...4/19/02: High Wind Warning in central NM (inlc. ABQ), with wind gusts over 50 mph...there is also a RED FLAG WARNING for EXTREME FIRE DANGER across the entire state...emergency drought conditions exist in the entire Navajo Nation, spanning 25,000 square miles in 4 states...chance of dust or sand or tumbleweed storms...the third item blockaded people in their homes throughout CO...4/20/02: sustained winds reached 58 mph in ABQ...a trailer truck carrying a cable tower overturned on I-40 west of ABQ...a roof blew off a home in Los Lunas...there is a layer of dust in the kitchen floor, and in the office & bedroom...
...4/19/02: just after noon on Saturday, a fire started at the high mesa on the Mescalero Reservation. The fire burned five acres. Crews are also working a fire called the Peso Number One. It's also on the Mescalero Reservation. The third fire is near Jicarilla in Taos County. Named Manuel, it has burned 25 acres. The situation is basically under control...the East Coast is in a worse drought condition than NM...cities from Boston to DC, which is 18 inches below normal, are feeling the effect of a dry winter and early spring...
...4/20/02: the ground shook from Maine to Maryland as a 5.1 quake caused roads to buckle and glass to break...its center was near Plattsburg, NY...4/28/02: a tornado struck La Plata, MD, killing 2...tics are making a return to the Duke City...
...4/19/95: the OK City bombing...4/20/99: the Columbine School massacre in CO...third weekend in April: the World Bank meetings in DC...4/22 is Earth Day...1986: the year of Chernobyl & the Challenger...also that year, the fires that scorched the Skyline Drive...1992: the LA riots...1989: the San Fran quake & the Nimitz Freeway...4/30/75: America pulls out of Vietnam...4/30/2001: Chandra Levy disappears on her way to a DC health club...
...from the past memory HQ...the shirts with iron-on decals of various symbols, including the Trident Intl. emblem, made at a store in Key West...the car that crashed into the brick wall of a house on Colonial Ave., facing Second ST...
...5/12/02: Hollywood, the San Fernando Valley and the LA Harbor Area want to secede from the city of Los Angeles...
...Southwest Airlines is the only carrier to make a profit in the first quarter of 2002...4/21/02: Brad made a delicious Beouf Bourguignonne...
Your mind, you're mine, you're...walking on sunshine!
...small fires are continuing to flare up in SW and NE NM during late April...they have been contained (so far)...
...meth labs have been on the rise in ABQ, Farmington, and Alamogordo...85 have been destroyed or shut down since, October of 2001...
I dream that at my coronation, I shocked every foreign nation, giving up my throne to marry you! For I'd be king of all the land, they day you say you'll be my man, and every dream I dream comes true!
...the Gathering of Nations and the Spring Crawl through downtown ABQ took place during the last weekend in April...no major problems reported...the Big I will officially reopen May 25...workers have been leaving their hand prints in the cement, similar to those found at Mann's Theatre in LA, signifying the people who had "a hand" in the project...Brad has recently created Pad Thai, Thai salad dressing, balsamic vinagrette dressing...and we cannot forget roast turkey & bread pudding...plus asparagus in Hollandaise sauce...and the potato salad & the tacos & the enchiladas (muy bueno!)...the list includes the veal with lemon flavored stuffing, and the incredible hot & sour shrimp soup...
...4/26/02: 52 mph winds slam ABQ...4/27/02: a State of Emergency has been declared in NM & 5 other western states...mandatory water restrictions may go into effect by May...there is a wind advisory for the next week, with gusts averaging 50+ mph...a mobile home was blown off its foundation, several roofs were separated from their houses & part of I-10 near Deming was closed due to the blinding sandstorms...1 fire started near Belen, quickly contained...4/30/02: 200 acre fire in the Ute Mtns. has destroyed 2 homes...the cause was a spark generated in an underground coal vein near Durango, CO...the governor may need to close all NM forests, state & federal...to date, there have been 180 fires consuming 61000 acres...
Is this the real life; is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from realty! Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see....
...4/29/02: President Bush returned to ABQ to explain his position on mental health treatment & insurance coverage (this took place at UNM), and to attend a fundraising dinner for Senator Heather Wilson...this is his Campaign across America...he raised $4.5 million in CA...1992: VP Quayle stunned the nation with his Murphy Brown faux pas...5/12/02: Jimmy Carter will speak to Fidel Castro in Havana, the first president to do so since that country's 1959 revolution...
...5/11/02: Graduation Day for UNM students...
