tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40170310418590681252024-02-18T19:48:43.732-06:00KINGDADSKINGDADS title is based upon all the great dads I see. These pages are my evolution leading my family. Texas Angel Oil is our latest venture growing extra virgin olive oil!Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-38946148378436699512016-09-30T09:40:00.003-05:002016-09-30T09:40:54.904-05:00The mistake you made in not using extra virgin olive oil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I use 500ml – 16.9 FL oz. of fresh premium Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) every two weeks on average. After enough surprised reactions from home chefs as to how much extra virgin olive oil I use I thought it only prudent to discuss this further.<br /><br />Aside from the well-known fact that real extra virgin olive oil is extremely healthy for you with countless supporting studies confirming this from the likes of the Mayo Clinic and others. This flavorful alkaline food is a must for almost any cooking you are doing. No, it's not just for salads to be used as some drizzle over the top and please stop asking what salad is my favorite. I've hated salad my entire life and if you love salad, then more power to you. Luckily I medically have a reason to avoid salad due to an enzyme in green leafy vegetables not being good for your intestines. At least it's an issue for me after an injury from my Navy time leaving me with a very “interesting” diet and part of how Texas Angel Oil came to be. Although my Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil is the ultimate topper for salads understand that is only scratching the surface of the thousands, if not millions of uses.<br /><br />Areas you are missing out on to up your cooking game, including grilling:<br /><br />-EGGS; No matter how you cook them, eggs and olive oil were a marriage made in heaven. Skip the milk for scrambled eggs and use olive oil as an example. Sunny side up is much sunnier when cooked in extra virgin olive oil.<br /><br />-Pan fry fresh fish; Use 50% EVOO and 50% Sweet cream butter with some fresh minced garlic, sea salt, pepper, and fresh lime or lemon juice when plating. Simple, awesome, and your taste in fish will jump to a new level. Coming soon is my newest flavor; Texas Angel Oil Caribbean Lime extra virgin olive oil - perfect for fish.<br /><br />-Marinating; Did you know EVOO is an alkaline food and helps to counteract the natural acidity of beef to bring out the natural flavors of the meat and enhance the flavors of your selected seasonings used. Did I mention that EVOO makes a great binding agent, even with rubs, to help infuse the seasonings into the beef?. Now you know.<br /><br />-Perfect Sear for a steak ( the same principle applies to the perfect low & slow brisket); EVOO has a relatively low burn point and some can find this challenging to cook with. However, the advantage some miss is that EVOO heats up extremely quickly. The outside of your meat coated in EVOO will heat even quicker for that all important Sear so sought after by top chefs and backyard grilling warriors.<br /><br />-Finisher on any protein; Make fish tacos and when you've plated them try some fresh lime or lemon juice and EVOO as the final touch. You can thank me later.<br /><br />-Make leftovers great again; That perfect steak or leftover brisket is now 4 days old in the refrigerator and you know you have to heat it up which is only going to cook it past the perfection point. Heat it up and hit it with EVOO and don't kiss me for this great tip.<br /><br />Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil is specially blended from various olive types to provide that ultimate cooking experience and taste. It is our honor to provide you this superior product from our family to yours. As always every drop of oil in each bottle is of Texas Angel Oil is 100% pure extra virgin olive oil. <br /><br />Order today and then have that meal with those you love. www.texasangeloil.com<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"If you aren't pissing
someone off, then you aren't doing the right thing!"- Christopher Kasmiroski </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is my take on a quote
from U.S. Army General George S. Patton, “If everyone is thinking
alike, then someone isn't thinking.”. Granted mine is a bit more
intense, but in this modern short attention span culture I felt
compelled to modify it. Patton's quote is much better for the record! This short little article bleeds over into
multiple categories and I ask for your patience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So what does this article
opening have to do with olive oil? Everything and nothing. After
building various companies over the years in multiple fields many
concepts hold true. Here are some truths as I have learned:
Despite what your friends told you, the customer is not always right.
Business plans are often like battle plans in that your business
plan will rarely stay in tact after you go to market. You must
constantly adjust and failure to do so will be just that - failure.
Failure is not to be feared, but failing to recognize the realities
of the current situation should never be tolerated. Lastly, which is
more a personal view and not some universal truth as I have learned
it. Pursue excellence! Provide a superior product, service, and
support to your customers. Treat customers as you yourself want to
be treated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some experts in the olive
oil world view me as disruptive, but I never built Texas Angel Oil
for the “olive oil experts” and many experts love me. As I heard
Rush Limbaugh once say and I'll paraphrase, “I'm living rent free
in the democrats mind”. I'm living rent free in some olive oil
experts minds apparently after receiving an email that asks to see
all my olive oil operations from an olive oil expert. I do love to
see the competition and lord knows I have often called and simply
asked to see everything they are doing. What stood out to me in this
request was this person quantified this request by stating they are
familiar with everyone else's operations, except mine. Sorry that
you feel left out. I don't think I pissed this person off and I
would be honored to give them a tour, but it will have to wait for
I'm a little busy these days. Why am I disruptive? I don't intend
to be, but at the same time I see how many of the olive oil companies
are positioning themselves and I don't see long term success being
both achievable and sustainable. Combined with my simplistic and
“sometimes” blunt nature has apparently given some pause in my
field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Look olive oil as a
business is not overly complex and maybe there is confusion due to
all of the complex flavors of various olive oil. Olive oil has
developed over a thousand plus years and you will be hard pressed to
find someone unfamiliar with olive oil in general. Thanks to some
incredible olive oils that kicked the world off in their love affair
with olive oil. Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and I can go on...-
Thank you and keep up making great olive oil. A divide exists with
consumers in the olive oil world, between “Great” olive oil and
just “olive oil”. In the United States our local market shelves
were full of olive oils and most of them in my useless opinion are
not worth your time or money. However, you will start to find more
local, regional, and world class olive oils on store shelves. Word
is getting out, at least here in this country that your choice in
olive oil can be as specific as your intended use. Combined with the
increasing public awareness that olive oil flavors are both as varied
and unique as the entire animal kingdom. Take 2 of the same olive
tree varietals and plant them 1 mile apart and you will most likely
have 2 distinct and unique flavors of olive oil at pressing. Every
orchard around the world has the ability to produce 1 or more types
of olive trees that can produce arguably the greatest olive oil of
that type. How it's processed is a major difference, but what
ultimately ends up in your kitchen is most often a blend. Yes a
blend. Sometimes this blend is for profit as in the companies that
blend a pure extra virgin olive oil with a lesser olive oil all so
that they may place the words extra virgin olive oil on the label.
