Tag: animals

  • Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!

    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,…

  • 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…

  • Proud to be a Redneck

    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…

  • 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…

  • Ohio gives consumers A+ education

    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…