Sunday, May 31, 2009

…5/30-09: enjoy the journey, then the destination

and sometimes, we need a chance to smile, and laugh: thank you, Alpha Sound!;
58º in ABQ; 49% humidity at 6ALas Cruces donate their art collection & 6K sq. ft. home to the state; ten NM NATL Guard soldiers are heading to Iraq; because of melting snowfall the temp of the Rio Grande is at its coldest this time of the year, teenage boy who fell into that river has yet to be found; the start of ‘lightning season’, NM has the highest death per capita in the US, take place between noon & 5P, we record over 1.8 million strikes per year; man who killed two woman in January, 2007 will spend sixty-two years in jail; bison call N NM home; last night, vigil held for the missing teen; FED harassment case against head UNM football coach; Brad made tasty Original All–Bran Muffins; even some N NM cities, such as Farmington, have seen reduced revenue; N NM rapist has been arrested; dam has closed parts of the Rio Grande in order to help find 13 year old boy, the rocks are also very slippery; another motel on Central, a haven of drugs & prostitutes, was demolished; man arrested in ABQ, linked to a triple murder in OH; June forecast for NM: above normal heat & moisture; 37 new ABQ police cadets; credit card workshop being held in Rio Rancho; monetary windfall for Duke City schools system should be used for bonuses; Full Montyplay being performed in the Duke City; Great American Cleanup in Deming; park being dedicated in SE ABQ; NM is the least prepared for the digital transition; homeless man was shot while invading another person’s property in Carnuel; eleven year old killed in Melrose rollover; Carlsbad Cavern: an inexpensive & fun place to see;
GM & the UAW come to terms: benefits will be sacrificed, 450 dealerships will close, factories will be revamped to create smaller, ‘greener’ more competitive vehicles: ‘GOVT Motors’: the unthinkable has become the inevitable; Obama says the US is unprepared for a cyber attack; after seventeen years, Jay Leno says farewell as nighttime talk show host, passes the torch to Conan O’Brien; during the past week, interest rates have risen, and a 19% drop in applications: will there be a second chance to afford a first mortgage; turn on IPod, turn off stress; music has a powerful healing effect; OK pharmacist arrested for killing a person robbing the store where he worked; most people want the FED to help provide health care coverage; subcompact GM cars will be built in the US, investors will initially lose money, workers will lose benefits; the First Couple attended a Broadway play; D&D: dancing & drugs; passport needed to enter MX; Prince Harry is also in America to raise money for African children whose parents died from AIDS; gay parades inrural, conservative CA’: Fresno; some say that the Prop 8 has been passed, and the voters have decided: if that were true, America would still be part of Britainif no one marched or protested, would women or Afro-Americans still be consideredsecond class citizens;
UN says nations should enforce sanctions against N Korea, which may be preparing to launch another long-range missile; an AVG hurricane season predicted; badly beaten body was found in Paris luxury hotel; cruise ship that may have swine flu victims docked into Australian port, against the nation’s wishes; GM sells its European subsidiary, Opel; tear down illegal Israeli settlements; Susan Boyle may have only made it to second place, but she has a CD contract; between $8 – $14 million dollars in jewelry stolen from Paris store;

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