Point #35- Texas "Varmint" Festivals

To obtain this point: One must visit a "Varmint" Festival in Texas.
- My personal preference would be the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Round-up that claims to be the "Largest Rattlesnake Round-up in the World". (I'm not sure if rattlesnakes are technically varmints, but I count them. If there is an varmint specialist out there that wants to debate...bring it on!)
- A Mosquito Festival would also work. I say this because there is a festival in Clute (The Great Mosquito Festival) that fascinates me.
- Other varmints that would count: armadillos, bats, fireants, coyotes, bobcats, possums, rabbits, cockroaches, prarie dogs, and even alligators.

From Dicitonary.com:
var⋅mint /ˈvɑrmənt/[vahr-muhnt] –noun (Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.)
a. vermin.
b. an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
2. a despicable, obnoxious, or annoying person.

I love the fact that Texans have festivals to celebrate even their most annoying animals.

Anyways...this point has been fermenting for a while, but it came to fruition when I ran into a Texanacious friend of mine today at work and he told me about visiting the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Festival. He loved it! He was able to skin a rattlesnake- now that is Texanacious, right? I guess the biggest worry about skinning a rattle snake is perforating the bladder...Who would have guessed? Sounds like the reason is that it smells really bad. Therefore, before you skin a rattlesnake, make sure you brush up on snake anatomy to prevent being 'that guy' who cuts the bladder.

Other parts of the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Round-up includes the crowning of Miss Snake Charmer, a rattlesnake eating contest, a Rattlesnake Round-up Cook-off (tastes like chicken, right?), and a Rattlesnake dance.

Enjoy Texas, and don't slice the bladder...

Point #34- Texan Advertising Bingo Game

To obtain this point: One must play the Texas advertising Bingo game.
Above is the Texas Advertising Bingo game. To play, one would print out copies and distribute them to friends. You can either play during a trip to a mall/grocery store or during a longer period of time (try to get a Bingo blackout in a week!).

Have you ever wondered how a marketing department in Texas works (probably not, but bear with me). Well, I am not a marketeer, but I reckon that it goes something like this:
Marketing intern, "We need to sell crummy tasting corn tortilla chips in Dallas. What can we do?"
Marketing executive, "How about we make them in the shape of Texas! That always works!"
Tortilla Chip CEO, "Genius! I can't believe I didn't think of that!!"

Yes there are Texas shaped tortilla chips...and Texas-centric beer cans (for all the major brands), Texas edition trucks, Texas toast, Texas salsa, Texas Watermelons (from the Valley), Texas flag coffee mugs in the shape of cowboy boots, Texas-shaped pewter salsa bowls, many kinds of Texas Christmas ornaments, Texas-shaped cutting boards, Don't Mess with Texas shirts/hats/and underwear, Texas-shaped waffle maker, and even a Texas-shaped Diamond ring.

I feel that it is important to understand the strong branding that is associated with Texas. Therefore, this point is on the list. Also, I want every Texanacious person to be able to enjoy Texas-shaped Potato chips so go to your local HEB and buy some today!!

Enoy Texas and buy Texas-Made when possible...keeping it local until the next time.