…11/14-08: energize family life

51º in ABQ; 39% humidity at 6A…suppose the KOAT ‘digital switch’ got stuck!; Eclipse Aviation has run out of money; 600 Duke City Educational Assistants suffering from the ‘blue flu’, asking for a $1 per hour increase, use children excuse for staff to quickly recuperate; GAQ; EMCORE CO in ABQ will cut 45 jobs; too many layoffs flooding phone system; two football players charged with sexual assaults have already violated their parole; last night, two deaths near Olde Towne, both considered ‘suspicious’, another man wounded by gunfire; so far during 2008, 44 deaths in Bernalillo CNTY this year; during the past two years, computer hackers invaded NM website, taking personal information; porno film festival in Snob Hill; deserted city, but more people looking at big cars; for now, Eclipse Aviation is still in business, workers will be paid, and company apologized for the inconvenience;

comic quest; never become too overconfident; does JoAnn own three vehicles?; finished Rounds before 9:30A; Code Purple all day; Myrna’s mother’s health may be worsening, fell out of bed, might be coughing blood, Evelyn & I convinced her to go home, more green space for UNM; instead of sitting at work, worrying & waiting for someone to call; by PM, mother was in ER, diagnosed with gastric bleeding; how can Data Entry Supervisor control workflow, if he’s sitting at the HSC, and not with his staff at 1650 UNIV?; AM R/R stalled twice; OPM ad in The Daily Lobo; boy stuck key in an electrical socket; why do people want to visit Buffalo Thunder Resort; note from Hope: ‘slow down, sweetie!’; added Dr. Fink to the list of Hospitalists; why does JoAnn always sit near me at meetings; early AM panic attack; at 5:30P, ABQ looked deserted; very empty PM R/R; fire inside UNM campus BLDG;

Santa Ana winds in S CA, fires in area of upscale homes, near Santa Barbara, 70 mph gusts; about 1K acres have been charred; 100 houses up in flames; people told to leave homes, structures igniting quickly & easily; wet: OH Valley, KS, MO; parts of I-75 & I-95; Raleigh, Charlotte, Columbia, Macon, Tallahassee, E Coast cities; temps from 30s to 80s; fog from NYC to Nashville, including ATL; 80º in San Fran;

make movies to cheer people, two hours away from reality; give everyone money to by a digital TV, that would pump money into the economy: more sales, more cable requests; more electronic parts assembled, more goods being shipped; explosion destroyed CO restaurant, caused by gas leak, killed one person; economic summit being held in DC; video games are ‘recession proof’; white powder sent to Mormon temple in Los Angeles & SLC, causing evacuations; Obama officially resigned as Senator; Philly, Phoenix, Chicago & ATL asking for their share of bailout bucks; unemployment worse than after 9–11; Sarah said ‘you run to win’; as Palin prepares Salmon Halibut Casserole; people are very upset ‘Jericho’ got cancelled; deep dark secrets revealed in Obama application; many threats have been made against Obama’s life; first female Four Star General, highest ranking women in US history, served 30+ years in the military; safety issues at DFW Airport blamed on pilots, not air traffic controllers; Blackberry ‘Storm’ debuts next week; did Allen get an A.R.M. mortgage?; the Jets beat the Patriots in OT, 34 – 31; Hillary could be SECY of State; voice recognition IPod search; the DOW down 337 points; worst retail sales on record, falling 2.8%; NATL AVG price of gas is $2.152 per gallon; consumer spending at all time low; Obama & Richardson talked; Palin poolside at a posh Miami resort hotel, attending a GOV’s meeting; Aniston vs. Jolie?; three teens drown after stealing paddle boats whose floor plugs had been removed for the season; GM losing $3.1 million per hour; can The Sands be saved in ‘the’ Las Vegas?; unemployed worker in N CA returns & kills three employees;

UK dog picked up newspaper that contained a menu with glue, sticky substance got stuck in his mouth; another US drone attack against PAK, killing several citizens; India has landed a spacecraft on the moon; time to remodel the INTL Space Station, adding bedroom, bathroom & kitchen; Mars rover is still alive, five years of usage; Taliban drive military HumVees; 80% of goods to AFG go via PAK; foreign markets rising; decisive moment in world’s economy, says Bush; Citigroup laying off 10K worldwide; the EU is in a recession; gold is $740.80 an ounce; oil at $56.63 per barrel; liftoff for Endeavour was a go!;