Old man winter is visiting. Mighty chilly. I only wish we would receive a substantial amount of snow. From an agriculture viewpoint, a deep freeze and substantial snow fall just does something to mellow the ground. I can't explain it, but it invigorates it! Another mystery of nature.

Reidman called me yesterday. He was bedded down in their game room. Had his tent up and his bed roll out. He was ready for cold weather!

Rian and I were talking and he mentioned how expensive health insurance is for his family. I told him he didn't know expensive, YET. We continued the conversation talking about the age-ing process and related expenses. He told me the age-ing process is becoming more and more real. I can't help but be tickled to hear him say this, he will be thirty this year.

I think this year is going to be an eye opener for Lrn. She will turn 18, and she will graduate high school. And she doesn't have a clue. She doesn't associate reward with work. She simply associates reward with "want". She along with Ln don't understand that reward can be more the monetary. When they are talking about what they want to be, their main questions is how much money can I make as ...........?

While money is an important part of the happiness equation, it is not a guarantee. And don't you forget it.

In continuing my rant about corporate America and it's waste, probably the biggest violation I have heard of was Howard Stern's bonus. 83M. And for what? There doesn't appear to be an end to "stupid" when it comes to businesses in America. It would appear that too many companies have too much $$$$$.

I recently read an article talking about the PGA players championship. They are wanting to bring in the top money winners from the tour and let them play at years end, the winner taking a ten million dollar share.

Today there is a story about Michael Strahan being ordered by the courts to pay his ex-wife 15M+. I don't have a problem with him being ordered to pay it, I have a problem with the amount being a portion of his net worth.

I think back to the early athletes playing a season and then working normal jobs until the next season. Today's athletes only play a sport. There is no way you can convince me today's athletes "earn" these inflated purses and wages. We must be nuts to support them. Saddest part is that many of the professionals will be broke when their brief moment in the spotlight is gone.

From where I'm looking, this world is really tilted in a bad way.

FATHER, keep me centered and anchored in YOUR ways.