…12/1-08: little people can give in a big way

44º in ABQ; 49% humidity at 6A…Brad at the Food Bank; strange Sustiva dream Saturday night; finding weird hotel rooms at a hotel near San Fran Bay; Brad got a new pair of house slippers; “provide a fresh cut to every tree”; lawyer will face a judge on vehicular homicide; silence this AM at the NM GOV ‘camp’; truck smashed into power pole on Isleta near I-25; US 64/285 closed, due to ice; winds reached 40 mph in the Duke City; neighbors help abandoned dogs; NE NM fog; up to fourteen inches of snow fell during the weekend; ten people, including a three year old boy from ABQ, involved in N NM fiery crash; pharmacy technician stole OxyContin from drug store; now, the man killed in Santa Fe was a member of the San Felipe Pueblo; twenty-two year old woman has died from the hanta virus; 70% of NM registered voters cast a ballot in the PRES election; ornament from NM has red & green chile on it; go to bed early tonight!; Brad took photos of the ‘three-way celestial convergence’; new control tower opened ay Double Eagle Airport; Corrales girl told police she was kidnapped, but it was a hoax to cover up the fact that she skipped school; Narnia film arrived; three drug bust along I-40; Extreme Fire Danger in SE NM; moon is bright because of ‘Earth light’; ‘smart cars’ that average 33 mph, made by Mercedes Benz: one Duke City dealer has a long list of people who want to purchase this vehicle; man tried to steal quarters from a SE ABQ Laundromat;

Hell Week, Day One; patient named Kal-El has Hebrew suffix; Linda went shopping Friday at an empty Coronado Mall; on Friday, I forgot to lock up my ‘black book’; “it’s just a joke!”; motivate one’s self after the holiday, for the end of month rush; new voicemail system; because of the ‘long weekend’, why didn’t the November Closing be extended for at least one day; Isabel was on vacation last week; Evelyn feels better; patient cut his lip with an axe; finished Rounds by 8:45A; Myrna ran into the office, running late; some Coders are not returning PDI requests to all of the necessary people; team meeting regarding minimal care vs. DNR; a Code Yellow Alert on PowerChart; more men growing facial hair;

wintry weather shut down CO interstate; rain: Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, VT, Nashville, Chicago [Oak Park & Oak Lawn], INDY, MI [up to ten inches of snow?]; S FL, N AL, N GA [with windy conditions in SE US]; temps from 30s to 70s, warm in Los Angeles;

World AIDS Day; hackers attack on ‘Cyber Monday’; one in four online shoppers will have their identity stolen; reindeer dropping as holiday items in IL?; truly virgin bride & groom, not even a steamy kiss?; lose sleepless nights; the journey to Camp David; Bill Clinton as an envoy?; NATL Security team announced today, with plenty of experience & intelligence in foreign affair: Obama’s ‘dream team’; the PRES Elect’s honeymoon is over; 172 million Americans shopped this weekend; companies have faster computer system?; 50% of US homes have broadband access; $86K to buy the items mentioned during the Twelve Days of Christmas; return of the Zeppelin [not a blimp, which is noisy], using helium, instead of hydrogen, a high-tech flying machine;?; UAW looks at its demise, if billions not approved; one of the largest Gothic cathedrals In the world reopened in NYC, after fire damage; the best week on Wall ST in decades; The Big Three will submit plan with more concessions, unveil their hybrid models; one holiday meal could provide a day’s worth of calories; walking one mile burns 100 calories; if they file bankruptcy, will the companies honor warranties; NC tree arrives at the White House; ladies & gentlemen: start your search engines!; holiday shopping season is five days shorter this year; Britney was the largest search ‘item’, Obama & Miley Cyrus came in second & third place; pay housing or rental bills first, utilities last; as of today, the US is officially in a recession, and has been in one since December, 2007; Birmingham mayor arrested by FBI; US GOVT was aware of mortgage meltdown, months before it occurred; Santa’s helper robbed in PA parking lot; armored truck guard shot at FL mall; the new word from the campaign, is ‘vetting’; stores paying people to purchase; US GOVT put too much trust in banks; Obama’s female nominees were too small for the podium; three states & DC have AVG prices exceeding $2 per gallon; NATL AVG price of gas is $1.82 per gallon: for diesel, $2.744; will Hillary restore diplomacy?; drivers say traffic is dangerous along I-81 in the Shenandoah Valley; on that note, there was a collision & fire along I-95, at Exit 44 in VA, S of Petersburg; another accident near Richmond, where I-295E meets I-64; the DOW fell 679.95 points; the worst slump since 1981 – 82; a huge red ribbon hangs outside the White House to remember those with HIV & AIDS; it was the fourth largest drop in DOW history; Canton, MA man survives being hit by a train going 90 mph; eight people injured in FL & TX holiday parades; ‘experts say’ a nuclear or biological attack against the US by 2013?;

Venus & Jupiter in the night skies; terrorists began training six months ago; the $200K truffle; the largest floating holiday tree is in Brazil; 172 victims died in Mumbai, 19 foreigners, 6 Americans; Indians angry at PAK, and their own GOVT, who may have knew about the attack one year ago; both countries are ‘nuclear’; Rice at NATO meeting, then flies to New Delhi; Venice is sinking; Mumbai starts returning to normal, the rebels had now been trained for a year, working with local accomplices providing logistical assistance, and that the US informed India several months ago about attacks from the sea, naming specific targets, and using an Indian trawler; US cruise ship outran pirate ship; Endeavour has ended its sixteen day mission safely; oil at $49.29 per barrel, as the world waits for decision by OPEC;