Tony Tsoodle's Narrative.

Month: October 2022

Season is in Jeopardy.

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On October 8, 2022

In Sports

I have been inside the Cotton Bowl when the Sooners lose, and it is not a good day from then on out. The loss exacerbates the headache from drinking beer in the sun and the previous night’s events. When you exit the stadium, you are beat, hungry, and ready to return to the hotel. This loss today is a bad, bad loss. I remember going to OU games in the nineties because tickets were plentiful. There was a reason for the abundant supply of tickets. The stadium wasn’t adorned with amenities as it is now, and it was inevitable they would lose a game they shouldn’t have. They had moments where they looked like they were going to put it together, but it never happened under Blake (God rest his soul).

I just wonder what is going on with this team. Usually, some leaders emerge at this point. Granted, we aren’t involved in the group’s day-to-day. We don’t know what happens in practice and the locker room. Both sides of the ball were unable to move the ball or stop Texas from advancing on them. Coach Venables is still a new coach, and I feel he will get things together. All good things come in due time. This team will have a fair amount of soul-searching before the Jayhawks come to Norman next Saturday.

DJ & Photo booth

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On October 7, 2022

In Reflections

I had a chance to Dj a fiftieth anniversary on Thursday, and what a good time at someone else’s party. The couple that celebrated five decades of marriage are family friends. Maryjane was my high school secretary, and I was so happy for her and Glenn. They are good people with children that are grown with their own children. Unique family, for sure. What a night!

The party was a Moni’s Pasta and Pizza in Edmond, Oklahoma, from 5 PM t 7 PM. Maryjane and Glenn’s family and friends numbered around seventy-five, and the couple had the entire restaurant rented for the evening. The menu featured pasta, salad, and a cake baked by Maryjane’s youngest son, Caleb. The night’s first half was a time for the guest to converse and enjoy cocktails and drinks from the bar. Dinner was buffet style and served at even. I played music from the fifties, sixties, and seventies, and a couple of songs from artists of today’s music.

Maryjane and Glenn’s children took control of the mic to deliver a few words to the crowd, thanking the audience for coming out and reminiscing about the family rips and guidance their parents imparted. We all should be so lucky to have parents who stay together, raise children, and have great careers.

The photo booth was a big hit! Our Salsa photo booth is always a great addition to any party. It gives your guests something to participate in if dancing isn’t for them. The photo booth offers those that choose the option to capture a picture, GIF, or boomerang. Once the image is taken, it can be texted or emailed to the recipient on the spot—a fun add-on to any party or wedding.

Supreme Leader

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On October 4, 2022

In Uncategorized

I worked for a vapor company during the height of the vapor craze from 2014-2016. I worked as a wholesale account manager who dabbled in product marketing. Product releases were plentiful as any concept you could attach to a flavor of e-liquid begged for a brand identifier. In our office, the collective at The Treehouse on Buzzard Hill was once a potent wholesale, marketing, and branding department of this particular defunct vapor company. We sold thousands of gallons of e-liquid across the country and had a blast in each city we visited. In addition, we set up our booths at vapor trade shows across the country and made market visits to clients’ stores. These stores ranged in size from the emporium style to boutique vapor stores. Remember all the vapor shops around a few years ago?

We had vapor vending in Henry Hudson’s around town. Also had them in Lucky Star Casino in Concho and Clinton.

What a time of free market society and money. It happened around the country, from trade show to trade show, and I met the same people and new customers from each show. The amount of money generated during the industry’s height was incredible. If a brand or concept to sell liquid could be conceptualized, the folks in the flavor lab could perfect the mixture, and the artwork could be created, then it could be taken to market. Its now a messy, expensive process with no promises from the FDA. A ton of creative people operated within the community. Yay or nay, the vaping industry was a bustling industry until the FDA became involved and big tobacco decided profits were at a point where they had to react.

Off to Work I Go…

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On October 2, 2022

In Reflections

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