India was required to go to the Stock Show this year for her 4H Llama club.  Liz and I brought her with her Friends Leanne (left) and Ray (middle) and it was a hoot!Liz and I checked out the stockshow while the girls did their chores.  First stop, the Cowboy Bar.  But first, gotta sanitize those hands!  Ha, didn’t seem very Cowboyish to me.Liz was in love with the cowboy in the background.Oh just having a beer with the cows, nothing special.Don’t remember the last time I stood on peanut shells AND a manhole at a bar.This was next to the ducks/chickens/roosters/crazy birds and they meant it.Liz was mesmerized by this pig’s tail.

The family and I was in Omaha for Christmas and it just so happen’s that one of our favorite musicians Conor Oberst was playing a show while we were there.  Being the the cool cats we are we were put on the VIP list of course.  Or was it we spent $60 on ebay for tickets?  I can’t remember.  Anyways, we got there early through the freezing rain and proceeded to play the worst game of pool the bar has ever seen.  Finally some music came on so we could stop embarrassing ourselves.Up first was Renee Hoover.  Decent Omaha style music.  Mellow, grown up and talented.  Good opener.Up next was Simon Joyner.  Did I mention these photos were taken with my cell phone?  Well, they were.  I didn’t like this set at all.  BORING.  Put me in  bummer mode and made me tired.  From what I can remember Liz enjoyed it somewhat at least.Finally Conor and crew came on stage.  Here’s the setlist that I found on what is hopefully a reliable blog.North of the CityCape CanevralI Won’t Ever Be Happy AgainSomething VagueTrain Under WaterBowl of Oranges10 WomenScaleI Know You (new song)Poison OakMoabMilk ThistleEncore:New YearFreemenRoll OnI Don’t Want to Die (In the Hospital)Pretty much the whole set was awesome.  Hearing some of the older Bright Eyes songs was awesome.  My favorites of the night were Something Vague and Train Under Water.  I didn’t really enjoy the encore when pretty much everyone from the previous two bands got on stage and joined them.  But I totally dig that about Conor Oberst.  He wanted to have a Christmas party type show and he did.  Fun times.