Show C4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 30 2004 FOR BETTER OR WORSE Mom ’s dog out of control uiKcyawt mom Recove from tMe BAD NCW& APRIL' eo Lett Leftve He wHiLA-- d or wears a diaper If unless he is she refuses to comply tell her you will be more than happy to visit her at another location DEAR ANNIE: My boyfriend “Mitch” and DEAR ANNIE: Let me I I are both SI years old divorced and living am that begin by saying a dog lover I have three together His youngest daughter and my youngest son live with us We planned to have dogs one of which goes a family dinner at our house and included all of to work with me every Mitch's relatives Two days before the dinner however day My dogs Mitch told me his older girls (ages 23 and 31) memare were bringing their mother to our dinner bers of my family because she was visiting from out of town My mother has a dyg Mitch and his First wife were married for 16 too I'll call him “Bruce" Bruce's main goal in life seems to be years and have been divorced a long time but he still harbors fond feelings for their time pooping in other people's homes This animal in and couch middle of stood the my together I was upset that neither he nor his actually urinated He has lifted his leg on every piece of daughters asked me if it was OK if they I told him that was hurtfurniture I own not to mention the permanent brought the ful although had he asked me I probably carpet stains he's left at the homes of relatives would have invited her Mitch accused me of Bruce is not neutered and pesters my poor at no end When he's to female my being insecure spayed dog Worse yet once the arrived she house I have to hide her away so she can have went directly into my kitchen to help Mitch some peace and I resent it Unfortunately with the cooking I kept my cool and was Mom refuses to go anywhere without Bruce and becomes upset if any of us indicate that he polite to her as she was to me However I did feel somewhat uncomfortable Was I wrong? is not welcome in our homes — Don't Get No Respect Mom is rarely invited to visit the relatives ' DEAR RESPECT: You absolutely should anymore and to he quite honest I've reached well we as can How end make have been asked about bringing the ex and the of my rope Mitch should not be blaming you for being her understand that we'd love to spend more time with her hut she has to leave that darned upset Is there any reason for you to be worried about the relationship between them? The fact dog somewhere else? — Memphis Tenn DEAR MEMPHIS: Sounds like Mom is in that the relationship is cordial is OK We say the doghouse with the family and rightly so unless you have cause for concern let this one There's no reason for you to put up with such a go Since the ex lives out of town this type of lack of respect from your own mother Tell her thing won't happen often You handled it with k that her dog is an undisciplined grace but tell Mitch that next time he must discuss it with you in advance mess and is NOT welcome in your home By Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar house-traine- Creators Syndicate Inc well-behav- ed DILBERT I THAT ELIMINATE THE RECOMMEND UJE X I SUGGEST THAT UJE IDEA ELIMINATE THE LEAST POPULAR FEATURES LET'S ELIMINATE THE LEAST POPULAR FEATURES TO SAVE LEAST POPULAR FEATURES BECAUSE THEY COST US MORE THAN THEY GENERATE IN REVENUE ex-wi- fe HAVE AN MONEY 1 ° J ex-wi- fe I STEAL THAT IDEA TO INFINITY alo i ARLO AND JANIS " point-blan- "Normal’ blood pressure varies teen your normal BP might well be 10060 pr less In contrast if you were an diabetic on therapy for hypertension felt faint whenever you stood up quickly and had a BP of 2570 I’d have to conclude thatyour pressure is too low So the definition of low blood pressure depends on age weight degree of fitness and other factors In my practice I usually don't diagnose low BP unless my patient has symptoms of lightheadedness and “fuzzy thinking” in conjunction with Ipw numbers If you are symptom-fre- e and have low blood and keep up the good pressure congratulations work No one it is said ever died from low BPTf however you have symptomsor are worried about your blood pressure you should check with your family