Monday, December 22, 2008

…12/21-08: home is the holiday spirit!

30º in ABQ; 53% humidity at 6A…Sandia Peak opens today at 9A; up to sixteen inches of snow in NW NM; Intrepid Potash CO cuts Carlsbad contract labor; more cars needed for Rail Runner route to Santa Fe, passengers had to stand, but still enjoyed the ride; billboards display face of person who beat female teen is still on the loose, she is at UNMH; Duke City man killed in Las Cruces crash where I-10 & I-25 meet, neither man was wearing his seatbelt, driver was weaving on the interstate; should decade old NM transportation tax be extended, used to maintain & repair roads, and aid ABQ Ride; when not watching ‘the big game’, Brad using crates to stock kitchen items in our ‘bedroom pantry’; thousands of NM Bowl fans had the money to spend across the Duke City, even enjoyed watching movies here; today is the calm before the storms, could start as early as tonight; it’s hard to believe the holidays have not arrived yet, so many ads for sales; Brad is still ill; it’s better when police bring their cars home, provide safety to that neighborhood; ABQ Police helped needy families enjoy a good holiday meal, by providing variety of food, plus toys for the children; Sustiva dream about being a casino jewelry thief, in a BLDG that extended for miles, and kept changing its décor, serving brunch only to millionaires; Code Yellow: Moderate Air Quality; another good day to sleep; NM may face three storms this week; enjoyed a long sleep last night; Brad is getting better; ABQ police officer faces illegal parking ticket; more overcrowded Rail Runner cars, in spite of another train added; Nancy and the 2009 extermination schedule, plus the invitation to The Beach Luminaria event; another dietetic weekend; man hit woman carrying a five month old; Christmas Caper in Farmington, arresting people who are stealing items for holiday presents, since these shoplifters have run out of money; old VCR tape, new VCR plays; menorah at ABQ City Plaza;


smoothie will stop hunger craving; loneliness can be caused by genes and/or environment; winter has officially begun; $30 million needed to pay for DC inauguration costs; The Big Three have only been given a Band-Aid, Bush has saddled Obama with solving the overall problem; morbid curiosity of Caylee Anthony site; fact: poinsettias are not poisonous; plane slid on Denver runway, ended in ravine, injuring at least three dozen people, but no deaths reported, appeared engine exploded; three million new jobs promised by Obama; Clinton campaign debt still exceeds $6.4 million; AM snow falling in the Grand Canyon; below zero temps across the N Plains; the end of Zima?; stores are getting ready for after holiday sales; mixed drinks have lots of calories; who will win the MN senate race, decision may be determined today; people affected by Madoff scam keeps growing; priest that opposes gay marriageslovesboth gays & straights; auto workers might face ‘deep’ pay cuts, and other sacrifices; as recession continues, number applying for Medicaid benefits have increased; winter storms still hamper Logan Airport; new Chief of Staff links to IL GOV prompt more questions: snow shuts down parts of I-90 & I-84 closed in NW US; spend money to prevent another Depression; Madoff, the ‘sleazebag’; no deals by Obama staff on IL GOV selling the state’s Senate seat; lawyer wants to auction OJ evidence on EBay; drill for oil & gas in UT?; billions of bailout bucks going to pay executive holiday bonuses; IL, IA & MN blizzard warnings; New England beat AZ, 47 – 7; fuselage of plane burned at Denver airport, five people remain in the HOSP; from trends to tragedies, pilots fear punishment if they admit making human error mistakes; Patriots player fined for making ‘snow angel’ during game; another 4.1 quake shook Hollister, CA, tremor was four miles below the surface, and no major injuries or damage reported; Obama victory is the top 2008 story; Providence is considered a ‘stressful’ city; NATL AVG price of gas is $1.668 per gallon; AK & WY have the highest & lowest cost; diesel is $2.504 per gallon; Pittsburgh & INDY are going to the playoffs;


more riots in Greece; explosion in Moscow street market injured six people; 2.5 tons of marijuana found in AFG; Gaza launches rockets at Israel; Iran still wants to help battle pirates; 20 years since Pan Am plane crashed near Lockerbie; Belgian economy may force its PM to resign; ancient Egypt’s fertile soil proved to be her downfall; the ‘Bah Humbug’ club, started in the UK, but has become INTL, raises money for charities; oil is $33.87 per gallon; gay manger scene at Amsterdam holiday festival, twists & turns of religion; blizzard sweep across China;

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