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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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The Same Backward As Forward: It's Palindrome Week

Posted 08-17-2018 at 05:40 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Well, folks, welcome all to 8-1-7-1-8. No, that's not a zip code; it's today's date. When you get a word or number sequence with the digits the same backwards as forwards, that's what's called a palindrome. And when you get such a number arrangement like today's date, it must be Palindrome Day.

Actually, it's Palindrome Week. Since the 10th of this month, the date has been the same backwards as it is forwards. Enjoy this until the 19th. You won't...
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D-I-E-T? Yes, And I'd Better Not Cave

Posted 08-10-2018 at 05:15 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-12-2018 at 09:09 AM by case44

Forget all you know about the need for testosterone. Men my age go through the horrific ritual of seeing his body and his psyche decline that one wonders if we'd be able to escape this abyss.

Some men do. Some don't.

Your writer just got some bloodwork done not too long ago at a clinic, and there was an electronic scale in the room. After Pokey got the withdrawal from my arm, I stood up and got up on the scale and the reading showed up before my Texas...
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Memory Lane: The Art Of Misheard Song Lyrics

Posted 08-07-2018 at 07:26 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-26-2018 at 10:18 AM by case44

You may still, at some point, hear Louis Armstrong sing a great ballad on an oldies station. He gets to the verse that sez the following words:

The bright, blessed days...
The dogs say 'Good night'
And I think to myself....

Wait a second. Dogs say 'Good night'???

You've been down this road a time or three, haven't you?

Satchmo actually sang, "The dark, sacred night...."

Great...
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Baseball: Which Players Will Be Where In '25? Altuve And A Possible Surprise

Posted 08-06-2018 at 07:10 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

There was an interesting article in MLB.com today, and it has fans pondering what players in the year 2025 would most likely still be with the team they're on currently. I'll just let you read the article for yourself, because there's a lot to think about regarding some of the game's best players.

I will tell you what they filled in for Houston's Astros, and it makes perfect sense. Come 2025, there is one player (although there could be two or three others) that certainly...
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I-69 Update: The Sleepy Website Has Finally Awakened

Posted 08-02-2018 at 07:46 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 08-03-2018 at 02:56 AM by case44

It only took an e-mail or two from this writer to go right to the source and wake up a sleepy website that has no business being sleepy. That was the Interstate 69, Texas Alliance website, no less.

Oh, that site is still one of my favorites, especially since it contained all kinds of news about Texas construction of the transcontinental (as proposed) interstate. Problem was, for the past two years, it had gone dormant. Why? We've got layers being poured and...
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