…9/6-09: oceans, and memories

65º in ABQ; 65% humidity at 6A…all those people, in one little room; GAQ; Four Corners storms mentioned on the Weather Channel, and the chance for ABQ to be wet next weekend; I will return home to rest, after registering patients; Brad & I both have slight head colds; I went to work for a few hours; at 5A, TV has an assortment of vacuum cleaner & exercise equipment ads; first AM bus was Central, the ride home was also on a Central; the bus stop on Yale feels less on Sundays; got home about 11:30A; busy weekend so far, two pages of GPU Admits; finished Rounds by 8A; another child bitten by a dog: this time, on the neck; bicycle & motorcycle parking problems at the Bradbury; Central was nearly empty at 5:30A; at 5:45A a man & a woman were walking across the Rio Grande bridge on Central; four teens broke into a home in Valencia CNTY, beat up a man inside the dwelling and led police on a car chase: the attacked victim is in the HOSP; hard to remember today was Sunday; rocket launch at Sandia Pueblo, to honor the Internet & Bill Gates; Route 66 was shut down in Gallup after heavy downpours soaked the town, up to two inches of rain fell;


during retro fitting, a ‘significant’ crack was detected in the Bay Bridge, which may shut down the San Fran span for several days; freezing in ME this AM; rain for the TN & OH Valleys, plus parts of MO, IL & S FL and the NW US coast; Festival of Balloons being held in NY town this weekend; today’s temps from the 60s to 100s; snow in WA MTN; each state will decide if its students should listen to what the PRES has to say: teachers, parents, students & politicians deciding if they want to hear Obama has to say later this week; conservatives feel Obama is trying to brainwash their children; S CA fire are 49% contained; a missing Pittsburgh child has been found dead; Ventura BLVD in Los Angeles was flooded after a water main broke in Studio City; when will this end!…another family killed, this time in Louisiana; a radical, racist communist on Obama’s ‘environment advisor’ has resigned; do children really know how to properly wash their hands?; a decline in electricity use by Americans; great white sharks sighted off MA coast…this is a rare occurrence; more compromises on the NATL health bill?; McDonald’s may be sued for using another restaurant’s slogan; Palin should have used the phrase ‘read my lipstick’; woman sued Marriot and won $420K after being fired because she was ‘an old lady’, then hired two younger women; 9/8/09: the day Obama speaks to students; Bush the First did the same in the early 1990s, so why do people fear this PRES is trying to indoctrinate children, since a copy of his speech will appear on the Internet?; member of Team Obama said attacks similar to Columbine were not started by people of color: Van Jones had believed the Bush ADMIN played a role in the 9–11 attacks; Obama may opt out of the public health plan: if he does, how will this entire affair help or hurt his leadership; as of today, the Red Sox are in second place, 7½ games behind the Yankees; 200K family members are abducted each year; audiences enjoy ‘Big Brother’ videos, programs or films;




Brazil has the highest number of H1N1 deaths; ferry sinks in the Philippines; the X-tc cell phone from Virgin Mobile?; tensions between Germany, the US & AFG?;