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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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Coffee 9-1-1: When The Brewer Stops Working

Posted 09-30-2015 at 03:42 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Tuesday morning was just another routine morning for me. As I usually would do once I get up from bed, the first order of business is to get the coffee started up in the kitchen in order for me to get started up.

Water loaded in the chamber. Coffee grounds placed on the filter. Turn on the maker (with the green light on) and out comes.....

Nothing.

Nothing???

Nothing.

Well, that sure was interesting....
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Could The Astros Pull It Off This Week?

Posted 09-29-2015 at 05:44 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Baseball fever is contagious at this time of year. If you've seen or heard any of the games in the past week, then you will see that things are not quite over in the American League West. Not by a longshot.

The Houston Astros were a team that I was writing off the page about a week ago after they could not beat the Texas Rangers in Arlington. This past weekend and last night, however, the tide has turned, this time in favor of the 'Stros. Houston's lead in the...
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I Have Proclaimed This Week As My Own Personal Burger Week

Posted 09-21-2015 at 05:54 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 09-21-2015 at 06:05 PM by case44

Never mind that tomorrow just happens to be National Elephant Day. And so what if National Hamburger Day was back in May? I've got an event to go to this Saturday that is sure to be memorable. There's a thing going on in Athens, Texas, this coming Saturday, and that's the Uncle Fletch Hamburger Festival.

His name was Fletcher Davis, and all hamburger fans have him to thank, because it was he who invented and developed the delicacy in Athens many moons ago. ...
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America Under Assault: What Some Have Said

Posted 09-19-2015 at 11:51 AM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 11-29-2015 at 04:38 PM by case44

We live in a nation that is not the same as it was before. As proud as I am to be an American and live in America, I cannot ignore the fact that it is under attack. It is under assault by members of our U.S. government. It's under attack by Democrats who don't think the way leftists of fifty years ago thought or believed, not mostly, anyway. It's even under siege by some moderate Republicans who've decided that they're not going to stand up to the principles that made this party a great...
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I-69 Update: Signs Slow To Come Up In The Valley

Posted 09-18-2015 at 06:14 AM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 01-24-2016 at 02:57 AM by case44

It's been well-documented that the Texas Department of Transportation is out of money. I've also heard that, after this year, they'll have some funds to take care of the most urgent needs, be it construction or maintenance.

That said, all it's taken is a Google Map visit, and the folks at Googleville have finally made some updates to the picture frames in their Street View section. Since I'll be traveling down to the Rio Grande Valley in two weeks for R &...
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