Ah, but the blend that is to achieve a certain flavor and now you're
speaking my language.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;">Texas Angel Oil is
blended from 4 different olive types; Arbequina, Coratina, Leccino,
and Picual olives. All extra virgin. This blend was achieved with
the goal of creating a great extra virgin olive oil ideal for almost
all cooking types. Over time as Texas Angel Oil matures blends will
be specialized for individualized meal choices with various bottle
options. It is this pursuit that I realize Texas Angel Oil can no
longer stay just a product of Texas exclusively. Somewhere in the
world there is a family similar to mine cultivating and growing a
particular type of olive tree that will produce a particular flavor.
It is this flavor that when you meet with those you love and your
preparing a meal, will you simply grab a random olive oil? Or will
it be an extra virgin olive for as I have stated before, “A meal to
remember”. I personally select different olive oils based upon if
I'm cooking eggs or marinating a brisket for some world class Texas
BBQ. I urge you to try different types of olive oil and if your budget
dictates I hope recognize that you might have a day to day olive oil,
but make sure you have a great extra virgin olive oil for “those”
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;">Side note: Bobby Flay
recently released a Texas BBQ recipe and no....just no. It might be
a BBQ recipe, but it most certainty is not Texas BBQ. You can find
real Texas BBQ recipes with Texas Angel Oil's own BBQ competition
team on facebook. Guadalupe BBQ Co. Competition Team. I'm actually a
huge Bobby Flay fan and maybe that is why I'm taking this ill gotten
Texas BBQ recipe of his so personally. Come on Bobby!</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">-Check your local olive
orchards and ask them the best time of year to order</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">-Try olive oils from
around the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">-Buy olive oil in dark
glass containers when possible</span></div>
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and invite them for a meal </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">-Lastly and the most self
serving is try my Texas Angel oil www.texasangeloil.com or now you can order on Facebook; fb.com/texasangeloil </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">**Stay tuned as we are
pressing what could be both the most unique and expensive case of
olive oil in the world. This is for a great charity event coming up
this September!**</span></div>
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(Updated 7/12/2016) Texas Angel Oil is officially a proud sponsor of Joey & Ty Machado's Guadalupe BBQ Co. Competition Team!<br />
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BBQ in Texas is almost in the category
of being a religion and rightfully so considering the amount of time
and investment made by so many. However, it is only a select few
that rise to the international stardom level and one of these young
guns just so happens to be the son of an old school friend of mine in
Seguin Texas. 13 year old Ty Machado is proudly representing Texas
on a world stage in this first season of the Kids BBQ Championship on
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Ty spent years with his father, Joey
Machado, traveling to holy sites in Texas known as BBQ cookoffs
honing his skills and winning enough awards to catch the Food
Networks attention. Unfortunately, Ty did not win the championship
and take home the $20,000.00 grand prize and get featured in the Food
Network magazine. 2<sup>nd</sup> for Ty's chicken and 7<sup>th</sup>
overall out of 53 top level competitors is something I know all of
Texas is very proud of. I will say that I feel partly to blame that
Ty did not win the ultimate prize for at the time of his competition
on the Food Network Ty was not using Texas Angel Oil extra virgin
olive oil for his marinades. I will eternally hang my head in shame
for not getting Texas Angel Oil to Ty in time for the Food Network
show that began airing this past May. However, both Joey and Ty have
Texas Angel Oil in their arsenal at this time for their growing BBQ
competitions and TV appearances. I'm partly kidding on it being my
fault and while yes they have fresh Texas Angel Oil available to them
now and we all know the right fresh ingredients can make or break
some dishes. It's the pitmaster skills honed over time that separate
the weekend grill master from the sought out title of BBQ pitmaster.
Ty has forever earned this title through his own hard work. More so
I am unable to express enough as to how honored I am to know his
father and I think we can all learn something from this father and
son duo about parenting.
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While our agreement is not completed at
the time of this post, Texas Angel Oil looks to be a very soon
sponsor of the Guadalupe BBQ Co. Competition Team. There are many
different directions I thought about taking this post, but ultimately
I hoped and hope to not take away from Ty's accomplishments. As a
proud father myself of both my 2 children, Sinjin & Skyla, I can
only imagine how proud Joey is of his son Ty. I think it's highly
important for all us to share our love, knowledge, and involve our
children in every aspect.
