…10/4-09: friendships that never end

50º in ABQ; 86% humidity at 6A…Brad continues his painting; trying to create a Blog entry by adding the pictures first, then the dialogue; a view of the balloons from the top of The Beach; NM GOV spoke to the KOAT team, before flying in a balloon: he thinks more of the special shapes will arrive by midweek; his future goal is still to see every baseball park in the US; some Fiesta events were cancelled last night; hopefully, I sent Phyllis a picture of Dawn Patrol for her B’day; slight delay because of winds, then the Mass Ascension got a green light, as several groups of balloons were launched, some ‘splash & dash’, quick trips that sometimes end on the Rio Grande; strong winds mean no balloon glows tonight; Brad prepared Broiled Tomatoes, which were quite good; Fiesta fireworks will take place; one gondola made a hard landing in Rio Rancho; for the first time in fourteen year, the America’s Challenge race has been cancelled; NM woman murdered in HI; NM has ‘widespread’ cases of H1N1; per COMCAST, film being produced in the Duke City provides food for the homeless;we have Navy vessels named the USS NM, Albuquerque & Santa Fe; what price for health INS, will it become to costly for American?; an increase in cyber security; Danville, VA dog on skateboard brings business to his owner’s car dealership; men, not women, buying less new underwear; high boots for women are ‘in’; so are female roller derbies: elegant violence; Universal Studios will host The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Halloween; haircut cutback during hard times; recession also hurts restaurants; empty billboards along highways; Greenspan grim on future of US economy; the five minute preview of ‘2012’ is awesome!; there is a pumpkin shortage in New England; Patriots won, so did Denver; billions of dollars spent on self improvement techniques; San Bernardino CNTY residents told to evacuate; conflict over an African American Barbie?; four people in a car are killed when their vehicle slides under a semi on I-95 in Philly; Obamas celebrate their anniversary in DC;

eight US soldiers were killed in AFG battle, the deadliest attack in a year; Chinese premier meets N Korean leader; Dubai: the city on the edge of tomorrow; computer glitch delays UK flights; do Israel’s nuclear missiles ‘scare’ Iran?; the smell of death, as US soldiers become ‘bullet magnets’; Socialists win in Greece elections;