An Astonishing Man

After dining on my corn dog at the fair I went with Rodger to sit with him at lunch in the Sponsors Tent. I think Rodger has had all the carnival food he can handle after three days.

We were joined by a really nice guy by the name of Benjie Segovia. He runs the Country Store at the Fair. He is a marketing specialist with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. He spends a lot of time in Mexico working to improve the genetic makeup of Mexican cattle. He does that because much of our beef supply comes from Mexico as calves because the depleted grazing lands in Mexico are incapable of fattening up those calves. Apparently those calves are hard to fatten up once they are here too so work is being done on genetics to change that.

Anyway during the course of our discussion we started talking about Mexican laborers in the United States. I asked Benjie if he had ever seen the movie, "A Day Without A Mexican", which is a funny movie about what would happen in Los Angeles if one morning everyone awoke and all Mexican workers had disappeared. It is a hilarious movie.

Benjie then said something I could not believe. He has not been to see a movie since he went to see E.T. Think about that. Think about how much money he has saved that would have otherwise gone to buying buttered popcorn and diet coke.

I didn't think anyone could go that long with out going to a movie. Admittedly, I am on the other end of the spectrum. I go at least 3 or 4 times a month in addition to having three net flix movies delivered to the house every month. I am a movie freak. Anyway, Benjie is a really nice guy and I hope someday soon he will find the time for some big screen viewing.

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