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The United States Navy man in me
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Good job gentlemen and I hope to
officially announce that Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil is
officially part of the Guadalupe BBQ Co. Competition Team very soon. Follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guadalupebbqco</div>
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Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-56589108215516235332016-07-02T17:29:00.001-05:002016-07-03T17:27:45.443-05:00Without Seguin Texas may not exist today!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Way off topic for this post is not on my olive oil company <a href="http://www.texasangeloil.com/">Texas Angel Oil</a> or how to build a company from scratch. I grew up in part in Seguin Texas and most of my family lives in Seguin today. Seguin is a town I admittedly didn't care for as a youth for I thought nothing ever happens in Seguin. I was so wrong for everything that is Texas is in part thanks to Seguin. I have fallen in love with the great people whom I met and I can't wait to see again soon and I'm enamored with the proud distinguished history of Seguin Texas and the father and son team Erasmo & Juan Seguin. Very few know this history and here I provide a small taste of the rich proud history all but lost to time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A lot of the world knows the history of the Alamo and most Texans know the history of the battle of 1835 in Gonzalez TX with many Texans still proudly flying flags bearing (COME AND TAKE IT). Between the home of the Alamo in San Antonio Texas and the battle grounds in Gozalez Texas lies Seguin Texas. Seguin Texas is abhorrently known as the home of the world's largest pecan, never mind that the pecan is actually fake. Seguin is named after a brave patriot fighting for all Texans freedom, Juan Seguin during the Texas revolution. It is my hope that everyone recognize his father's efforts in establishing Texas alongside his son at the same time. Don Erasmo Seguin and his son Juan Seguin have all but been erased from the history books. All but erased even in the town that bears their family name. A trip to the local Seguin museum and you can ask the sweet, but clueless curator about Erasmo Seguin and you might get a blank stare followed by I don't know who that is. Other than a small portrait of Juan Seguin in the corner the Seguin family contributions almost don't exist there. Oh, but thank God they have a giant "FAKE" pecan that is most likely the result of a prominent local family being in the pecan industry having influence on the we<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span>k kneed politicians blindly guiding Seguin today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't hate Seguin Texas, no quite the opposite, I love Seguin and the more I discover the history of the father and son team whom all of Texas owes a great deal to I feel compelled to shed some light on them. I'm not a historian and combined with my unfriendly relationship with both the English language and grammar this could be hard for me to convey. I do hope someone with greater skills than mine picks up this mantle and shares the story of the Seguin's. I hope someone honors their efforts in a manner fitting to two great men, two great Texans. One item I hope you consider in your own research is that I have noticed that Juan Seguin is often presented as troubled, conflicted, or imperfect. Who is perfect and I highly suspect this is the result of some vain attempt to cast dispersion's on one of Texas's great heroes of the revolution. I don't imagine I would feel all that conflicted if I was fighting alongside my own father as Juan Seguin fought next to his father Erasmo. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some starting points on who were the Seguin's, some teasers if you will:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stephen F. Austin wrote about Don Erasmo Seguin in 1833:<i> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"I owe something to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Don Erasmo [Seguin]</b></i><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">---he refused to receive pay for the time my brother staid here, and I have always staid here in my visits to Bexar and he never would receive pay---he has planted cotton and wants a gin. I wish you to make arrangements to get one for him on mv account---not of the largest size, a strong gin of the common kind would </span></span></i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">s</span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">uit him better than any other, for it would be easier kept in order. I wish you to write to him on the subject."</span></span> </i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">source</span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>: http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/barkerlatin.htm</i> </span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Who was this man that Stephen F. Austin felt indebted enough to buy him a cotton gin and trusted him enough to raise his son for a year and always stayed in his home?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juan Seguin escaped the fate of the other brave soles of the Alamo having been sent off as a most trusted courier to go for help. Following the fall of the Alamo the Seguin's formed a rear guard for Sam Houston's army and the Seguin's all Tejano unit comprised an entire flank of Houston's army at the battle of San Jacinto.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the Texas State Library: </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In Gonzales, Seguín organized a new company that functioned as the rear guard for Sam Houston's retreating army. Seguín's unit became the only Tejano unit to fight at the Battle of San Jacinto. Seguín and his company were singled out for their bravery by both Sam Houston and Edward Burleson. By the Mexicans, Seguín was considered a traitor.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">source: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/giants/seguin/seguin-01.html</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">-Who would you trust to get your back and your sides in a fight? General Sam Houston trusted the Seguin's. Who are these men? </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Some other points on the all but forgotten Seguin and the Seguin's:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">-Erasmo Seguin represented Texas in the National Congress in 1824</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">-Juan Seguin was a Mason alongside Stephen F. Austin</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">-The town of Seguin (orginally walnut springs) was home to the Texas Rangers, visit the Magnolia Hotel in Seguin for some history. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This is just a small teaser on Seguin and the Seguin's whom the town "SHOULD" be proudly named after. Instead Juan Seguin is all but unknown or misrepresented and Erasmo Seguin lies in some unmarked grave at his Floresville crumbled mansion. We owe these men better, Texas owes these men more than this and I hope someone with more skill can tell their story.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I will never understand why the Seguin's are shunned even by the town that carries their name. From a simple business marketing standpoint you would think that the town of Seguin would push the historical value of Seguin and the Seguin's and promote to the millions of visitors visiting the Alamo each year to make the short drive to Seguin. Or promote on the basis of being both part of and directly in between two famous battles of the Texas revolution. Instead what can only be <span style="font-family: "noto sans" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">described</span> as sheer incompetence, possible racist motives, corruption, and blind stupidity Seguin is home to the world's largest "Fake" pecan.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Just to drive home how backwards the government is in modern day Seguin they recently hired a marketing firm, from outside Texas mind you, and $58,000.00 or more later hard earned tax payer dollars were paid out to come up with Seguin's new town slogan. Drum roll........."It's Real". Face-palm, but I'm an optimistic guy so I took the liberty of making my own versions to go with the new Seguin Texas slogan, "It's Real". Do be careful for the city of Seguin has a large police force and the city loves to have people arrested and ticketed for everything. This could be the cities largest source of revenue, but then again people in Seguin might just like living in what seems to be a communist state. Maybe somebody should make some t-shirts, "I was arrested in Seguin and all I got was this lousy t-shirt". Most of the country would be wearing them in a couple months, but how about some Seguin slogan's that are almost "Real". Enjoy.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-80690873216569566332016-07-01T10:50:00.000-05:002016-07-01T10:50:11.641-05:00Are you hurting your friends company?Years ago I was speaking with an acquaintance in business and they
happen to ask me about living in Austin Texas. At the time I lived in
Lakeway Texas just outside Austin on beautiful Lake Travis. My home
overlooked the Lakeway marina cove and I always recommend a good friends
business further down the lake on Lake Travis- Carlos N Charlies. I do
believe in supporting my friends to the utmost of my ability, so I
tried to never miss a chance to tell people to go to my buds places like
Carlos N Charlies or their other restaurants like Iron Cactus and newly
acquired Z Tejas grill. Carlos N Charlies would have large concerts or
tremendous July 4th fireworks displays and tickets were sometimes hard
to come by. So I was taken back when this person asked if I could get
them free tickets and I of course naturally responded why on earth would
I get them free tickets?. I realized that I was not the only one
confused at this point in the conversation. Don't get me wrong for both
Mike & Gary (owners Iron Cactus, Z Tejas Grill, and Carlos n
Charlies/past) comped me more meals, drinks, and free concert tickets
than I ever felt comfortable with. Sometimes I asked for tickets and I
was never told no, especially after too many drinks in Devil's Cove on
Lake Travis, but I did try to limit what I asked for. I'm sure I failed
miserably at this, but I tried.<br />
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Looking back I was developing a philosophy subconsciously that I adhere to
violently today and in conversations with other business owners I'm not
alone in this. Because it's a friends business I don't want something
from them for free and I hope you don't get anything for free either.