...wacky weather; a foot of snow in WI, several inches of the white stuff in New England, tornadoes in OK, MO, TN & MD and lots of rain in TX...5/5/02: snow is expected in NE Montana, possibly as much as 1-2 feet...more fell in MT & ND during the second week in May...
...Farscape continues into its next season on Sci-Fi Prime...Mutant X reaches number 2!...
Who wants to be a millionaire?
...the Running of the Beds in Key West, FL...the last week in April was the worst week on Wall ST since 9/11...the Dow went under 10,000 and the NASDAQ fell below 1700...Mike was overly stressed by the end of that same week...Ann thought he was angry at her...Brad explained the pressure Mike has endured...the creator of Barbie passed away at 85...over 1 billion dolls have been sold since her 1959 debut...her full name was Barbara Millicent Roberts...remember the Crimson Ghost & the Atomic Skull...plus Loose Cannon and Bohemian Rhapsody...and the last week in April of 2002 saw the gym equipment display a big crack on a support beam...no more heavy weights, for an item bought less than 1 year ago...the exercise regiment has been modified to handle the events of the day...4/30/02: Ann had a seizure and fell on her cell phone and the sidewalk, she has a sizable bruise mark on her forehead...5/2/02: Ann called, saying she would not be in work that day because she had suffered another seizure the night before...Brad did the I/P; Mike, the O/P billing sheets...Mike is showing both Brad & Ann's aunt how ro code...Spider Man movie earns $114 million during its first weekend (it cost $130 million to make), $223+ million by its second...but the next Star Wars episode began 5/17/02, with people lined for hours waiting to watch the movie...Attack of the Clones took in $116.3 million in its first four days and became the second-fastest film - behind only Spider Man - to top $100 million in less than a week...med students will be trained by Mike & Ann...Mike's training capabilities are being questioned by another manager...the reason: the length of is employment...Brad's lessons need to be changed...Ann's mother appears to be getting better as a result of the chemo therapy...Mike & Ann will also be training interns, while Brad will continue his learning process at home, per suggestion from Rosanne...who am I to argue with my boss?...5/9/02: a large yellow snake slithered its way across Central Avenue as Mike got off the bus; it was far enough from Mike to pose any problem...
Is that your final answer?
...5/13/02: the National Guard will no longer work at security checkpoints in most major airports...delays may get longer during the summer vacation season...
...again, say it with ENRON; in 2001, the company manipulated energy supplies to CA & the other Pacific Coast states in order to drive prices higher, which resulted in numerous blackouts along the West Coast in order to conserve what little resources they had...
...5/9/02: Ann left early, her mother was not feeling well after a her last chemo treatment; she was weak, dizzy and throwing up over & over...but she felt better on 5//10/02, talking for a long time on the phone, while Ann & Brad just listened...
Desire...survivors!
...5/10/02: the rampage of Mike when he found out that Ann may be moved to another area...Ann told Rosanne that Mike was destroying PCs' and toppling file cabinets...and in the background, you can hear Mike chanting, Don't send Ann!...the rumor was not true, Ann remains in PEDS...however, her life is not dull, because...
...5/13/02: now this is different...Ann called at 7 AM, saying that her husband had been arrested on his way to work for failure to pay $1200 in fines, plus his truck was impounded...more insights...Ann spent the day settling legal problems then had to take care of her mother who took ill during the afternoon...now Ann has to take Skimmer (her spouse) to work, since his license has been revoked...which means she has to adjust her shift and start at 7 AM...5/14/02: Ruth's (Ann's mother) birthday, and Mike wished her happines, for which he got thanked...Ann took her to see a movie...Ann's birthday is May 21...Ann's race car was in a bad accident that will set them back a lot of money...of course, this is not good, since winning means prize money...
...here a phrase, there a phrase...weapons of mass destruction...Hey, mon!...let's do lunch!...Get over it!...smoking guns...Cool! (or Kewl!)...been there, done that...
...add to Buffy's abilities the power of breaking up marriages & relationships, seeing film footage of her so-so lover Spike with Anya making out on a table...they were both drunk & feeling sorry for themselves...being shot herself, and a bullet strikes Tara, killing her...Anya has her [evil] powers back...Spike has left Sunnyvale...Willow is out for vengence...she suceeds in destroying the leader of the group who has been after Buffy...
...there was also a fire near Huachuca, AZ during the same time period...this one burnt 20,000 acres in the Coronado Natl. Forest...it was under control as quickly as humanly possible...
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