...in New Mexico society, age has its merits...but, above all, it's cars & clothes & family...
...a 32,000 acres fire is burning in the hills east of Los Angeles...a missle silo near the Badlands in South Dakota will be converted into a Cold War museum...
"America...tattered, but not torn!"
...9/26/02: a quick midday shower; but storms & winds uproot trees near Santa Fe...
...the end of the 29 inch waist may be near!...9/27/02: 21 cars of a 91-car train derail on US 60 near Mountainair, blocking tracks in both directions...the contents were ketchup, asphalt & sodium...the Dow drops 295 points, to land at 7603...some causes are the fear of war plus OPEC not increasing oil production...Delta Airlines layoffs: 1500 workers...people buying cheaper or generic cigaretts, which is not helping companies such as Phillip Morris...this is a Bear Market!...9/28/02: 2 storms = 2 rainbows!...9/29/02: GM is recalling 600,000+ SUV's; faulty seat attachments...DC has some of the worse intersection designs of the nation...they cannot handle heavy traffic plus traffic lights are placed in poor locations...the Balloon Fiesta will be held 10/5 - 10/13/02...there were Octoberfest events in September?...gas prices up 10 cents in one week! (now $1.39)...
...this week, in 1966, was the television debut of the singing group The Monkees...
...9/27/02: sprinkles during the day...then thunder showers with sleet during the night...Little Lows are rippling along the jet stream from CA to here...9/30/02: Lili is a hurricane, with wind speeds up to 100 mph...10/2/02: Lili has grown to a Category 4 storm, with winds up to 140 mph; she is heading for the same are that was struck by Isador, the East TX & LA coastline...residents are being asked to evacuate much of the coastline, all the way to Panama City, FL...10/3/02: Lili has downgraded to a Category 3, but has sustained winds of 120 mph, with gusts to 150...she struck the LA coastline at mid-morning...this is the worst storm to hit LA in 30 years...the storm surge was as high as 6 - 10 feet at New Orleans...over 850,000 people have evacuated to higher ground...it was still a very powerful storm...but fortune was kind; by the time it reached the shore, Lili's winds were 90 mph...still, the entire state of LA was declared a disaster area...and in the Atlantic, approaching the East Coast, is Kyle!...for the past week, the storm has gone up & down in wind speed...10/10/02: it is now a weakening tropical storm, 370 miles east of Cape Canaveral, with wind speeds of 35 mph...Kyle keeps getting bigger & smaller, bringing lots of rain & wind to the Carolina coasts, and resulting in one death, due to a car crash...10/13/02: it is finally heading east into the colder waters of the Atlantic, to die a frosty death...
...severe storms in SE NM...hail in Santa Fe...possible 6+ inches of snow in the CO & northern NM mountains over 8500 feet, and a wind advisory for the center of the state, which includes ABQ...
First there was house, then garage music!
...9/29/02: over 4 dozen vehicles, in various parts of the city, had their tires slashed...a meth house was demolished; in it were found hyperdermic needles & 2 bodies!...Santa Fe is discouraging hotel growth in order to preserve its water table...Brad made some spicy chili...41 million Americans were not covered by health insurance during some time in 2001...a 65-year old woman won her black belt in karate this weekend...9/30/02: the Dow is down another 100+ points, putting it at 7500!...audit done by Rosanne...careless mistakes made...more work comes in...more audits to do...more people wanting their billing charges coded...more stress...RAVEL down during mid-morning...and in the wings is a brand new coder...Rosanne thinks it will take 2 weeks for her to get settled in (whatever that means!)...plus Geri & I have to review NeuroPsych charts for possible errors in the number of hours entered...plus get ready to audit Hem/Onc APC billing sheets...plus send to Rosanne forms that need to be updated with new ICD codes, effective 10/1/02...and prepare to teach Pulmonary on APC (although they may teach us a lesson!)...and, like all workers, Brad doesn't think he will survive at BCBS...we have just had some bad & gloomy days...so far, I have called this the Week of Wrong!...10/2/02: this is another day I wish I were back in DC....but, Rosanne wanted to know who could work the week between the holidays...the pay may be double time & a half!...so I can hope that she still has faith in my abilities...and the UPA kitchen has 2 new microwaves, a new toaster & a repaired refrigerator (we have 2)...and Brad will work O/T during Jan. & Feb...only as much as his body can tolerate...then Dr. Anaya replaced Dr. Lattimore for 3 days, 10/1-10/3/02...doctors will rotate on a weekly basis during October...which means more paperwork!...10/2/02: Geri & I both wore red tops & black slacks...Geri also said that Mike does the audits because of his computer knowledge; the screen is too complex for her...10/4/02: staff meeting...Xmas lunch: 12/13/02 from 1-2:30 at Furr's Cafeteria at Wyoming & Menaul...after that & a short lunch, Geri & I explored the Medical Records Catacombs to determine if the visit entries were correct for a particular doctor...yes & no...neither of us know anything more about the new person starting on Monday...
9/30/2002 & 10/1/2002: "Days of Defeat" for Mike W.
...Rosie will be out the entire second week in October, moving into her new home...Darrell will be out that same week, entertaining company here see the fiesta...and Geri is out on 10/11/02, driving to Alamogordo to see her family...therefore, the new person will walk the Rounds with me...