Free means that is money out of my friends pocket, less money their
family has, less money for the business to hire and keep employees, and
less money to expand in the future. Generosity is one thing, but when
either you find yourself or others expecting and/or demanding something
of your friends company I hope you pause for second and ask yourself
this question. Are you helping your friends to become successful or are
you a drain on your friends company and resources?<br />
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I have asked for things of friends and they in turn have asked me. I'm
honored to do what I can to meet each request, but sometimes it does get
tough when the request end and the demands start. Obviously something
triggered this post and you would be correct in thinking this. I'm
eager to share <a href="http://www.texasangeloil.com/">Texas Angel Oil</a> with the world and I offer free bottles
all day long to close friends, veteran groups, deep discounts to others,
and generous discounts to strangers. At the same time I received a
message this week, "I'm out of Texas Angel Oil and you <u>need</u> to send me a bottle tomorrow immediately!". I <u>need</u>
to? Really? Keep in mind this is a person who is extremely
financially sound and to my knowledge has never-ever ordered from me.
Nor to my knowledge have they ever shared their love of <a href="http://www.texasangeloil.com/">Texas Angel Oil</a>
with anyone either directly or on social media. Most of all, this is
someone who has never simply said thank you. A thank you is not needed,
but it sure would be welcome. Yes I'm sending them a bottle by the
way, but it will be next week.<br />
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I'm very grateful for my friends and I hope you take a second when you
can to utilize their businesses. I give you my word that my friends
will not let you down and your money will be well spent. I'm sure your friends would welcome you spreading the word on their companies and spending your money with them as well.<br />
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In no particular order and this is not a complete list:<br />
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<a href="http://ironcactus.com/">Iron Cactus </a><br />
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<a href="http://dallas.culturemap.com/">Culturemap</a><br />
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<a href="http://ztejas.com/">Z Tejas Grill</a><br />
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<a href="http://sumo.vc/">Sumo Ventures</a><br />
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<a href="http://vaughtstudio.com/">Vaught Studio</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.escalantes.net/">Escalantes</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.shiner.com/">Shiner Brewery</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.wu-yiteaco.com/">Wu-Yi Tea Company</a><br />
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<a href="http://rhinoworldwide.com/">Rhino Marketing</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.superior-ext.com/">Superior Exteriors </a>
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Here at Texas Angel Oil we are often asked about the intricacies of an olive orchard and what exactly is the number 1 thing to look for in selecting a great extra virgin olive oil. Cutting through the noise and varying view points on this debated subject and utterly ignoring the intended use for your olive oil and we find only one answer summarized in the following simple 3 rules.</div>
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Any extra virgin olive oil you select most likely at one point had an optimal freshness date with a sublime taste worthy of any kitchen. The best olive oils in the world lose their stature over time and this alone is part of the reason many store bought olive oils can taste similar with enough age. "I couldn't tell a difference in olive oil until I tried Texas Angel Oil."- this is common for us to hear this from our customers. To a fully trained palate of an olive oil expert who becomes one with the olive and makes slurping sounds while drinking olive oil will choke on this post, but oh well. Who really drinks olive oil by the way and who in the hell came up with the way self proclaimed olive oil "experts" taste olive oil? Dip your finger in it and taste, or sop some up with some fresh artisan bread, drizzle on a fresh salad, saute some sea bass, or marinate a nice brisket and you will know if it's good. Sorry...I drifted way off topic.</div>
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We are hypocrites for the next part of this post! I strongly urge you to look for "born on", "pressed on", or some other type of dating on your olive oil bottle to determine when the olive oil was made to determine it's freshness. Fresh being the name of the game in extra virgin olive oil and the fresher the better is a key fundamental to getting a good/great extra virgin olive oil. We are such a small orchard selling out our inventory after each pressing we (DON'T) have dating on our bottles. Now you know the reason for the hypocrite statement and I'm sure other small olive orchards have the same challenges we do in labeling with dating on each bottle. With that being said you can reach out to your preferred olive oil maker and ask them when their current batch was pressed. With larger olive oil companies who easily can provide dating on each bottle I would build a wary eye if you only see best by dates and no manufacturing dates. Olive oil made in the past 1-6 months is ideal, but olive oil as old as a year properly handled can be worthy of any meal you intend. Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil is typically sold within 3 months of pressing, but can retain it's medium to full robust flavor ideal for all cooking types up to 9 months. Picking on Texas Angel Oil in this example, Texas Angel Oil can still be used up to 2 years after pressing with proper handling and storage. However, once you open your Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil bottle we strongly recommend you use it within 60 days.</div>
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For those of you who know me have heard my strong political views over the years and my willingness to share those views. Rarely do I find myself falling into agreement with any one political party or movement, but I do align more with one. Experience has proven to me that no one person or group has the answers, especially in politics. Which is why I often find myself confused with my fellow Americans when I see many looking to the people who broke it for the ways to fix whatever the perceived issues are of the day. Odd that I have both evolved and regressed simultaneously in my political views and I would most likely define my political stance as an Old Austin Hippie! Truly old school Texas hippie, the hippie that just doesn't want want to hurt anyone and most of all just wants to be free and left alone to live life as one deems fit. This view is in no way connected to the modern perversion of the hippie that showed up in the 60's and is on show for the world to see today. Politics in general and especially political "solutions" all seem to be about some varying form of control plain and simple. Control is power for some and heartbreakingly it is also the loss of freedom for the rest.<br />
