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Entries for August, 2010 in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
I am married to an older woman. She is my senior by about five months. Recently, she had her birthday. It was while she was in Trinidad with family, so her present was given to her when she returned. The ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Josef (?) was the father of Jiri (1744), who was the father of Jakub (1776), who was the father of Frantisek (1799), who was the father of Joseph (1824), who was the father of John (1846), who was the father ...
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During a recession, just do what you are told...
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
The best thing for a business to do during a recession is to just follow the crowd. Just watch what others do, imitate, get in line, be a copycat, and never, never innovate. This would be the prescription of failure ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Watch out or you will get hammered by a hard head. Some can be so stubborn. They just don't know when to quit and are mixed up. Are they a cat? A fish? Definitely not very good looking. I think ...
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He came into world with a cord around his neck
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Scare. Fear. Anxiety. Purple. 5 pounds. Waiting party. 12 hours. N.I.C.U. That was 7 years ago today! My wife and I had been married 2 years 70 days and a couple hours when our first born came out of the ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
At the Victoria Economic Development Corporation meeting this morning (remember every Tuesday morning at 7:30, free coffee), the executive director of Sure B.E.T. gave a presentation which included some statistics on reading levels of criminals in our jail system. Having ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
So my family travelled back from Trinidad and Tobago last Friday. I know, I know, you were deeply disappointed that I didn't have a blog post. Please forgive me, my wife would have been upset had I not been there ...
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What is in the Victoria water?
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Unlike Dave Matthew's advice of "Don't drink the water," many of my friends have been drinking the water. At least that is the only explanation I can fathom. What else could it be? And God bless them, it is hot, ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
is just one of the things that is on my mind as the school year begins to dawn on us, and already has in some schools. St. Joseph High School started classes this week and public schools next week. You ...
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Actions speak louder than words
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
The recent VEDC meeting went passed the alotted time of 30 minutes (nobody seemed to mind at all) and the crowd swelled to the largest I had seen. Dale Fowler and Adrian Cannady gave us the background on Caterpillar choosing ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Wow, what a weekend! Somethings only happen in Texas. For instance, looking for the basement at the Alamo. That only happens in Texas, for one, we are the only state that has the Alamo. That seems like a prettt good ...
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"A butterfly flies to a flower, stays with it...."
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
were the words of the infamous Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock played by Kiefer Sutherland in the movie "Young Guns." He was one of my favorite characters in the movie, one of the only ones with what appeared to actively engage ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Last night I joined some friends for the evening. Before I joined them, I cooked my supper, remember I am missing my personal chef that cooks way better than I and looks a heck of a lot better as well! ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
I have so many dream jobs that have crossed my mind. I think it is due to being interested in many different things in life. In a recent Top 100 tweeted by @GuyKawasaki reminded me of one that would be ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
This past weekend, an online friend took his child on a trip and visited a few places. He said his trip went well and it brought to mind the memories of parent/child trips I had when growing up. On one ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
This weekend I travelled to San Antonio for a great talk by a missionary type priest. It was a small crowd of about 10,000 people in the AT&T Center that came from all over Texas to hear him speak. I ...
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"Hallmarks of progress" for those "Victoria Days"
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
I made it out to hear Coastal Bend last night at Greek Brothers. It was fun times, good times, funny drinks, and great company which brought much merriment to "Ease your worry mind." That is yet another experience in my ...
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Forgive my cultic behavior...alism diagnosis
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
After Sunday's article on Matt Ocker, I wanted to take a few days to think about all the involvement from the local community. As you know, a particular hobby of mine is localism. Hence, I mention many things local in ...
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U2 is right, "Get on your boots..."
By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
Although Brooks and Dunn wrote "Boot scootin' boogie" and it applies very well with the number of dance halls around town, I found another theme song that is worth the $1.29. We definitely live in an interesting time. Big government ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
I am a huge supporter of buying from local businesses here in Victoria. I do prefer going to restaurants where I can see the owner moving about the floor and even better when I get to meet them. I am ...
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By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria
"When you hear twin fiddles and steel guitar, you're listening to the sound of the American heart..." were the words I heard over and over again when my son heard the George Strait song streaming from the truck's CD player. ...