Sunday, December 21, 2008

…12/20-08: which equipment is right for you

27º in ABQ; 51% humidity at 6A…NM Bowl today; now, N Valley residents upset with Rail Runner noise that occurs as early as 4A, as late as 11P; DOE gives LANL employees their medical records in case they want to claim any FED compensation for hazardous materials exposure; prostitutes place ads on Craig’s List; Brad has a head cold, and I am depressed again; increase in W Side vehicle break-ins, especially on Mondays & early AM hours; what will happen to the money invested by NM, that were part of the Wall ST scam; working oil & gas rigs have decreased by 80% this past year; came home ‘early’ last night, gave Brad two of my crates to store ‘pantry food’, had to reorganize my ‘mess’, and was both hungry & tired; police trying to reunite Duke City residents with their stolen property, need police report; new online map to determine NM traffic conditions; ‘Circle Hat Bandit’ striking ABQ banks; murderer will spend 49 years in jail for killing an elderly man; Second Chance using their property to housing overflow inmates, not just a rehab CTR for drug treatment, city could shut down the entire operation; cathedral being cleaned to celebrate the City Different 400 anniversary; Santa Fe Holiday Art Workshop; remains of tear gas canisters, and broken windows: $20K in repairs needed after SWAT situation by Rio Rancho police caused damages to rental property, landlord might sue the City of Vision; people object to 100 train horns per day, promised ‘silent’ train crossings; thefts occur along the Coors corridor, and at ‘big box’ stores; ABQ man raped his daughter for nearly two decades; Guadalupe CNTY sheriff arrested for DUI charges, and failing to wear his seat belt; Lieu. GOV uses the train when she travels to work; fatal crash along I-40, E of ABQ; money pouring into ABQ restaurants & Olde Towne shops; CO State wins NM Bowl, and the Zia Trophy; Rio Rancho getting more money for its schools; man broke into Lovelace Pharmacy; RV robber arrested; we have a new electric razor; some NM Bowl fans had never visited NM before, and are impressed by the city, and the state; AVG price of gas: NATL: $1.67, NM: $1.67: ABQ: $1.57;

‘the’ Las Vegas: one of the best places to celebrate the holidays; Bush says UAW should accept The Big Three deal: employees feel they have to make too many concessions; below zero weather in N Rockies; OH plane crash kills its pilot; TX mother killed her two children, and herself; IL GOV will remain in office, and fight the charges against him: the end of businesses starting in the state; prisoners do not want to leave the ‘comfort’ of Detroit jails; snow has fallen in Miami; power outages from winter storms; sex offenders, mail & Santa with presents; NFL smallest stadium, the RCA Dome in INDY, is imploded; travel to & from the E Coast nearly impossible, or impassable; ‘retail elves’ lowering prices on items; signs in red print attract customers; people may wait several more days; three storms crossing the country; three hour airport delays; no power for nine days in New England; dangerous driving in the Twin Cities, including cold air & windy conditions; blizzards surround Seattle; days without pay for CA state workers; everyone wants Obama to fix every existing NATL & INTL problem, all at the same time; good weather, but bad economy affects FL malls; retail traffic has been very slow; white weather preventing snow plow drivers from getting to work; many flights cancelled at Logan, NYC, Newark & Philly; Sarah Palin, the ‘human lightning rod’;

so far, no serious damage or injuries reported after a 6.5 quake rocked Japan, 90 miles off its E coast: the tremor took place on Honshu, at a depth of 6.2 miles below the surface; Iraqi ‘shoe thrower’ popular in Iran; more riots in Greece; luxury hotels reopen in Mumbai; Russian warships return to Cuba, plus several other countries; global warming killing the reindeer; bailout for Canadian auto industry;

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