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The point of all that is this; I have tired over the years of politics and in many ways I have regressed back to my youth in avoiding it. I'm slow to discuss politics with anyone and I spend more time listening to others and their views. Evolving to the conclusion that many Americans aren't as far apart as it once appeared to me. I have found most want to be free to live their lives, raise their families, contribute to this world, and love their God in the manner they best deem. It's just how different people think it's possible to get there is the rub. <br />
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All of this to lay the frame work to share a recent conversation meant in "jest" by a friend about some odd - different - insane laws around the country. Don't get me wrong for I'm in Texas with plenty of odd laws in force today. Example: (1-Texans can't buy liquor from a liquor store on Sunday's, but you can buy liquor on Sunday at a bar. Texas car dealerships can only be open on 1 day over the weekend.) Obviously society would collapse if people bought Tequila on a Sunday and then purchased a new Ford F-150 pickup. So when a friend joked that with all the soda and salt bans passing around the country I might have to require a special permit for customers to be able to order Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil. Imagine having to go to your local city council and prove you are both capable and responsible enough to order extra virgin olive oil online. Maybe you would have to acquire a special glass handling permit combined with a safety course including how to properly dispose/recycle aforementioned glass olive oil bottles. Food safety classes and permits and on and on... Are people really too stupid to make their own choices? I don't think this at all and I actually don't think many do, but those who seek to control our lives is endless.<br />
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Luckily I'm in the wholesome fresh extra virgin olive oil business and I don't have to worry about such things. Well if Europe is any indication, from a recent Olive Oil Times article, I may not be as safe from the busy body control hungry individuals, groups, lawmakers, or whomever they are in this world coming after all of us. It would appear that my intent to produce and provide fresh high quality extra virgin olive oil is not as free from the "Control" crowd and I had once hoped. Time will tell if I become an olive oil revolutionary yelling, "Give me fresh high quality extra virgin olive oil of my choosing or give me death". From the Olive Oil Times; full article link at bottom:<br />
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I finally took some downtime recently back home in Cypress to reflect on the past days, weeks, months and what turned into the decade. From watching my kids grow, "false" terminal illness, daughter's horse back accident, divorce, moves to different cities, and changing careers entirely. No point really, but it is interesting to realize that I find one of my newest companies (Texas Angel Oil) to have challenges that I have not previously encountered. Any company wants to grow and acquire as many customers as possible, well NO! This statement can be parsed so many different ways; you want the right customer to you want the right image in the marketplace. However, my first ceiling is simply that I'm unable to produce enough high quality product for the demand I already have. This is a great problem to have and one area I find myself needing to keep in check is my ego.</div>
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Granted I have been blessed to have genius friends who will read this and name a couple million holes in my thought process. However, I have a severe limitation with the amount of olives I can both grow directly and procure from other Texas orchards. Basic supply and demand that affects every step I make in growing Texas Angel Oil. Every year as more olive trees mature my volume can increase, but until then I'm limited to a current estimated production of 50,000 bottles of premium fresh extra virgin olive oil. (Update: new agreements expand my capability to an est.. 100k bottles) Many well meaning individuals have had both national and international distributors contact me about Texas Angel Oil. Along with a slew of other recommendations…..</div>
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For those of you who have tried my extra virgin olive oil you can understand why I'm struggling to keep up with demand and for Pete's sake I just got the website up. So piss off…..is a thought that undeservedly I have had about others. Talk about an ego test right! I'll sell every bottle I make because I'm the best. Wrong- I'll sell every bottle I make due to being blessed with a great opportunity to bring the world Texas Angel Oil extra virgin olive oil. I'll sell every bottle I make because I have great friends, family, and colleagues whom I'm thankful for every step of the way with their unwavering support.</div>
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My extra virgin olive oil is the best and I'll work on the ego.</div>
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<br>only six other olive trees estimated to be over 2,000 years old in the
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<br>prized in European countries, are relatively unknown the America's. I
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<br>catching up to do in the olive tree world, but Texas extra virgin olive
<br>oil is second to none. It's good to know that my labors today in the
<br>orchards can last thousands of years. I do wonder what is the oldest
<br>olive tree is both in Texas and in the America's? Some more research to
