Friday, December 19, 2008

…12/18-08: the ‘flush rush’

39º in ABQ; 79% humidity at 6A…feels good to feel thinner; GAQ; 50 mph winds, snow expected this PM, slowing down; claims of CYFD negligence?; unemployment agencies overwhelmed by phone calls; still another person embezzled $70K from grant programs; double homicide in Roswell this week; by AM, snow arrived in Gallup; police in car that struck man in Santa Fe has resigned; AM rain; good to feel thirsty again; Chama’s only supermarket reopens, after snow crushed its roof last winter; Cody East: menace to society, his mother blames herself; higher utility bill; gas has risen three cents, now at $1.49 per gallon;

Candace asked about ‘bundling’ services; various specialty sheets; Evelyn & I wore the same color shirts & blouses; finished Rounds before 9A; 2009 billing forms going to the printer; always send charges in red envelopes; another late meting for Evelyn & Myrna; all the I/P Psych billing sheets that I sent to Data Entry were returned, because they were unsure which services to enter;

temps from – 0s to 80s; twelve states in ‘deep freeze’; Chicago on ‘the line’ of snow, or ice: also KC, MO, parts of I-70, I-80, Detroit, N IN, INDY, Milwaukee, Columbus, OH; Memphis, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans fog; I-15 shut down between Los Angeles & 3½ inches at ‘the’ Las Vegas Strip & Airport; ABC AM News says a foot of snow for NM;

PG–13 Barbie, depicting scene from ‘The Birds; merger talks resume between GM & Chrysler; more than 60% of pet owners say they can communicate with their animal; gift giving makes someone special, someone special; starting tomorrow for Chrysler: no work, no cars, no paycheck; GM closing 20 plants in January; still no answer from the White House; first woman to lead SEC; bailout on the brink; new Coca-Cola sweetener; rent mansions in TX, with few, but strict rules; major overhaul in credit card rules, extending time to pay fees; bad times for Toyota, the first time in 68 years; the ‘Power of Three’; 62 million Americans will be on the road during this holiday, the lowest since 2002, a decrease of 2.1% in 2007; Drew Peterson going to marry fifth wife; Obama: Time Magazine Person of the Year; Celtics won their sixteenth in a row; less have 20% of homes only have cell phones; baby high chairs, made in OH, being recalled; ‘risky’ spots across the US; wait until Blagojevich speaks!; more old movies may become 3–D; YAHOO! vs. privacy; simple, ‘greener’ packages by Amazon.com; Wiki-Pedia for recipes; Brad Pitt is 45 years old; ‘managed bankruptcy’; it’s official for Caroline Kennedy, she’s running for the SEN; mortgage rates at 37 year low; smoke or steam forced the evacuation of the Longworth HOB on Capitol Hill; DOW dropped; the waterskiing squirrel; Obama’s choice for inauguration pastor supports help for people with AIDS, but opposes gay marriage; still no GOVT bailout for The Big Three; a holiday tree dressed in sex offender photos; do handsome athletes get higher paychecks?; Labor SECY petition filled; for sale: ‘Goth’ kittens; how do you start running for a political office?; people taking experimental drugs for income, there could be unprotected risks, and/or side effects; twelve million homeowners will not qualify for this, but there are mortgage rates not seen since the 1960s, 30–year fixed rate is 5.06%: people still have to prove they are ‘credit worthy’; Bing Crosby singing many holiday songs;

India monkeys attacked owner who had beat one of them; wanted: new homes for space shuttles, museums may apply; mixed foreign markets; shoe thrower begs for mercy, what will al Maliki do in this awkward, political situation; ice caused Canadian gondola accident; wild tigers live with Buddhist monks, people pay to pat ‘pets’; oil prices dropped to $37.68 per barrel, rose to $38.82; attempt to overthrow the Iraq GOVT, and replace by Baath party members, has failed; the shoes that missed Bush ‘worth’ $10K; China sends warships to patrol the Somalia coast, their goal is to find & punish pirates; factories closing across China, many have no skills, and no ‘safety net’;

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