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A Neutered (but thankfully NOT gelded) Blogger
With all due respect to the Cleveland Cavaliers, their former superstar (and his sprained ankle), and the little war of words that’s gone on there over the past few weeks concerning karmic payback for this or that perceived slight…I submit the following simple tale: 1. man goes to Las Vegas, the city of sin and…
Show String Selection Time
Well it’s that time of the year again: the spring shows have all opened up their registration systems and now, after months of hemming and hawing, we have to name our team’s final rosters. Picking one’s show animals is something that I’m sure is done somewhat differently depending both upon the farm/ranch in question and…
Back to Reality
Sorry not to have posted anything for several days now, we (sans children) have been away in the mythical land of fairy tales and excess: Las Vegas, NV. The official reason for the trip was to see what the scene was like at the Priority auction being put on by several folks in this business…
New sales listings on the CCNF web site
So after stepping back for a while and not writing any new copy for sale animals post-National Elite Auction (read: sucking my thumb, feeling sorry for myself), that little hiatus is now officially over. We have begun the process of creating what really amounts to our first new private treaty sales listings in almost 4…
Bumped, bruised, and I don’t care!
In the realm of backyard games that can be played by a group of people I think perhaps only wiffle ball (baseball doesn’t imitate life and life doesn’t imitate baseball: they both imitate wiffle ball!) could possibly compete with pond hockey for the amount of fun generated. Though I will grant that the last time I…
Deprived alpacas
Yes, the rumors are true! We deny our animals so much that they are forced to eat snow to sustain themselves. Why would one want water out of a nicely heated Nelson waterer after all when you can chomp on the fluffy white stuff instead? Now if only they could drizzle some maple syrup on…