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<br /><br />Getting to the basics of extra virgin olive oil did you know olive oil is made from the olive "fruit"? Many oils are made from seeds.<br /><br />- The Mediterranean region currently produces about 94% of the world's olive oil. Spain leading the pack in producing an estimated half of the worlds olive oil supply. The U.S. is producing less than 1% of the world's olive oil and the numbers on Texas olive oil production compared to the world almost don't register in percentages.<br /><br />-Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made without any heat or chemicals, while plain olive oil is a blend of some extra virgin olive and refined olive oil. Hence the latter has the bland flavor, but unfortunately many think olive oil in general is bland.<br /><br />-Light or Extra Light olive oil is in reference to the flavor and not the fat or calorie count. If only my mom knew this one growing up and I might have tried real extra virgin olive oil at a much younger age. If you like oily goo with no flavor then definitely buy light or extra light olive oil. For the love of God please don't!<br /><br />-Extra virgin olive oil is actually not an indicator of the flavor or quality. With many differing colors of extra virgin olive oil the color alone is not enough to pick the right one. Extra virgin olive oil is best fresh and with that I encourage you to try Texas Angel Oil. If you don't try my olive oil there are many incredible producing olive orchards in the U.S., try some of them and you will be shocked.<br /><br />Texas Olive Ranch, Bella Vista Ranch (Texas Olive Oil), Lone Star Olive Ranch, Central Texas Olive Ranch, and Texas Hill Country Olive Company are all outstanding. There are a couple of other Texas olive orchards, but I tried the aforementioned companies oil and I hope they continue their success. Try my Texas Angel Oil or some other Texas extra virgin olive oil and you will forever be changed in how you view olive oil and realize why Texas is gaining the world's attention for high quality olive oil.<br /><br /><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
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It's been years since I posted the therapeutic messages for myself on this off the wall blog. My children and myself are together as a family and we have adjusted well to the horrific chaos that was our life in dealing with the Texas Family Code. My children's mom and myself actually get along after finally trusting that the other parent does have our children's best interest. Obviously one of us was extra stubborn and thick headed and thus it took many years.... Enough about me.<br />
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"The worst day with my children easily beats the best day without them!"</div>
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<br />Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-9280432205133580582011-11-09T08:19:00.000-06:002011-11-09T08:19:29.602-06:00Winston!!!!<div>
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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Never, never, never give up. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality. - Winston Churchhill<br /><br />A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchhill</div>
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchhill</div>
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. - Winston Churchhill<br /></div>
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchhill<br />
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If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. - Winston Churchhill</div>
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See picture and yes I love Reagan.<br />
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<br />Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-84457817073073302252011-11-02T13:19:00.000-05:002011-11-02T13:19:11.239-05:00A picture is worth a thousand words<div class="mobile-photo">
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<br />Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-67804124166508587912011-10-31T15:34:00.000-05:002011-10-31T15:34:48.792-05:00What is Halloween?<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">HALLOWEEN</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Halloween is considered by most in the United States as a fun holiday, mostly for children, but it has roots in ancient religions and folklore, including paganism, ancient Roman religions, early Catholic Christianity, Irish folklore, and even British politics! Children and adults alike enjoy this holiday today, with funny costumes, candy, and parties, while some countries observe this time as a remembrance of departed loved ones and religious saints.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Here is a short history of this holiday: History</span><br />
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Halloween is a holiday with ancient roots that had a much greater meaning than the boisterous, costume-filled holiday that we know today. Around 2,000 years ago, the Celts, who lived in what is now the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northern France, had a festival commemorating the end of the year. Their New Year was November 1, and this festival was called Samhain, pronounced sow-en. The end of their year signaled the end of summer, the end of the harvest season, and the beginning of a long, hard winter that often caused many deaths of animals and people. Weaker livestock were often killed and eaten during this holiday, since most likely, they would not survive the winter anyway. Because of this, and the cruel winter to come, this time of year signified death to the Pagan Celtics. They believed the night before the New Year, that the wall between the living and the dead was open, allowing spirits of the dead, both good and bad, to mingle among the living. Some of these spirits were thought to possess living people, cause trouble, ruin crops, or to search for passage to the afterlife.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Samhain was considered a magical holiday, and there are many stories about what the Celtics practiced and believed during this festival. Some say the spirits that were unleashed were those that had died in that year, and offerings of food and drink were left to aid the spirits, or to ward them away. Other versions say the Celts dressed up in outlandish costumes and roamed the neighborhoods making noise to scare the spirits away. Many thought they could predict the future and communicate with spirits as well during this time. Some think the heavily structured life of the Pagan Celtics was abandoned during Samhain, and people did unusual things, such as moving horses to different fields, moving gates and fences, women dressing as men, and vice versa, and other trickeries now associated with Halloween. Another belief is that the Celtics honoured, celebrated, and feasted the dead during Samhain. A sacred, central bonfire was always lit to honor the Pagan gods, and some accounts say that individual home fires were extinguished during Samhain, either to make their homes unattractive to roving spirits, or for their home fires to be lit following the festival from the sacred bonfire. Fortunes were told, and marked stones thrown into the fire. If a person's stone was not found after the bonfire went out, it was believed that person would die during the next year. Some Celts wore costumes of animal skulls and skins during Samhain. Faeries were believed to roam the land during Samhain, dressed as beggars asking for food door to door. Those that gave food to the faeries were rewarded, while those that did not were punished by the faeries. This is reported to be the first origin of the modern "trick or treat" practice. (If you're looking for halloween costumes, check out <a href="http://www.halloween-costumes-masks.com/">discount halloween costumes</a> for great deals.)