....but I will never, never take the #5 (Montgomery/Carlisle) bus to work, even if it arrives at my downtown stop earlier than #11(Lomas)...the route is longer, so I lost any time that I gained (and more) by not waiting those extra few minutes...the same is true when going for comics, never take #5...10/2/02: my tall friend (whose name I found out is Stan) had a good joke about it today!...but that's all changed...10/9/02: did not get on the #5 bus, then waited until 6:50 (almost 45 minutes) for the first Lomas bus to arrive...with a little luck, arrived at 7:05, called Rosanne to say I was there...and, of course, the new coders were waiting for me to do the Rounds!...one of the other people who waits for the #10 (4th ST) is called Frog (?)...West Coast dock workers' strike costing $1 billion per day in lost revenue...the president may make them return to their job...it's labor vs technology...it is entering its second week...the strike ended, but employers say the workers are too slow; the employees cite the congested conditions on the piers due to the work stoppage...
"I haven't made up my mind to go to war with Iraq... Military action is not the first option." George W. Bush, 10/1/2002
...supposedly the police have caught the gay bashers in West Hollywood, CA...
...a letter should be on its way bringing news of the retirement settlement...10/5/02: received instructions on the disbursement of funds plus tax payment options, and when to expect the money (probably, early 2003)...it should still be a reasonable amount of money...during the first six months of 2002, the NM casinos have earned $197 million, of which they have paid $15 million to the state...and Mayor Chavez is accused of using his PAC fund to pay for trips to Japan & his wife's phone bill...people are calling it a slush fund to pay for his personal expenses...natural gas rates will be higher this year...why?...low usage last year meant less production; therefore, less fuel available; therefore, the customer has to pay more...does that make any sense?...
Much worse than a "bad hair day"!
...the House agrees to give the president the power to use force against Iraq...this proposal has gone to the Senate...the president will address the nation on 10/7/02 about Iraq...advisers say the address - now in its fifth draft - seeks to synthesize the case against Saddam, the reasons war may be necessary and why the threat is imminent...President Bush warned that Saddam Hussein could strike without notice and inflict massive and sudden horror on America, offering a new rationale for pre-emptive military action against Iraq...10/6/02: Congressional leaders say that a resolution authorizing war against Iraq, is expected to pass with little dissent...this will strengthen the U.S. hand at the United Nations & increase pressure on Saddam Hussein to disarm...10/5/02: Israel, a country with nuclear weapons, staged its bloodiest assault against a Palestine stronghold, which has limited military armaments...Israel claimed that the area housed terrorists...yet George W. wants to attack Iraq before they strike at our country again...a country with nuclear weapons versus one that may have weapons of mass destruction...
...the Dow slid 188 points to 7528; the NASDAQ, down 25 to 1139...10/7/02: the Dow stumbles down to land at 7422...10/9/02: the Down dropped 215 points to close at 7286...the NASDAQ fell 15 points to land at 1114...
...10/3/02: 5 shootings in the Maryland suburbs over a 16-hour span of time...10/4/02: a woman is shot outside a Fredricksburg, VA mall while putting shopping bags in her car...that same evening, another person is shot in DC...10/7/02: a student is shot in front of a school in Bowie, MD...places like parks & shopping areas have seen a decline in the number of people who want to travel or go outdoors...
...end of an era; my Protector razor broke into many pieces...10/4/02: 46 degrees at 5 AM; 20s' & 30s' in the mountains; sunny & cool all day...10/5/02: went to the barber, then Albertson's, then the Owl Cafe (with green chili cheeseburgers that fall apart as you pick then up) & finally Target...1 million people are expected to attend the Balloon Fiesta...10/5/02: so far, have seen a pig, a she-creature, a Kaleidescope, CASA Chevrolet, AOL, ReMAX, a bright pink balloon, an eagle, Ford & Wells Fargo (they have 6 ballons!)...10/6/02: winds were too strong for Mass Ascension this AM...the brand new design of the living room, with the entertainment center on the wall of the stairs, and the dining room table is near the kitchen; the former eating area is now a place to sit, read & exercise...there are many places of higher education in ABQ and in key cities around the entire state...10/6/02: Brad mixed cubes of pork with bamboo shoots, water chestnuts & fermented black beans plus soy sauce, chicken stock & rice...absolutely delicious!...US Routes 84/285 will be under construction between Santa Fe & Pojaque for the next 18 months...heavy rains in SW NM prompted flood warnings in that area...10/8/02: Gov. Johnson of NM won the farthest distance ballon race, ending in DE at a home whose owner is from Socorro, NM...the air flight restrictions made them bypass DC...
Can you walk the walk, and talk the talk?
...10/6/02: Brad made French Toast using English Toasting Bread!...10/7/02: the disappearance of Brad's Broadway bus (#16) and took a cab to work...the bus reappeared the next day...on 10/9/02, the same thing happened to Mike (see above)...
...from President Bush's 10/7/02 speech:
"...weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant."
...47% of American say we are winning the war on terrorism; 24% say we are losing it...
...from President Bush's 10/10/02 speech:
"...America has spoken as one voice..."
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