Griff, yesterday I went to the Fresno County Fair, one of the things which is really cool about living here. I spent a lot of time watching the FFA guys showing their goats, it was the same procedures as showing Australian Shepherds, they even move the feet so the goat is standing in an elegant position and looking noble, or as much as a goat CAN look elegant and noble. There were also some newborn kids, very tiny like cats because their mom is a dwarf breed. All the Nubians stood up on their hind legs with their front hooves on the top of the fence and tried to nibble our hair. Goats also try to talk to people who come to their pens, unlike the cattle at the Fair who just lie there and poop.
If I didn't live in a condo, I'd probably have gone home with a few goats of my own
That afternoon, the Honorable Governator Ahnold visited the Fresno Fair and was photographed holding a baby goat! I missed seeing that, but I did get within 10 feet of him in the Agriculture Exposition building, where he squeezed peaches (gotcha, Bruce!), patted babies, and made a speech about how Fresno County was the foodbasket of the world. Yeah, it really WAS, once, when I first visited here in 1970, but now the local officials have become whores of the developers and have allowed most of that finest agricultural land in the world to be paved and covered with sprawling, hideous subdivisions for which there are no trees, parks, water, or public transportation. I don't wanna get started on that, though, because the Fair is one POSITIVE experience we have every year and I always look forward to it. Anyway, Ahnold is much shorter than 6 feet tall, his hair is dyed and sprayed like a Texan's, and he was wearing makeup. He also stood there patiently with a grin frozen on his face while a 90-year-old Republican fan shouted the chorus of "God Bless America" in his face (that was painful even from 10 feet away.
All in all, the goats were a lot more fun than the Governor