physician Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association By DEAR DR GOTT: Whenever I go to a doctor I am told I have low GRIZZWELLS I m& THE mi COL 1 blood pressure ! always thought this was a good thing Should I be concerned? DEAR READER: As a general rule "low” blood ' pressure is healthful but the answer to your question depends on many' variables For example if you were a marathon runner I'd be surprised if your blood pressure weren't below the normal cutoff of about 2080 Similarly if you were a 1 TEAM AT ZITS Horoscope you must allow thenito do it their way and in their own good time LIBRA (Sept 23) — Switching horses in midstream in search of greener will not only get you off course but you could lose the ground that you already covered SCORPIO (Oct 22) — If you’re too influenced others with the least by easily amount of criticism you could easily get discouraged and disregard workable ideas SAGITTARIUS (Nov 21) — Do not try to take control of a situation away from another who is presently doing a competent By Bernice Bede Osol Newspaper Enterprise Association 23-O- ct I For Friday April 30 2004 Your birthday ' Chances arc in the year ahead you will explore several new areas If you pas--turc- 24-N- ov properly sort out those that hold value from what is useless rewarding experiences Will add to yoiir material growth GARFIELD 23-D- ec THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLP YOU PONT KNOW ABOUT job TAURUS (April y 20) — If s always wise to treat your prized possessions with care but today they could be particularly vulnerable GEMINI (May 2 I June 20) — Duties and responsibilities you owe to your family today :shoud take precedence over any personal activitiesjn which you’d like to partake CANCER (June 2 July 22)— There’s a ' possibility today that you may be tempted to fudge a little when it comes to telling the truth LEO (July 22) f- Friendships can- not be bought so don't deceive yourself today into thinking you can get others to like you if you spend lavishly on them VIRGO (Aug 22) — Pals will 'stand by you and come to your aid today but n CAPRICORN (Dec 19)'— The only results that the you desire in youwill get way a handling complicated assignment is to use logical procedures at all times b 19) — Be careful AQUARIUS (Jan today that you don t kid yourself about the value of either a person or thing that others are trying to tqll you is of dubious worth PISCES (Feb 20) — It’s important today in' yoiir involvements with friends that you don’t inadvertently show partiality or play favorites ARIES (March 19) V Delegating routine tasks you coulddo yourself isn’t apt to Work out too well This person isn't apt to do a creditable job 22-Ja- 20-Ma- -- - s 20-Fe- 1 -- 23-A- ‘ ' ALLEY OOP ril 23-Se- pt ' Crossword April 30 2004 ACROSS emotional 28 GP group 29 Cartoon shriek 30 Stable I Flycatcher ' 4 Bounder ' 7 VII doubled 10 Ms Peroii : II Did great 13 Parisian papa ' 14 Part f parents 34 "Luncheon Hudson Bay tribe- 16 17 ' 19 20 21 Familiar auth Animal families Frog's' home Roman road Zen riddles ' A D 41 Healthy 42 Spoils 44Ap‘d 46 Dweeb Answer to Previous Punts OR 51 - Screenwriter James — 52 Ajar 53 Berlin pronoun 55 Eggy drinks 545 FRANK AND ERNEST ' Computer whiz ' WITH E SieWer PiE'N C! it Mf G ” I -- JbTT alej QTcX Ei ' ‘vf V DOWN furniture Unseld of the NBA '' Like Lex Luthor Romantic island 13 Yellow fruit 18 VCR adjuncts addition 43 Rolex rival 45 Marmalade V 33 Actor — Mirieo ' 22 Electrical ' applicator 48 Fencers blade 37 Account books' 23 Candied item 24 Ms Thurman 40 Bridge 25 SunflowersL tower ' 41 " " 49 Cleopatra's about wds) ' kN0W llESNlCE MV) ML NEED6 TD tOPFOKf WSTNNLY BOX THE 1 ' -- river Montneigh-string- s bor 42 Enthused ’ THE BORN LOSER chunks 46 Mascara 35 Flees units : ' 32 House Saguaros Farmland Big bucks? -- 27 Hawaiian 54 Element r Hair curlers 29 Coup d' — 31 A funny Hawk Charlotte Office GrEiS!° THOtfSfK iWnuMt its Mb tLVNbirr on the grass' 57 Tailanguage 58 Spiral painter 36 Metro RRs molecule' 59 Hairpin 38 Huntsville ' " loc j curve 60 M IT grad 39 Backslide ofRSVP 15 47 Multitudes 23 Laughs 26 Overly (2 50 MRI RREHIMFOK output 54 Glutton ’ -- NEWWJTJU6TliNTV40RWH6 0Ur!5HNLLl YOU CHIEF? 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