Monday, May 11, 2009

…5/11-09: peace at home, peace in the world

58º in ABQ; 62% humidity at 6A…GAQ; fire N of Pecos, 75 – 100 acres have been burned; ghost hunters visit 180 year old Cuchillo, NM hotel, things going bump in the day & night, makes COMCAST news; Obama will hold a town hall meeting at Rio Rancho; teens get I-Tunes for wearing seatbelts; new Schott solar plant opens in the Duke City; not enough money to pay for jury trials; $48K police car struck by train on Rte. 6 in Valencia CNTY, officer was not injured; roads flooded in N NM; too much heat, not enough sleep, and walking uphill during a very warm day; local woman and teacher has been missing for a week, her vehicle was found, abandoned; the GOVT says it did not cheat Native Americans out of land royalties; looked in the mirror, I now resemble “Dr. Bradman” from ‘Blithe Spirit’ a role I played in high school, and again while in college, except I don’t need anything to color my hair grey; homes sales in Santa Fe are down, but median prices are up; need a ticket to see the PRES; local Pokémon group sparks controversy, will not allow anyone over 15 years old to join, loses it NATL affiliation; gas is $2.15 per gallon; the boot repair will take a few days; thirteen new H1N1 cases in NM, bringing the total to 44, the AVG age is 16 years old; did they find Sodom?: NM archeologists uncovered artifacts thought to be 7K years old while on a dig to the Middle East; 55º in Clovis at 5P; 8% humidity in ABQ at 5P; bandit tried to steal drugs, causing a SWAT situation in Santa Fe, he was a former Rio Arriba deputy sheriff who kept pointing his gun towards his head, becoming his own hostage; woman’s body dropped in front of her family’s home in NE ABQ, along Comanche, was her suspicious death an OD?; 80¢ for a regular candy bar!;
the return to people getting mad at me, and blaming me, for no good reason; the honeymoon, and/or vacation is over…for now; finished my Rounds before 8A, that’s when I saw her; there was no courier on Friday; we have PEDS patients who leave UNMH during the weekend; hanta virus patient is pregnant;

record heat across TX, Louisiana & FL; KY, IN, OK rain, parts of I-10 & I-20; Phoenix in the 100s; TX saw hail, ground looked like snow; CA blaze is about 55% contained, sparked by a power tool; temps from 40s to 100s; DC showers, Dallas T’storms; light rain for Charlotte & Cleveland; SLC heat; at least 77 homes have been destroyed around Santa Barbara; mine workers were trapped by WV flood waters; dog survived two KY twisters;

Cheney, and his tough interrogation tactics, says America is being placed in danger; can there be a ‘fair’ tribunal; White House meeting: how to cut $2 trillion in health care costs over the next ten years, will there be a reform in malpractice laws?; today, it will cost 44¢ to buy a stamp; did pilot lack training which caused Buffalo crash; Biden informs the graduation class that the job market is very tough this year, fewer have a job when they leave school; expect headaches from caffeine withdrawal; too much salt in restaurant food; Celtics beat Magic by one point; tackle the ‘swimsuit challenge’; people believe they can reach the ‘final frontier’ again; the wrong frequency caused a Miami air traffic control CTR to fear a plane had been hijacked; Anchorage has seen an increase in bear attacks; stimulus money for needed roadwork are not helping those in need; talk all day long for one cell phone fee; add VT to the list: there are 2,618 H1N1 cases in the US, spread across 43 states; MI husband accidentally killed his wife with a chain saw; a Play Station phone?; no magnifying glass should be needed to read credit card rules; no news about the ‘new flu?; student has been suspended for going to a prom; the DOW dropped; twin FL two year old sisters drown in a FL pond; FAA rejects Navy turboprop flight over Manhattan; Los Angeles police accidentally shot a child who was playing with a toy gun; NATL AVG price of gas has increased 16¢, now at $2.24 per gallon; former archbishop of Milwaukee admits he’s gay; arresting ‘career criminals’; fewer new jobs in cities with high unemployment;
time to clean the space dust off the Hubble; woman survived paragliding incident because of her washboard abs; women hear their best when gossiping or eavesdropping; peace & mutual respect for all religions: Pope arrives in the Holy Land; suicide bomber attacks in PAK; US commander in AFG will be replaced; US soldier accused of killing five other soldiers; mixed foreign markets; oil is $58.19 per barrel; Iran released jailed journalist; gold priced at $913.50 per ounce; MX reopens its schools; green light for Atlantis liftoff, and it did, seven years since the last repairs, three year training to fix so many problems; the best dressed, best fed astronauts will ‘twitter’ from space; the world has 4,800 H1N1 cases, with 61 reported deaths; Hubble in an orbit filled with space debris; the military murders took place at a mental health combat stress clinic: the gunman was married, and on his third deployment to Iraq; the female reporter received a two year suspended sentence, and cannot journalize in Iran for five years;

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