…4/29-09: absolutely accurate

53º in ABQ; 17% humidity at 6A…Brad’s Chiro visit; the new cereal works; GAQ; kits on how to protect from the swine flu; no group childcare; very good hygiene; NM does not have the means to test for the swine flu; tests with a tiny swab into the nose; one twister, four reports of hail reported across NM; murdered captures in ‘our’ Las Vegas…why did she return to that town?; how & hard to tell children when both parents have cancer; hard bicycle race in high altitudes, and Lance Armstrong will compete; workers at Duke City Public Schools getting paychecks & pensions, from MGMT to custodians; pollen count in the thousands; YDDC superintendent has been reassigned; Zangara must honor customers requests in areas of registrations & unpaid trade-ins; men are wearing toenail polish; did Las Cruces six year old die from the swine flu?; both of us had a hard time falling asleep last night; a time for concern, not for panic; two ‘probable’ or ‘potential’ swine flu cases reported in NM, a one year old boy from Santa Fe CNTY, and an eighteen year old man from Valencia CNTY; both are recovering; Brad’s next painting progresses; two new schools open in NW ABQ; 8% humidity at 5P; due to the swine flu threat, NM Tech is closing one week early; new health questions on Brad’s NMAS form; former deputy sheriff busted at Bloomfield cockfighting ring; our Blog is on a news website;

good walk from the PEDS Clinic to the PEDS DEPT to MGR’s office, dropped off audit results; finished Rounds before 7:30A; man who approved the Air Force One flyover was once the UNM PRES; PM server severely crashed, just prior to Closing; a ‘general system failure’, came up about 3:30P; no PICU admits;

TN Valley T’storms: in OK, TX, KS; Houston floods; W Coast heat wave; blame a ‘parked’ high pressure parked over FL for its dry conditions; Dallas storms; NYC, Philly, DC rain, parts of I-95 & NJ TRPK; bad weather in Omaha; cowboys in kayaks moving cattle; Phoenix heat; N Plains, N Rockies spring snow, thousands without power, from 2 – 4 feet of packed powder; temps from 30s to 90s;

it’s 100 days…and still ticking; no cake or balloons; 69% approval rating = ‘pretty good’; graded as B+; stimulus bill a plus, then there are ‘broken promises’; harder problems lie ahead; some mistakes have been made; from slavery to the White House; more swine flu cases have been reported across the US; amalgamation of hair style competition, money raised for Food Bank; Mr. T has jury duty?; Specter says his party was too far to the right; solar panel, wind turbine driven RV; Board of Directors at Bank of America may be fired; Chrysler may survive, thanks to FIAT; GM trying to sale Saturn by this summer; special bankrupt bonuses to keep workers?; Yankees home tickets are slashing prices by 50%; religious designs on FL license plates?; Celtics beat the Bulls; someone fainted during Obama speech at the FBI, has occurred five separate times during his career; First Lady never cut class, she connects with kids; outrage over Manhattan, no one ‘approved’ the incident; cost $328K for the ‘flyover event’; obvious, but practical tips to save on health INS, if you are well or have an illness; Michelle Obama is a descendant of slaves; TX reports one death from the swine flu, a twenty-three month child; most people live in areas with unhealthy air; deposit check via cell phone, scanning checks; Internet interview listings, questions companies might ask; six vehicles that doomed Chrysler; 91 cases reported, any new illnesses at NYC school attributed to the swine flu; US economy still shrinking at a record rate, the second biggest decline in 26 years, and much worse than expected; two swine flu cases reported in MA: ten states, including AZ & MI; Obama: Communication in Chief; recession is easing, but economy is still weak; rent luxurious items, with options to buy; the DOW ended up; give McCain to the [D]?; many cities have jobless rates greater than 10% of the workforce; already, 51 cases in NY; WI Radio Sack clerk punched a customer who wanted to return an item; US Supreme Court debate over obscene language aired on TV; Obama is pleased with the progress, but not satisfied, held another ‘town hall meeting’ today; has he taken on too much?; thirty-nine Marines in CA may have become infected with the disease; add NV to the list; we are in Phase Five of a six level tier, created by WHO; many schools across America will close earlier than usual;

genetic bred dogs glow in the dark; Germany reports three cases of swine flu; MX only identified the disease when people died from it; vaccine will not be ready until September; cruse lines cancel stops at MX ports; London has reported one case; mixed foreign markets; add Costa Rica to the list of infected swine flu countries; gold is $900.50 per ounce; oil is $50.89 a barrel; fifty more people killed in bombings across Iraq; WHO raises the health concern level, bordering on pandemic; N Korea may resume nuclear testing, testing the patience of the world; scientists finally see a star that exploded 13 billion years ago; Egypt wants all pigs slaughtered; add Austria to the list of swine flu countries;