Tag: animals
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Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!
Photo courtesy of http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Sorry for my hiatus in blogging, dear friends. Last week my project consumed my life and I just haven’t gotten back into the swing of blogging regularly. However, today I’ve got great news – which you may have already heard about but if not, check it out! Temple Grandin, PhD,…
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Temple takes the Emmy’s by storm!
Temple Grandin, the movie, won 7 EMMY AWARDS! Last night, the woman who many people don’t even know about made a huge impact at the Emmy’s. However, when I googled “Temple Grandin + Emmy’s” this morning the first 3 hits were “Temple Grandin wins big, who is she?” She is an advocate for autism, diagnosed at the age of 2, and has written…
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Proud to be a Redneck
I’m from the backhills of southeast Kansas – and damn proud of it. I grew up going mudding, wearing camo, attending bonfire parties in pastures, swimming in the horse tank and watching tractor pulls & demo derbys (and loving them). In addition to those ‘ignorant’ activities, I helped my family raise and train horses and…
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Kids ask questions, please provide answers!
My little sister is quite possibly the coolest person on Earth – at the moment she’s tied with Dr. Jim Nelssen but she’s only 6 and 3/4 so she has lots of time to move up. On the rare occasions that I get to see her, sometimes she’ll go with me to feed horses. We…
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Ohio gives consumers A+ education
I just returned from a wonderful ‘vacation’ at the Ohio State Fair. My future in-laws show hogs at the state fair which happens to occur during their home county fair – not exactly an ideal situation. So, I go and help out with the hogs and try to stay out of the way in Columbus…