed himself in atonement for our sins. Evil hates Christians that can not be made stop saying Jesus Christ is the Son of God and is an equal part of the Trinity. For the reason...

It's happening. It's happening right near the downtown area of Wichita Falls, Texas. In a city where a number of buildings still stand idly by, wasting away, something fresh will rise up from the ground.

You see, Wichita Falls is building a new convention center and hotel, and O'Reilly Hospitality will have the property. It's in the Delta by Marriott series, and when completed, will be a boon to the area. I drove by this morning as an end to my weekend road trip,...

The house has progressed. Please God, let me list it very soon.

• Irrigation busted pipe (froze) was repaired.
• The 2 story section has a new roof.
• Laundry water heater is wired in.
• Car and wonderful teardrop camper trip configuration has begun.
• Coolant system flush will happen tomorrow.
• Gray water leach field work is underway.

I took the dogs for a short road trip to the hardware store. Pretty soon I'll add the cat into the mix. The good news is, the small crate will fit on the...