My dad did before me; I think he started with them in 1968. There's just not many of these businesses left to buy feed from in central Iowa, I guess you could say it's almost a landmark in Nevada. To the livestock producers in this area, they are very crucial.

These guys are just the best. The entire Watts family are very big supporters of this community. For any kind of charitable work - you come in and ask, and they immediately get out their checkbooks and write you a check. They are really supportive, and I just hope the community will come together and support them now.

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.

Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.

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