PLAYOFFS!

Well we sold some more tobacco today. We had some that got rejected, which in our case meant it was too moist and we have to try and dry it out some more. Overall it sold pretty good though.

We took one of our amigos today and he yielded some good information for us. He says that all of the latino help there are illegals. I like working on the right side of the law as a good christian should. I am a bit annoyed though. Why is our government telling us we could get a ten thousand dollar fine per head for employing illegals when a warehouse run by a tobacco company can employ over forty illegals? Why isn't the rule enforced? I do have to admit that we have had border jumpers before. They have told us they swam across the rio grande to get inside and then paid off someone called a coyote to get them somewhere where they could work. We have had mexican help on our farm since I was a high school sophomore and have been working with the H2A program the last three years. We might as well go back to less regulation and pay if the rules aren't going to be enforced. If we stay with the H2A program we have to pay more for hourly labor anyways. Currently dad is not sure if we can afford that and we are cautious about returning to the program.

In other news I have mixed feelings about this weekend. I have a ticket to the bengals playoff game. Well actually I have four tickets and have been deemed responsible as to assembling and coordinating the plan. I really like to be able to say or plan, that I am going to leave at a certain time and have minimal input from others. I now have to find a time that everyone can meet at, a place for them to meet at, and coordinate the rides. It looks like I am going to meet double T and Dr. T at Dr. T's office and then we are going to meet my sister and her husband at eastgate to head to the stadium. I still haven't heard from pharmacist Ron and doubt he even realizes what is going on at this point. I am excited about going to a NFL playoff game, especially one with my favorited bengals playing. However the weather is going to be unfriendly to staying any bit of warm. I am going to be very bundled up. I am still looking forward to getting there and making some noise though. I also have the option of seeing if I have any friends that would like to go. The brother of my brother in law bought a four pack and had two people leave him SOL. So if I can find an interested party to go, I have that option. I may have to break my NY resolution to do so, but nothing ventured nothing gained. It wouldn't really be breaking my resolution since I am doing a favor for others though.

I also heard the terrible news about Artie Lange today. I thought he was really great on the stern show and hope that he can get better. I have seen his one comedy DVD, and my brother has his other DVD. Its hard to say or speculate why someone would try to stab themselves nine times to commit suicide, but I hope he recovers. I would really like to go see one of his shows someday.

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