"The Atomic Nightmare Mix!"

...should obese people be able to sue restaurants?...do fast food joints make people gain weight?...do they intemidate them and make these people feel they have to eat?...is that true about buffet style eateries?...do they encourage seconds &/or thirds?...should the calerie & nutritional facts be placed next to the item?...will customers know how to read, interpret & digest the facts...if not, who will teach the American public?...how will they do it?...should there be a nutritional school?...

...7/18/03: Tiger Woods had a not so good day at the British Open...7/19/03: he played better...a survey reveals that 66% of those surveyed feel that gays are more accepted in 2003 society...young people are the age group most involved in fatal accidents...they have not had years of experience in handling sudden decisions...only IL & NH require older people to prove their capability to drive...FL requires people over 80 to pass a vision test...that state has the most senior citizens...

...7/18/03: slightly cooler today...4 AM...open front door...Captain doesn't want to go outside...he prefers after 5 PM...Claudette dumped lots of water to S NM...4 inches of rain fell between Deming & Las Cruces...ABQ may get some moisture by 7/21/03?...the city will get $3 million to clean up, or rehab, the Bosque...

...7/18/03: left work @11...went to the bookstore then had another wonderful meal [alone] at Ming Dynasty...Dim Sum is served, but only by request...it is also an expensive eating proposition that usually provides leftovers...we were treated to a coconut milk fruit dessert and wet towels to clean our hands...we will definitely go there again...some more shopping, then home...now, Gateway laptops start at $799...the following is something I read and saw on TV...masturbation could prevent some forms of cancer...most [on-line] charities are scams!...in downtown ABQ, there is a sign for the Albuquerque Petroleum Club???...

"What Dr. Heideman wants, Dr. Heideman gets!"

...7/19/03: pre-dawn chit-chat in bed, then back to sleep...a pilot falls aslep, but claims he was just resting; the co-pilot assumed control of the plane...police cars, ambulances & bus have been stripped down (no "bells & whistles") and will be sold at an auction in Santa Fe...it appears that our repairman Mike has left the Beach...a carjacking occurred at gunpoint between 2 & 3 AM, in the 2200 block of Central...this was near the Frontier Restaurant & UNM...the vehicle, a Lexus, was later recovered in SE ABQ...

"Thoroughly Modern Makeover!"

...being a stranger may mean no friends, but it also may be interpreted as having no enemies...

...151 soldiers have now died in Iraq, another today...the Navy Seals started a brush fire in CA during training sessions...

...the high pressure over NM will be pushed to the west by a low pressure, bringing rain (?) & slightly cooler temps...7/19/03: at 7:30, it was 76 degrees at Cape Cod...Central Park in NY is 150 years old!...in Africa, Bush saw 2 elephants mating, up close & personal!...by 7/20/03, the Bush campaign will have raised $41 million...this is more than any Democratic candidate...

...Johnny Depp's movie, Pirates of the Carribean, is very good...but, at 2 hours & 20 minutes+, it may be too long for children...the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has not received good reviews...

...7/19/03: Brad prepared a delicious Saltimbocca All Romana, served with a Greek Salad...heavenly!...

...was the Santa Monica driver leaving the scene of another acccident when he killed & injured those people in the open market...Canada may soon define marriage as the lawful union between 2 people...7/19/03: which do you prefer...the folk years' music of the 60s'...or the ultimate music of the 70s'...these 2 ads were on at the same time, but on different channels...7/20/03: now, it's the Sounds of the 80s'...which arouse memories of the jukebox @the Exile...you know, maybe this is Dr. Heideman's way of filibustering!...to what purpose?...?...saw a show in which a straight professional race car driver dressed up as a woman, Porche Mercedes (with heels!), and performed at a NY drag club...he/she was tutored by [gay] men & women on how to walk, act & lipsync...?...

"In the final analysis, the President is responsible for what he says, not the CIA!"

...as of now, N Korea can easily attack S Korea & Japan...political analysts think "we" could win a war against them in a couple of months...others say this is a most serious threat...so, should we strike now before they have a stockpile of nuclear weapons?...

...7/22/03: Bob Dole turns 80!...

...7/20/03: leftovers day!...ABC Channel 7 AM news pre-empted by the British Open...Tiger Woods did better on 7/19/03...saw Ocean's 11...very good!...Captain kept meowing just after we went to bed...no matter what we did or where we went with him, he ended up in our bedroom constantly "talking"...so he stayed the night in my bathroom...human remains found in a CA home...sex slaves found in a NY home...4 teens killed in TX...intimate items of JFK & Jackie auctioned...$5,000 for a pair of boxer shorts?...one man's junk is another man's art treasure...person who bought pciture for $5 at a yard sale...now has a Jackson Pollack painting valued in the millions!...

...thanks to QE2, Pierce Bronson is now the next Sir James Bond...Nelson Mandella turns 85...invitation only birthday party in S Africa with guest such as President Clinton & Oprah Winfrey...the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial is held at Gallup on 8/6-8/10/03...

