…10/27-08: first step, for a second chance

46º in ABQ; 49% humidity at 6A…KOAT welcomes new meteorologist; personal data found lying in MVD trash bins; Brad at the Food Bank; cool, windy AM; GAQ; Tony Hillerman died at the age of 83, said old age is for sissies, won every major mystery award; nine people accused of stealing $400K from Medicaid for years, billing for faux travel expenses; Rod Guarino, the new meteorologist; NM gas prices are less than they were one year ago; health of missing Duke City girl in question; Las Cruces teacher was not lost, she injured her ankle while walking; Belen man killed in his home, the murderer’s motive was a woman, whom they both had a romantic affair; fake psychologist, no license in ABQ, accused of sexual contact with minors; Farmington gang member shot while sitting on his porch; Hillerman stories took place on Native American lands; US SEN TV debate was a draw; gas is $2.49 per gallon; small pay raises for those who teach the next generation of thinkers; I never shut PC off this AM; I had the same Pop-Tarts in my lunch bag today; Tony Hillerman’s death featured in various new sites, both online, and off; gas leak on WY, between Constitution & Indian School;

overtime vs. vacation time; how will Jenny handle Winter Break coverage?; why didn’t my MGR, or Jenny, tell me that JoAnn was out this past Friday; give up OT for the sake of my health?; when fear turns to anger; they are all ‘hell weeks’, in one form or another; power outage across entire UNMH, and HSC, about ten minutes, starting about 9A; monitoring devices not working, lights kept blinking; JoAnn silent, still holding Green Cards; finished Rounds by 9:30A; even the second floor Snack Shop lady says ‘Good Morning’ to me; PowerChart down at least thirty minutes; wish I could retire; keep telling myself, “it’s just a job”; Code Red: Millennium Applications down until 11:15A, but crawling; officially met ‘Tom’ Howdieshell, who thought I worked for Nephrology; MGR’s sister died, sent her a sympathy E-mail; by the end of the day, nothing was said about the power outage, or PowerChart problem; zero TES edits today; a busier AM R/R; ‘2002: the year that no one in PEDS DEPT wore a costume; GPU’ Anita waited hours to see Obama; empty third floor at UNMH, similar to the setting of ‘Halloween 2’;

record low temps in Orlando this week; Great Lakes rain & snow; wet in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Detroit, NW OH, along PA Pike; temps from the 30s to 90s; windy N Plains, 69 mph in Rapid City, front heading to the E Coast; snow fell on Fargo;

final full week of 2008 campaign; “let’s go win this election”; Scotch tape creates an X-ray, similar to lightning strikes; ceiling above anchorwoman collapsed while she was on TV, reporting a story; AR college on lockdown after overnight triple shooting, UNIV of Central AR in Conway, two people killed, one person in custody; [IND] want a GOVT that has [R] & [D] majorities on Capitol Hill; eight states are in the balance for the candidates; Jennifer Hudson offered $100K reward for location of missing nephew: body may have been found inside an SUV, the vehicle was located in Chicago; Goodwill TV ads; “it’s almost here”; the ‘miracle of fish oil’; will FED Reserve lower interest rates this week?; both rich and poor are not giving donations, people need money & food for themselves; money wise, the best musical debut weekend; dog rescued kittens from fire; Teddy Roosevelt would be 150 years old; gas prices have dropped 53 cents in the past two weeks; tough terrain for John McCain; Phillies beat Rays, 10 – 2; say ‘boo’ to the flu; some kindness in the housing crisis: closure from foreclosure; schools must be informed, must take care of students who have asthma attacks; Omaha home had 114 cats, some were found in the freezer; in the US, it’s ‘The Year of the Vote’; new home sales up 2.7% from August to September; billions being loaned to businesses; ‘Eye of the Tiger’ becoming a popular song again; automakers: the next items on the bailout list; hate crimes against gays & lesbians; SEN Stevens from AK, the man who has served in that capacity the longest time, was found guilty of making false statements, and denying favors for gifts; DOW fell 200+ points again; people don’t know that [R] = ‘Grand Old Party’; MRSA is becoming more drug resistant, appearing in more wounds, and after surgical procedures; elect ‘the old person playing checkers with Death, and the bubble-headed bimbo, who is a mystery to herself, and everyone else, and buys clothes at a consignment store; $125 billion has been pumped into nine NATL banks; NATL AVG price of gas is $2.66 per gallon, a seventeen month low; Chicago murder rate rising; FBI uncovered a plot that Neo-Nazi were going to kill 102 Afro-Americans, including Obama; 1K acre blaze burning in NV; neither candidates trying new themes; “don’t put faith in positive polls”; AK SEN lied for several years, heard bragging on a taped phone call; MA boy accidentally shot & killed himself at gun show; two men entered a NYC beauty salon, killed one person & injured four others; wife of a TX deputy warden & a prisoner she helped escape from jail, lived together for many years; 212K families have been saved from foreclosure; don’t become complacent, find alternative energy sources;

UK teens are dumber than they were thirty years ago; blame tests, teachers & TV; US military killed people who were building structure in Syria city, including an Iraqi who belonged to al Qaeda: still, Syria considers this an act of aggression against that nation…the Pentagon won’t confirm the air strike took place; Iran PRES, 53, works twenty hour days; lowest drop in 25 years for Japanese stock market, other foreign markets falling, record lows being reached; Vatican wants IPods to spread the word of God; did a drone murder Taliban commander?; Prince Harry, a helicopter pilot?; oil at $61.48 per barrel, ended at $63.22;