Scattershooting / A Popular Wichita Falls Restaurant Changes Its Name

Is it time for more Scattershooting?? I'd say so. Welcome back to Case's Column, where the root beer is cold and the hot chocolate is just right. Depending on where you are in America, chances are, as we head for the holidays, you just might be partaking one of those two things. It's either very cold or still very warm out there. You've had your Thanksgiving turkey; now, it's time for a sleigh ride or two with friends you know.

So, without further adieu, let's go hither and thether with this fresh can to kick around.

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Once upon a time, Vaca Loca was a successful Mexican food restaurant on Wichita Falls' (Texas) south side. Your writer has been there and absolutely loved that place. Well, something is in progress right this instant that's making me scratch my head a bit.

Why mess with a restaurant with the best Mexican food in town and who has a great reputation with local and regional consumers?

Now, the powers that be have insisted that the name of the place is the only thing that's changing. They won't be changing the menu or their hours of operation, though there's word of adding outdoor patio seating. How I know is, I saw it in a Facebook reference. Vaca Loca is changing to Mi Tio's, and they will have an updated website. Hopefully, on my next time back in Wichita Falls, their food will be as good as always. Mi Tio's has better enchiladas, chips, and tacos than Casa Manana, whose rock-hard tortilla chips are better for skeet-shooting than they are for consuming. Just saying. Even though that cartoon cow is being replaced by a cartoon gringo, fans of the old Vaca Loca can breathe a sigh of relief.

And if I really wanted to get creative, then I'd pick up a to-go order of enchiladas and side them with a to-go order of McBride's steak just two doors down. My hotel would be right across the street from both of them. Yes, literally. They'd go great together.

Since this is City-Data, here's a link to the eatery's site: https://mitiostx.com/

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Need a way to extend your Christmas decorations to other parts of the year? I bet you didn't know that the following subject matter happens to be tropical.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/po...ristmas-flower

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Major League Baseball is in progress with its first extended labor stoppage since 1994, as the sides are trying to come together with a new collective bargaining agreement. Stay tuned and let's all keep our fingers crossed. These negotiations need to get done and must not force a delay on the upcoming season. The league can ill-afford that.

And all the trade talks and free agent signings were all getting so good....

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Idle thought: If a flower or grassy decor were a piece of exercise equipment, then wouldn't that make it a eucalypticus?

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And..........it's a big one! A Minnesota fisherman just made history, and plenty of vittles are in order with this catch.

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoo...cord-minnesota

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Obituaries include Stonewall Jackson, country music legend, and he was a big part of the genre's honky-tonk golden years of the 1950s and '60s. He was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry for fifty years, and he had a string of hits, including, "Why I'm Walkin'", "Can't Hang Up The Phone", "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water", "Waterloo", "BJ The DJ", "Stamp Out Loneliness", "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo", "Old Showboat", and "Don't Be Angry". Jackson passed away last week of vascular dementia at 89.

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Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy had closed in College Station, TX, last year. The franchise had been trying to make inroads in Houston in recent years, but sources say the reason for the College Station closing was due to rigid COVID-19 restrictions. Yet, on my recent trip to Aggieland, no one else had purchased the building. Now that things are back to normal in Texas, you think that, maybe, Abuelo's might reconsider?

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Juneteenth a national holiday?? Believe it or not, yes. While many of us were not really watching it, our illegitimate U.S. "president" Joe Biden* actually had the gall to sign Juneteenth into law as a national holiday. Folks, it didn't need to be that high on the totem pole, and individuals can still celebrate that day without all the unneeded hubbub. We don't need another national holiday.

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If you're planning on touring New York City anytime soon, then you may want to think again. Some visitors to the Big Apple just got their dollars swiped from them.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-...efeller-center

Oh, and of those five perpetrators who had been arrested, one of them had only a mere................ thirty-seven prior arrests. That's right, thirty-seven. We have some very bad district attorneys in the United States. This needs to change.

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Speaking of crime waves, it's all up in many major U.S. cities with no end in sight. San Francisco just had a huge outbreak of smash-and-grab robberies, many in shopping centers, drug stores, and department stores. And it doesn't end there. San Francisco has also seen smash-and-grab crimes in people's vehicles.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...o-16690714.php

And why has there been a resistance to the word "looting"? If people smash windows of businesses or residences or cars to steal anything of value, then that's counted as looting. There's no reason for crime without consequence. Period. Looting is a crime. There is simply no justification for it. Offended? Too bad. Deal with it. It's a crime. And a crime is still a crime.

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Stephen Spielberg is helping bring back on old favorite musical. Many of you would never have thought of Spielberg, someone mostly known for dramatic and science fiction flicks, as one who'd dabble in musicals or even Broadway. But there he is with his new project. Lots of folks were eagerly anticipating upon hearing about it. Well, hold on a bit. His revival of "West Side Story" has not been putting fannies in movie theater seats.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertai...low-box-office

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Want to be the best host you can be on New Year's Eve? It's right around the corner, but how are you going to serve that champagne you've been wanting to get? Here's a link to give us a few really good ideas:

https://www.hgtv.com/lifestyle/holid...-new-years-eve

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Chris Wallace has announced that he is leaving Fox News Channel after eighteen years. Hard to believe. He had been widely regarded as the best debate moderator on television in recent years. That doesn't necessarily mean that he's been fair to conservatives. But he's leaving, nonetheless, and who knows what his future may bring?

https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-...x-news-channel

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Time for me to wrap up this visit with you and start getting my Christmas gifts wrapped up! Stay safe and be the greatest patriots you can be out there, and let not your hearts be troubled.

And there you are. Have a merry Christmas and the most prosperous New Year!