…10/23-09: the better you sleep, the better you feel

40º in ABQ; 76% humidity at 6A…GAQ; Gay Rodeo in the Duke City this weekend; why can’t he see the difference between ‘mad’ & ‘sad’?; two bills in the legislature that may help balance the NM state budget; 2% cuts in ABQ school budgets; Navajo Nation may buy AZ ski resort; NM may also tap its reserve funds; this weekend Holloman AFB will hold an open house; the Old Turquoise Lodge may be turned into a halfway home for women; Latino group objects new mayor’s appointment; Baillo’s may be filing for bankruptcy; NM ‘should’ be receiving all its allocated amount of flu vaccines by January, 2010; fatal crash on I-40W in Tijeras Canyon, when a semi slammed into the side of a MTN; new ABQ mayor’s transition team is in its initial stages; by the end of the day, the NM House & Senate may have agreed upon a new budget…only Saturday will tell; malfunctioning plane safely landed at SunPort, faulty gear blamed; today was Brad’s doctor visit, and he picked up his new glasses;

left at noon, ate at Monica’s, it still has very good food; finished Rounds by 7:30A; no CTI Admits; no heat on the AM R/R; the strange, diverse people you can meet at bus stops; after lunch, our bus driver would not let me on, called me to the front of the vehicle, and said my pass was invalid: we talked & resolved the matter, and he apologized…on our trip from the NE Heights, he was our driver again, and greeted us with a smile, and waved when we got off the R/R; arrived home before 5P;

an EF-0 twister struck Louisiana, a small supercell; TX floods, coupled with 80 mph winds; record snow in NE; nine foot surf along CA coast; snow in the Twin Cities, more flurries in the Midwest; showers in DC & Pittsburgh; rain for ATL, Chicago, Spokane, INDY, Detroit, and parts of I-65; temps from 40s to 80s;

pilot error?; ground crew lost ‘awareness’ with the plane that flew over WI, and arrived one hour late at its destination: pilots say they were not asleep, yet ignored cockpit alarms & lighted displays: they were forced to make several flight maneuvers to prove they were not drunk or taken drugs; comic Soupy Sales has died at the age of 83; widespread cases of H1N1 reported in 46 states; first time home buyers helped September sales report; the flush rush for a low flow toilet; MN motorized lounge chair struck & damaged a parked car, its ‘driver’ faces DUI charges; girl found in NYC with no memory of who she is; an opt-out option for states in the reformed health bill; top execs will now receive ‘retention awards’; FL, GA, MN, IL & WI banks shut down, bringing the total to 106 in 2009, the worst year since 1992; same–sex couples may be counted in the 2010 census; 1K swine flu deaths reported in the US; the DOW ended down; 82% of those polled say the recession is not over; clean furniture with SPAM, and no accompanying food smell; the First Family portrait; mistake over Bryers’ ice cream errs in explanation of ingredients; seven killed in PAK attack; Chenille robes made in PAK are responsible for nine deaths; global warming is a hot topic around the world; fire at Puerto Rico fuel depot; there are now over 5K swine flu deaths around the world; MX millionaire states he made money by selling chemical to create meth; oil is $80.50 per gallon; gold is $1056.40 an ounce;