# My name is Thomas Christensen
I am Milliron X

## What is a “Milliron X”?

It’s a cattle brand, of course! My cattle brand!

The milliron is the bar with a bend in the middle. It does not represent anything physical or textual per se, and is therefore a rather unique element in cattle brands. Millirons are difficult to modify into another brand, and provide a guarantee of authentic ownership.

X is the letter of mystery and mystique. For nerds, it’s the unknown in any algebra problem. Ranchers and cowboys will associate it with big names like the “Bar X” and the “Double X.” In either case, it lends itself to a sense of withholding, prestige, and power.

Together, these two symbols represent the qualities I strive for in each of my works: authenticity, originality, power, depth, and prestige.

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### Cow Herding with Magica - 1

04 Dec 2014
Thomas A. Christensen II

On a cloudy day, Magica was ready to go get the cows and move them to their new pasture.

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### Cow Herding with Magica - 2

02 Dec 2014
Thomas A. Christensen II

It was time to bring the cows in for pregchecking, and I captured it all with my GoPro. Here is a selected scene where Magica helps out.

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### The Wild West's Bloopers

01 Dec 2014
Thomas A. Christensen II

Just because the West wasn’t wild doesn’t mean that there weren’t some wildly funny mistakes made there. Entered in the Wyoming State 4-H FilmFest.

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### The Wild West Wasn't So Wild After All!

22 Nov 2014
Amanda Christensen
Malea Christensen
Thaddaeus Christensen
Cecilia Hewlett
Jeremiah Hewlett
Thomas A. Christensen II
Christiana Hewlett
Colette Christensen
Jedidiah Hewlett
Cindi Hewlett

Mention the West to the average person, and images of gunfights, barfights, and train robberies appear in their mind. Recently. historians have begun to refute these visions, though. Learn about what made the Wild West really quite tame compared to today’s civilization from the words of historians like Thomas E. Woods, Jr, Terry Anderson, and Peter Hill. Then listen to old westerners like Buffalo Bill Cody, J. H. Beadle, and a gold miner tell what they knew about the “Wild …

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### Brian Harry's blog

Where else are you going to find a blog about cows and version control? The blog is basically dead now, but it’s still fun to go back and read the farm stories.

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