…4/12-09: I look like I know what I’m doing?

38º in ABQ; 89% humidity at 6A…3K residents with utility charges doubling & tripling, but with no additional usage; no local physicians: Aztec Clinic needs a doctor, it has none, and has been searching for three months; ‘Observe & Report’ film was filmed at the empty WinRock CTR; some AM snow along I-25 in N NM; large Easter Mass at Lobo Stadium at 7:30A; rained overnight in ABQ; another day of rain & storms; tornadoes near Lovington?; moisture helped the potential Fire Season, needed salt to cover sidewalks; slush on many roads; Tijeras Arroyo dumping trash, shooting firearms; Four Hills area keep asking ABQ city officials for changes, developer not keeping his promise; ‘loud’ noise differs from house & APT, due to ‘common walls’, what is reasonable standard, ‘residential enforcement’?; special events permits for parties; the once empty area around Trader Joe’s has expanded; Clovis cheese factory is expanding, adding fifty jobs; now, grad students cast a ‘no confidence’ vote for UNM PRES; Columbus has an interim police chief that has been accused of several extortion & intimidation of a witness, but the city has had no force since late last year; sent Brad a gay E-mail B’day card; several inches of snow fell in Sandia Park; another rainy day at The Beach; Johnny Tapia has no parole plan, so must remain in jail for another three days, now he will perform in a celebrity rehab program; snow will keep falling in N NM until tonight; man dangled three year old child out car window while vehicle was in motion; ‘Las Vegas’ waste water city official accused of petty embezzlement, but remains on the job; Los Lunas has a new mayor; Easter Egg Hunt before today’s Isotopes game; several car break-ins in the City Different; there are more things to do in life than constantly working on my Blog…like exercise; slick roads in the E MTN yesterday; police car at The Beach; ABQ received .20” of rain from the weekend storm;

U of Utah been affected by the “April’s Fool Virus”; the good & the bad of catching TB; don’t fall asleep in a chair, use ice packs or heat, and isometric exercises, stand up & stretch; TX, KY, TN, MS to the Carolinas clearing up the damage from fires, twisters & hail; 600 structures destroyed in Mena, AR; granddaughter of pastor killed young girl, woman turned herself, no known motive; save 40% off HI hotel rooms…but what about the cost of getting there, and driving around?; faster actions in video games can cause seizures; GEN Washington, the ‘white haired warrior’; more people see a ‘glimmer of hope’ in the US economy; NC supermarket chain recalled pistachios; First Puppy is name “Bo”; two people killed in central IL small plane crash; retired NY cop shot fellow officer, then killed himself; just before a NASCAR event, concrete platform collapsed at OH racetrack, injuring five people; Carlos Santa: ‘legalize pot!’; CA child killer on suicide watch; More fires around OK City; Obamas celebrated Easter service at the church across from the White House; NATL AVG price of gas is $2.05 per gallon, up 5% in three weeks; church organ not played since 9–11, covered with ash, finally cleaned; across the US there are fourteen million vacant homes, so why should squatters be arrested, when they can, or will, maintain the property;

Captain still being held hostage by Somali pirates; his ship arrived in Kenyan port, bringing food to that area of Africa; second polar bear mauling at the Berlin Zoo in the past six months; scientists find the ‘edge of space’; PAK terrorists strike NATO supply convoys; quake victims celebrated Easter Mass; state of emergency declared in Bangkok; by end of day, the American captain had been released, three pirates killed, one in military custody; a special forces operation, authorized by PRES Obama; can Cuba handle American tourists?;