We are living in a world of covert narcissists; so the best way to act is more adult than the people around you.
Chip
You’re welcome.
Category: Narcissism
Open Letter To Three Chimneys Farm
The decision to scratch Great White behind the gate at the Kentucky Derby was the wrong decision.
“I’m sure the horse is shook a little bit, but it didn’t appear like he thumped his head on anything …” -Jerry Bailey
Horses suffer falls harder than that while playing out in the field!
The Sport of Kings is the sport of champions- a competition showcasing the unity between horse and man.
Scratching Great White is a black eye inflicted upon an already beaten-down industry!
Horseracing has genuflected to the fascism of bureaucratic red tape in the guise of “safety”.
Greetings, Fellow Horsemen,
While witnessing the scratch of Great White behind the gate during post time of the running of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, I vehemently disagreed with the decision to scratch him!
I was greatly appalled, heartbroken and stricken with grief for our beloved sport!
I mourn over your loss! The whole team of Three Chimneys Farm has been deprived of being able to reap the rewards of its work: the stall muckers, the grounds keepers, assistants, foremen, secretaries, investors (and all of the little people who nobody’s ever heard of whom keep the Operation running smoothly,) the efforts of Thoroughbred Conditioner John Ennis and of Journeyman Jockey Alex Achard.
‘Tis a Great Loss to Three Chimneys Farm!
‘Tis a Greater Loss to Horseracing!
‘Tis an unaccountable Void in History’s Great Record Book!
The decision to scratch Great White pierced the thin veil of truth and integrity which protects the Sport of Horseracing!
Question:
What part of Great White’s body did the Vetrinarian claim there was not enough time to evaluate at that moment in time? His head? An ankle? Which part?
Continue reading “Open Letter To Three Chimneys Farm”Man of Lawlessness
The man of lawlessness shall be revealed.
“Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.”
2 THESSALONIANS 2:3
Warning Regarding Adulterous Women
“Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’
And call understanding your nearest kin,
That they may keep you from the immoral woman, …”
Solomon said,
PROVERBS 7:22
“… he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, …”
Lack of Value
People who do not value your time
When a person does not value your time, they do not respect you.
Chip Van Hassel
Those who do not value your time see the lack of value within themselves and are compensating.
Public Service Announcement:
Treating a person’s time as less important than your own is Covert Narcissistic Abusive behavior.
Narcissists get their energy by finding a victim to abuse; then they destroy that victim’s life.
Be wary of the micromanager!!!
Lazy Racetrakers
These people do not like me, because I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around!
The Bullshit I Put Up With
I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around. That is why coworkers do not like me. I am a guy who, “pulls the wooden shoe out of the cogs of the gear.”
The Lazy Racetracker
Nobody wants the boss or the boss’s son around all the time; and the Lazy Racetracker wants a promotion for doing nothing.
Example;
Continue reading “Lazy Racetrakers”Cooking In the Rain
I held back the tears,
washing that dish,
Knowing that those eyes would soon
shimmer no more upon me;
Glimmer no more in my sight;
Blink neither a tear of sorrow with me,
Nor open in excitement at me!
Leah’s eyes –
Chip
They shine and glimmer
as if two stars
from Orion’s Belt
have escaped their constellation
to take throne
upon the most
beautiful place
known to the universe!
A Day of Church.
“Look! He’s punching holes in the darkness!”
Sunday March 2, 2025
17:57 HRS
76°F Sunny and breezy
Bible Verse: PSALMS 119:10
“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
PSALMS 119:10
-Morning-
Sunday is church day.
I attended church service at the Ocala Farm Ministry this morning. It was a light congregation- smaller than it was a couple of years ago when I had attended. Chaplain Bob was so inviting! His smile was the light of the room!
Before the service began, I wrote about a recent experience. I wrote:
Continue reading “A Day of Church.”Not Acting Like An Idiot
Wearing a jacket with the presidential seal on it is not him acting like an idiot; because he’s not acting at all.
This man, wearing this jacket is just like an actor, wearing a jacket with the presidential seal on it. What functions Robert Ee Niro carried out in his life to dignify him wearing that seal? It is comparable to someone wearing a fake badge or pretending to be something that they are not!
To which industry and in what realm has Robert De Niro dedicated his efforts and time to suggest that he has any direct affiliated with the Oval Office?
When he played mobster roles, we respected him and viewed him as a hard, strong-willed, level-minded tough, scary bad ass!
When we see him speak on television, today, we laugh at him and view him as a weak-willed, mentally imbalanced, frail, pitifully, adolescently humorous hack!
You could come to the conclusion that Robert De Niro appearing publicly wearing a jacket with the presidential seal on it would be foolish, and acting like an idiot,… But… 
No, This guy is not acting!
When Gaslighting Does NOT Work
“You’re smart.. You’re tough. You’re Beautiful. The reason they’re attacking you is because you’re good at your job. …”
When Gaslighting did not work, here is what President Donald Trump said to Sarah Huckabee Sanders:
“You’re smart.. You’re tough. You’re Beautiful. The reason they’re attacking you is because you’re good at your job. …”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Repeating encouraging words which President Trump had empowered her with after she had been abused and gaslighted by angry Democrats)
Lazy People
Lazy People In The Workplace
When dealing with people, (they are like zebras never changing their stripes,) evil doers will never switch-over to the side of good.
Japhy
When forced to interact with selfish people, you are tested of your kindness, patience and self-preservation.
Develop your ability to adapt and change, so you do not fall in to their trap of acting the ways in which they do.
Encountering Narcisists
People Turn On You
The moment I realized she is not my friend. …
Low-Level Workplace Jealousy
When surrounded by abusive, self-loathing people,
Japhy
what you want
out of the situation
only depends on
how much of their abuse
you are willing to take.