The days are always sad in Iraq

My friend e-mail me this. His subject header was "so THIS is what allah and muslims are all about?" I wonder the same thing.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi officials made two grisly discoveries Wednesday, finding more than 50 bodies in the Tigris River and 20 soldiers shot to death west of the capital, officials said.

Iraq President Jalal Talabani said dozens of bodies have been found in the Tigris River south of Baghdad.

He said the bodies were people who had been held hostage earlier this week
in Madain, a village south of Baghdad.

"More than 50 bodies have been brought out from the Tigris, and we have the
full names of those who were killed and those criminals who committed these
crimes," Talabani said.

Belizean air conditioner 

New Hobby

NOTE TO EVERYONE

I have a new hobby. I am studying to be a travel agent. My business is called "Travellin' Diva"

If you want to travel, I'll make the arrangments.

My cousin Brenda was a great tour guide for the weekend. She took me around to see the local flavor. I saw the fish market, the sea, the old family house, downtown Belize City, and a lot more. At the end of the day we went to Princess and had pina coladas. Smoothest I ever tasted. Props to Christian (he made them…I should have taken his picture- he was a cutie…oh well maybe next time).
 

I went to BELIZE

Last weekend, I went to Belize (for all you who do not know where that is, it is in Central America). It was awesome. First of all, why did I go? That is where my Nana was born. And I saw old family (Nana'’s brothers and my cousins-Brenda [far left], Jessica, Erica [second from right], Jordan) and met new family (Phinnie [far right], Uncle Henry[not pictured but his wife is in the middle], Auntie Vel [second from left].

Viva Las Vegas! (need I say more lest I incriminate myself ) 

Viva Las Vegas

A few weeks ago, I went to Las Vegas. It was cool. I have been before, so it was not like I was innocent to the city. I went to a lot of different hotels/casinos this time. And I still did not get to go into all the ones that I wanted to visit. Below is a list of where I went...

• San Remo (will be changing its name to Hooters…I don’t know how that is going to work out) – home base
• Tropicana – Airplay show. They were some tropeze-type acts. They were flying high. One of the duos was a couple of guys. They had thier legs entertwined and holding hands. All I could think was that it is hard for them to maintain their masculinity while doing that stunt. And there was a girl doing tricks with several hula hoops. I guess that was cool.
• MGM – we saw the lions in their exhibit. Sleeping lions. They looked like they were out of touch with real wild life. We also took the monorail from here.
• Mandalay Bay - We saw an oldies band. I gave them 3 out of 5. The show was somewhat amusing
• Excalibur – Unless you go for the “knights and ladies” theme, you will not care to go here. Well that is the way that I felt.
• New York New York – I saw a chick band here in the bar. They were so-so. Nothing special about them. I gave them 2 out of 5. If I had paid for that show I would have wanted my money back. I realized from their performance why they were the free entertainment in the bar where people were paying money for drinks that could be ordered free outside in the casino. What was that all about?!?
• Caesar’s Palace – two words ANCIENT ROME...
• Venitian – two words COOL CANALS...
• Sahara – There was a Wayne Newton look alike at the free show. But he looked so much like WN, it was good enough for me. It is not like I am a big WN fan.
• Stratosphere – I wanted to eat in the Top of the World restaurant. I was looking for the elevator to get to the top and they charge admission to use the elevator. Admission was like $15! I was like "Forget that". So I stayed at ground level. I was a little disappointed because I was not going to see the view. But I was not feeling like paying $15.
• Harrah's - nothing to see
• Ballys - nothing to see
• Casino Royale - I got my 2-for-1 margaritas and after that there was .....nothing left to see