"The best tops can go to the bottom!"

...President Bush has the ability & power to raise money, taxes, blood pressure, suspicion, doubts & tempers...wow!...

...new "D" tropical storm near the Azores...Canada also wants to legalize marijuana...

...7/20/03: Pirates of the Carribean pushed its 12-day total to $132.2 million and vould become the year's fifth movie to top $200 million...the year's top moneymaker, the animated fish tale Finding Nemo, had a $7.3 million weekend to cross the $300 million mark...

...7/20/03: lots of lightning, some cloud to cloud, and rumbles of thunder...storms around us...where's the rain?...that's my beef!...from 6 to 7 PM, it came down!...the lights & power dimmed & faded, but never went completely off...then, by 8, the storm moved west, and things were back to normal...31 days without rain!...one-third of an inch fell in a 1-hour period in parts of ABQ...parts of Mesa Verde reopened...near Ft. Sumner is a wind ranch which will generate power for 94,000 people...

7/20/03 PM: It's really raining outside!

...7/21/03: humid AM!...slight constipation for the past 2 days...problem resolved, with the help of yogurt...the Smithsonian & other museums around the country would like to display wreckage of the space shuttle Columbia...

...7/21-22/03: funeral services for Celia Cruz were held in both New York & Miami...

...7/21/03: security personnel (?) sent to Liberia...no committment by the President yet...this conflict has been waged for 13 years...Iran has nuclear weapons which could strike any Middle East country plus India...countries will not send troops to various war zones without an OK from the UN...

...a theater employee, who was a known sex offender, choked a teenager after forcing her to have sex with him...she had to die because if she told someone he waould have to go to jail...this same man also raped a 3-year old...a father from NH killed his children somewhere on a route to CA...the reason: divorce custody decrees...end of an era...the Biltmore cork broke, snapped in two...Brad's visit to the doctor went well...no serious conditions...Cassandra bought a Jeep Liberty...I found the Nuclear Medicine area, home to the second Geri I know...

...7/22/03: companies are still letting employees go...inventory remains the same...equipment is not replaced at the same rate as in previous years...the confidence in the business sector is very low...

...7/22/03: Bush says that Syria & Iran harbor terrorists...and will be held accountable for their actions...PVT Jessica Lynch returns to her home in WVa, where she will continue her rehab therapy...countries are upset that the US is detaining their citizens in Gitmo Bay and not allowing these prisoners to consult with attorneys...people in Bush's White House staff knew about the incorrect info re: Iraq & uranium, months before the President's speech...above all, Bush wants to focus on the positive aspects of the war...a US military official confirmed that Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were killed 7/22/03 in the northern city of Mosul...in Baghdad, people celebrated with a shower of bullets...the tipster will receive $15 million as a reward...there is still $25 million for the whereabouts of Saddam...

...Rosanne will be at a conference on 7/23-24/03...Dr. Heideman wants to bill for a conscious sedation by incorporating it into a consult...CACU no longer has a 28-bed limitation...31 patients appeared on the Census for that area...the Curse of the Rounds still exists!...UNM HR employees reprimanded for sending X-rated E-mail!...

...crazy!...a man cut an ear & fingers off his girlfriend...then he burnt her mobile home, killing her child...and, finally, he drove off a cliff in the Sandias...hopefully, killing himself...an on-line scam...pay a company $30 to prevent you from receiving pop-up messages...I know how to delete items, and that's free...

...no rain here on 7/21/03...in & out showers around the city...7/22/03: brief downpours...7th & Copper store fronts are painted salmon, reddish & plum!...the ABQ Isotopes draw record crowds!...the lost Central bus on Tues PM...arrived home @5 PM...
...Liberia...from reckless shooting to cease fire...for now...but no longer, as attacks begin again...W Africa provides support...more US Marines arrive...

...7/22/03: day of despair...Brad spends money at a faster rate than I earn it!...7/23/03: I'm still "down"...it is hot & very humid @5 AM...

...7/22/03: the death of Saddam Hussein's 2 sons causes the stock market to go up...but, another tape surfaces...dated 7/20/03, Saddam tell the Iraqi people to revolt & attack US forces...are we behaving like the countries we are fighting against?...some do not believe the sons are truly dead...concrete evidence to be presented...the deaths of these 2 men are thought to bring stability to Iraq...that the old regime is finished...it actually breeds more skepticism...there are celebrations in the streets of Baghdad, shooting gunfire in the air...there are also loyalists of Saddam who are striking back on account of these murders...7/24/03: "proof positive"...pictures [graphic] of the 2 men killed...those who want to believe, believe in what they want...and 3 more US soldiers died that same day...they belonged to the battalion that attacked the home of Saddam's soons...some of the actions attributed to PVT Jessica Lynch were actually performed by another soldier who died in battle...the news report states this other person fought bravely all by himself...if there was no one else with him, how does anyone know what he did?...