…2/4-10: learn, know, act

31º in ABQ; 96% humidity at 6A…GAQ; overnight moisture at The Beach; black ice covers major roads; over 100 closings & delays across NM; food & fuel needed for Navajo Nation homes; the Navajo Nation also has its own license plates; ABQ company donating water purifiers for Haitians; I could have fallen asleep in the shower this AM; nude photos of Santa Fe police officer being circulated through that DEPT; and another winter storm on our doorstep?; over 200 delays or closings across NM; freight train derailed in Gallup, none of its contents spilled, nor was anyone injured; NM soldier killed in AFG; Clovis woman shot during domestic dispute; Roswell FED BLDG was evacuated as fumes spread thought the structure; NM GOV wants a vote on the domestic partnership bill; during the AM, snow covered vehicles driving on Central; City of Vision has started a eyeglass drive;

finish coding specialists; slippery & slick walking across the campus; police in the Bradbury area during the PM; today, my W–2 form arrived in the mail;

NM has become a permanent fixture on the Weather Channel, yesterday’s snow in Santa Fe & ABQ made ‘weather news’; VA in a state of emergency; snow for Rapid City, Billings, Denver, Santa Fe, KC & Tulsa; rain for ATL, Nashville, Mobile, New Orleans, OKC, Baton Rouge; bad driving along parts of I-10, I-20, I-35, I-55, I-65, I-70, I-75 & I-85 ; blame this weather pattern on a subtropical jet; DC may see another foot of snow; temps from the 20s to the 70s;

NATL Tea Party CONV will be held in Nashville; SEN Brown from MA wants to be sworn in earlier than planned; another Bay Bridge makeover completed; 6.0 quake shook the N CA coastal area, but no damages or injuries were reported: this is the second tremor within a month; woman ticketed for having a mannequin in the passenger’s seat while driving in the HOV lane, says it was for ‘protection purposes’; jobless claims on the rise; AZ ‘sweat lodge’ leader arrested, accident vs. crime; the DOW fell 268 points; DEPT of Justine may intervene in a NY case, where a boy was harassed for being gay, and threatening phrases were written about him…plus the fact that the school system did nothing to stop these attacks; should there be a ‘White History Month’?; the potato chip bag was invented by a woman who ironed two pieces of wax paper together; economists losing faith in the recovery?; canned foods are cooked after they are placed in their containers; earn a degree in growing marijuana;a porcupine is a rodent?; Prius problems linked to the antilock brake system; Toyota global recall has now reached 8.1 million vehicles, some hybrid models won’t break; oil is $73.14 per barrel; gold is $1,066 per barrel; did the 80s song ‘Down Under’ copy a children’s tune?; DC pandas being returned to China so they can bred; US missionaries charged with kidnapping, could spend 24 years in jail, could the trial be moved to America?; underwater explosion near Iwo Jima, Japan may create a new island; economic problems in Greece & Spain;