…10/25-09: touch the top

50º in ABQ; 42% humidity at 6A…it is better to get a good night’s sleep, than get the flu; you can tell when it’s weekends: I tend to add an opinion about something; overnight, Rail Runner renovations shut down N Valley roads; I add a daily blog entry on things that interest me, or are ‘weird’, my creation starts early in the AM, and I work off & on until I go to bed, this includes adding color & pictures: it’s fast & fun work; N NM Winter Storm Warnings, and a second low pressure is heading our way; men walk in high heels to raise money for MADD; Brad continues his largest painting project; Thornburg Mortgage accused of mishandling money; former Rio Rancho mayor embezzled city funds [is embezzling or mishandling cash this state’s hobby]?, and the funny part is that they always get caught!; we were probably one of the first Leather/Levi clubs to march in a DC Pride Parade, way back in ’81; cards on the table: to get a pet?; ‘Sanctuary’ episode had scenes in NM; Brad’s oregano garden keeps growing; the Bernalillo Fire DEPT has received a $185K grant from Homeland Security;

the homeless in ‘the’ Vegas live in underground tunnels; the girl found in NYC with amnesia has been identified; woman ticketed in Dallas, part of the reason was that she only spoke Spanish?; health workers in NY no longer required to get a flu shot; a car wash for charity where men dress in drag; sign of the time: a cell phone as a Halloween costume; MI man stuffs cockroaches into his mouth to beat the Guinness world’s record; hugging the PRES could hurt your political career; Halloween ‘scarecrow’ gets an unexpected punch to the head; Italian wedding soup served at Pittsburgh restaurant; rockslide on the TN/NC border may cause I-40 to be closed for several months; six Harvard researchers were poisoned by chemicals poured into their coffee; candy corn is the number one Halloween treat; the Patriots & the Steelers won; America’s new natural gas?; the worst cereals have the best advertisement: the industry cannot police itself; so far 90% of US flu cases are H1N1; IA pulls the plug on making movies in its state; Madoff ‘player’ found dead in his FL mansion’s pool; same–sex marriage debate moves to ME;another 7.0 quake shook Indonesia; Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he expects a full recovery from the disease by next year; acid rain & toxic fumes remain after Puerto Rican fuel depot fire: Obama has declared the island an ‘emergency zone’; eighteen people have died in Egyptian train crash; dried fruit was introduced to Europe by traders to Islamic areas; for some people, how did they survive without cell phones; UN inspectors visit former ‘secret’ site in Iran; shattered dreams: the biggest Baghdad car bombings in years, striking GOVT structures;