Category: Covert 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?

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Lack of Value

People who do not value your time

When a person does not value your time, they do not respect you.

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!!!

Chip Van Hassel
Moon

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;

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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 –
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!

Chip

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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.

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.

Japhy