</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">In the First century A.D., the Roman Empire had taken over most of the Celtic lands. The Romans had two festivals also celebrated at the same time of year as Samhain. One was Feralia, also in late October, was the Roman day honouring the dead. The second festival was for Pomona, the Roman goddess of trees and fruit. Pomona's symbol was the apple. These two festivals were combined with Samhain in the Celtic lands during the four hundred years the Roman Empire ruled over the Celts. The goddess Pomona's apple might be the root of the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Over the next several hundred years, Christianity had spread to include the lands inhabited by the Celtics and the Romans, but the festival of Samhain was still celebrated by the people. The Christian church reportedly did not like a festival with Pagan roots practiced by Christians, so a replacement was needed. Pope Boniface IV designated May 13 as All Saints Day to honour dead church saints and martyrs. Samhain continued to be celebrated, so in 835 A.D., Pope Gregory IV moved the holiday to November 1, probably to take attention away from the Pagan Samhain festival and replace it. Since All Saints Day was sanctioned by the church, and related to the dead, the church was happy, but many Pagan traditions of Samhain continued to be practiced, including bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costume. All Saints Day was also known as All Hallows, or All Hallowmas (Hallowmas is Old English for All Saints Day). Since Samhain was celebrated the night before November 1, the celebration was known as All Hallows Eve, and later called Halloween. In the year 1000 A.D., the church designated November 2 as All Souls Day, to honour the dead who were not saints, and they eventually became combined and celebrated as Hallowmas.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">On All Souls Day in England, the poor would "go a-souling". They would go door to door asking for food, and in return, would pray for the souls of their dead relatives. It was widely believed at the time that the souls of the dead would await passage into heaven until enough people prayed for their souls. The Christian church encouraged this practice to replace the old Pagan tradition of leaving cakes and wine out for the spirits of the dead. The poor would be given "soul cakes", which were pastries made for those who promised to pray for their dead relatives. In some cultures, soul cakes would be given in exchange for a performance or song as well. Children eventually adopted this practice, and were given food, ale, or money.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Jack o'lanterns are a Halloween staple today, with at least two historical roots. The early Pagan Celtic peoples used hollowed out turnips, gourds, or rutabagas to hold an ember from the sacred bonfire, so they could light their home fires from the sacred bonfire. Another tale from folklore gives jack o'lanterns their name. In Irish myth, a man known as "Stingy Jack", who was a swindler and a drunk, who asked the devil to have drink with him. Jack convinced the devil to change himself into a coin so he could pay for the drink, but Jack put the coin in his pocket next to a silver cross, which trapped the devil, preventing him from changing himself back. Jack agreed to free the devil on the condition that the devil would not bother Jack for a year. Next year, Jack tricks the devil into climbing a tree to fetch a piece of fruit. While the devil is up the tree, Jack carves a cross into the trunk, preventing him from climbing back down the tree. In order to get out of the tree, the devil promised Jack not to seek his soul any more. When Jack died, he was not allowed into heaven, because of his drunken and swindling ways, but he was not allowed into hell either, because the devil kept his word. Taking pity on Jack, the devil gave him an ember to light his way in the dark, putting it into a hollowed out turnip for Jack to carry on his lonely, everlasting roamings around the Earth. People from Ireland and Scotland would make "Jack o'lanterns" during this season to scare away Stingy Jack and other evil spirits wandering about.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Over the next several centuries, superstitions about witches and black cats were added to to the folklore and legends of Halloween. Cats were thought of as evil, especially black cats, and were killed by the thousands in Medieval times, possibly contributing to the Black Plague, due to the shortage of the rat's natural enemy, the cat. During this time, the church created the belief that evil witches existed.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">In the 1500's, Martin Luther created the Protestant Church, which had no saints, so no All Hallows Day was allowed. On November 5, 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed for attempting to blow up England's Parliament. Fawkes, along with an extremist Catholic organization he belonged to, wanted to remove the Protestant King James from his throne. The English wasted no time to have a celebration to replace All Hallows Day, so Guy Fawkes Day was celebrated from then on. Many traditions of All Hallows Day were practiced, such as bonfires, and children asking for money, but the reasons why were different. Bonfires were known as "bone fires" originally, because they were lit in order to burn an effigy of the Catholic pope, burning his "bones". Two hundred years later, the effigy of the pope was replaced by an effigy of Guy Fawkes, prompting children to go door to door, asking for a "penny for Guy", so they could make their effigy to burn. In the New World, the colonists celebrated Guy Fawkes Day for a while, but as the colonies became the United States of America, Guy Fawkes Day fell by the wayside.</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">In the United States</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Halloween was not a popular observance in early United States history, as most of the early settlers were Protestant. At the time, Halloween was considered mostly a Catholic, Episcopalian, and Pagan holiday, and therefore largely ignored. In the southern colonies, such as Virginia and Maryland, there were some Halloween customs observed. The first common events were called "play parties". These parties got neighborhoods together to celebrate the harvest, dance, sing, tell stories of the dead, tell fortunes, and have pageants for children in costume. By the mid 1800's, immigration increased, and many Irish immigrants, mostly Catholics fleeing the potato famine, brought many Halloween traditions with them. Jack o'lanterns found a new face, the pumpkin, which was very plentiful in the New World. Catholics and Episcopalians sought to preserve their traditions, so started an effort in the late 1800's to popularize and make their holidays known to the general population. By campaigning to put these holidays (Halloween and All Saints Day) on public calendars, magazines and newspapers started to publicize these holidays, and soon became popular in the United States more as a community and family holiday, rather than one of great religious and supernatural importance.