…6/21-09: want it big? want it beautiful?

59º in ABQ; 67% humidity at 6A…good morning from NM, Courtney Godbolt!; NMSU enrollment is up; ABQ, UNM & Sandia Labs will join forces in a research agreement to solve ‘real world problems’; flooding in Carlsbad; NM may allow students to ‘opt out’ in saying the Pledge of Allegiance?; policeman who survived copter crash is mow at home; yesterday’s robbery is still today’s news; two people have been arrested in connection with the Denny’s robbery-murder, some of the suspects had machine guns, and are from S America, could be responsible for ten other crimes across the city: there were about 100 patrons inside the restaurant [which remained closed today], and the shooting still makes COMCAST news; Manny Ramirez will be in the Duke City to play for the Isotopes, put NM baseball in the NATL spotlight; bandits struck the Wells Fargo branch in Alamogordo yesterday; Farmington woman won $102K in the Roadrunner Lottery;

Naked Hiking Day, Father’s Day & the first day of Summer; for most people, spending money for luxury items is still on the back burner; fifteen Dali drawings will be on display in Buffalo, NY; this is the longest day of the year, over 14½ hours of sunlight; as of today, the Red Sox are in first place; SLC rock & mudslides; no ‘bad doctors’ entered in NATL Practitioners Databank, since hospitals face no penalties for failing to report anyone; people throwing out less during recession, more items recycled; Alexandria, VA clothing store is restoring as well as reselling items; four story building collapsed in Brooklyn; pagans & partygoers surround Stonehenge; N Korea says America is planning an atomic war, its ship is presumed to be carrying missiles; many arrests have taken place, including a US tourist; at least 17 killed in during riots, there were no ‘major’ demonstrations’ today; is Obama too timid or passive; the White House is watching; many citizens love the current Iranian regime; new walls are made of electrons;