…9/7-09: the key to good health…is good health

61º in ABQ; 72% humidity at 6A…this is a good day to read comics, while recuperating; Ben Ray Lujan holds town hall health care meeting via phone; car crashed into APT, crushing a baby’s crib: the child only had minor scrapes from the incident, and was found under the car; man’s body found near de Vargas Park in Santa Fe; the final day of the Bernalillo Wine Festival; Bloomfield teen set on fire by his uncle; this weekend saw the first of many events to celebrate the 400th B’day of the City Different more car vandalism thought to be by a gang of five men, operating in the Duke City foothills; body found W of Columbus, had been dead for several weeks; there were fireworks last night that slightly shook our APT; obstacle course through construction sites for some students to walk to school; money causes delay for the NM Symphony Season; more safety requirements means more equipment and more money spent by vendors before the NM State Fair begins;

September is NATL Disaster Preparedness Month; 5.1 million Americans work at home; the first place movie this weekend only earned $12.4 million; Denver Botanical Garden has a maze in the shape of a T-rex; Obama has created a Council on Industrial Policy; the San Fran Bay Bridge is 73 years old; 593 people have died in the US from the H1N1 virus: people are making up their own rules for handling the H1N1 virus; Obama addressing union members in OH; Cadbury rejected takeover by Kraft; Michael Jackson glove sold for $48K at auction; ‘Dragon CONV’ being held in ATL; airline pilots upset over lack of bathrooms aboard planes; two great white sharks tagged off MA coast; is the media subtly telling the American public not to like Obama, or his policies, has the PRES angered someone, be it a person, or a group; we already have a GOVT run INS plan, it’s called FEHB, offered by OPM; no holiday for Obama; in 1991, the first PRES Bush addressed education by coming to the classroom; education will decide the future of America; so far, the H1N1 virus has been considered ‘mild’; the bridge with the broken eye bar, caused by constant stress; the S CA fire regains strength, over 157K acres have burned; another ‘weird’ event: three people killed in a TN mobile home; smoke on a SW Airlines flight from Orlando to Denver forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Tampa, no serious injuries were reported;

Nicaraguan volcano erupting, spewing ash onto villages; Europe’s largest balloon festival is being held in Germany; Ecuador’s Chief of Security has died from the H1N1 virus; did US storm troops attack an AFG HOSP, tying up its staff?; oil is $68.39 per barrel; Israel approves more building along the West Bank; three British Muslims linked to al Qaeda convicted of attempting to explode at least seven British airliners bound for the US;