</div>Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-76587833048180050852011-10-28T11:17:00.000-05:002011-10-28T11:17:56.658-05:00How many statue of Liberties are there? You sure?<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4OfBtgMSlV0CttwQoNYvE__3r4RgQWTJAjctEt58QAIonmrxXmaM6dcWbyFMTQG6CHQ_eAb-SAXhJ_JdW2RJ2_rbSwW2N-sEblXJafNkIgDBPqePZZGSQVTpmMtA3YQ2Q4SBOlCXa54/s1600/second-statue-of-liberty-713271.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668577782357506930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4OfBtgMSlV0CttwQoNYvE__3r4RgQWTJAjctEt58QAIonmrxXmaM6dcWbyFMTQG6CHQ_eAb-SAXhJ_JdW2RJ2_rbSwW2N-sEblXJafNkIgDBPqePZZGSQVTpmMtA3YQ2Q4SBOlCXa54/s320/second-statue-of-liberty-713271.jpg" /></a></div><div>Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty in the U.S. and she is looking good at 125 years old. But how old are her sister(s)? Not sure, but I just learned that their are actually 3 statues and all this time I only thought there were 2. No big surprise given that I'm a product of the public education system.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Fun Facts on the Statue of Liberty:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 22px;">She stands at the entrance of New York harbor . . . a 151-foot statue of a woman holding a book and a torch on-high. "Liberty Enlightening the World" was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States to commemorate the 100th anniversary of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">American indepen-dence. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Her American name is the 'Statue of Liberty' and she adorns not only New York's harbor, but also Swan Ally Island in the Seine River in Paris and also Paris' Luxembourg Gardens. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, there are three Lady Liberties! They are all symbols of friendship, freedom and peace between the US and France. </span></span></span><br />
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</div>Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-69089314864549602982011-10-25T07:46:00.000-05:002011-10-25T07:46:16.121-05:00John F. Kennedy is missed!<div>What is the American dream? To own a house, free healthcare, destroy the rich? I thought is was simply Liberty.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today, at home, and around the world.</div><div>Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty."</div><div> -John F. Kennedy</div>Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-78773856490937701392011-10-19T09:35:00.000-05:002011-10-19T09:35:44.262-05:00Occupy the Cafeteria<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSNPbiH-TH1ecBArdVeHzhx8PYUGLQtMOYCq7e8woYmJ8Fu9W3h46eBh3pnO3nm9dxMJXfn4ROPY2Ww6CjZeZp1Ik9d24Az3paCbAnvLypF0q-C77aVd0tAkp-dcrBDTjl1JVTi-IB2U/s1600/occupyMAP-794128.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665211735282954978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSNPbiH-TH1ecBArdVeHzhx8PYUGLQtMOYCq7e8woYmJ8Fu9W3h46eBh3pnO3nm9dxMJXfn4ROPY2Ww6CjZeZp1Ik9d24Az3paCbAnvLypF0q-C77aVd0tAkp-dcrBDTjl1JVTi-IB2U/s320/occupyMAP-794128.jpg" /></a></div><div>I think the occupy movement is on to something, but I'm still wondering when they are going to protest at the White House.</div><div></div><div>I would be down with a Occupy the Cafeteria movement. Holy cow I'm not sure what they serve at my kids school, but food or food product doesn't come to mind when I've attempted to eat lunch with my kids at school. Needless to say that I pack my kids lunch everyday, but it is handy to make my kids buy their lunch at school when they get in trouble. Ha.</div><div></div><div>Now it appears thanks to new regulations in 2010, our school cafeteria's have a new mandate to provide less taste, but more nutrition. I guess the culprits behind this brainiac of a plan love the Miller Lite beer commercials and have delusions of grander with their own school lunch commercial with bikini clad girls wrestling in jello yelling, "less taste, more nutrition". So the girls in their commercial might not be wrestling in jello, but you just never know.</div><div>How come at home we can cook great tasting food that is highly nutritious, as well as many restaurants accomplish this as well, but our schools have to shoot for less taste? Given the powers that be love to medal and take away every one's choices, couldn't they at least have a little higher goals. Better taste and better nutrition is really not hard, either retrain or higher people in the cafeteria with some actual cooking skills. Hey can my kids school get a Jamie Oliver intervention, I love that he seems to get it and the name of the game is Fresh. Ever notice all the canned goods in your kids cafeteria? Instead we are removing salt from the tables and limiting ketchup. How on earth did this end up in the federal governments hands anyway? Shouldn't this be up to the local school and parents, but then again along with everything else it appears to be a control issue. </div><div></div><div>Here's an idea; Cooking classes in the cafeteria. Kids could learn about nutrition, gain some real life skills, have a sense of accomplishment in cooking for fellow students, learn about business (dare I say evil capitalism). My kids cook at home with me and I guarantee they can out cook anyone currently working in their schools cafeteria.</div><div></div><div>OCCUPY THE CAFETERIA!</div><div></div><div></div><div>Less taste, more nutrition article: <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/stcharles/education/article_f87400c9-4f1e-524f-9cfb-464617188a88.html">http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/stcharles/education/article_f87400c9-4f1e-524f-9cfb-464617188a88.html</a></div><div></div><div>Jamie Oliver website: <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/">http://www.jamieoliver.com/</a><br />
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</div>Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017031041859068125.post-36562834538790891642011-10-17T10:37:00.000-05:002011-10-17T10:37:43.346-05:00Are your kids vaccinated?<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDzknaiSBote5P5F33I7VVesfqxIsvOWWH3ukTpm3j3RvUORVyhKTllnUMih9P6E_R4C2GY2-vAeR69t2usFx0GTS7vJhEcT0jgiz6rcBmvdeL9eim99nx3POp3Vj0OSq0IGpFM0443k/s1600/vaccines-714816.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664483825365517906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDzknaiSBote5P5F33I7VVesfqxIsvOWWH3ukTpm3j3RvUORVyhKTllnUMih9P6E_R4C2GY2-vAeR69t2usFx0GTS7vJhEcT0jgiz6rcBmvdeL9eim99nx3POp3Vj0OSq0IGpFM0443k/s320/vaccines-714816.jpg" /></a></div>A German study released in September 2011 of about 8000 UNVACCINATED children, newborn to 19 years, show vaccinated children have more than twice the diseases and disorders than unvaccinated children, and perhaps five times more of certain disorders.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children/survey-results-illnesses.html">http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children/survey-results-illnesses.html</a>Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636523648088137013noreply@blogger.com0