…5/23–10: business before treasure

56º in ABQ; 18% humidity at 6A…another day of high winds & extreme fire danger; a Repo man shot someone as he was trying to retrieve a vehicle; Brad is in a creative Jell-O mood, from mixed fruit to orange juice; NM jobless rate has dropped to 8.7%, and the state will be receiving more FED funds to pay the unemployed; fire burns near Carlsbad Caverns; a helmet & rifle removed from a NM Vietnam Memorial have been located in an APT complex; the series ‘In Plain Sight’ is filmed in NM;

Nationwide recall of one company’s alfalfa sprouts; the Gulf oil spill may have caused permanent damages to marshlands; BP never meets its promised deadlines; years from now, the Gulf Stream could bring the spill to British shores; more oil is reaching Louisiana beaches; [R] win seat in HI; families are lying about their incomes, so rich children can attend Head Start programs; the end of ‘Lost’;

Computer generated genes; train derailment in China has killed at least 19 people; did something fall off, or from, the Atlantis space shuttle?; Australian man will attempt the longest & fastest parachute dive; another swaying bridge appears, this time in Russia; why doesn’t the US buy poppy from the AFG farmers, a tactic that is currently being used by the Taliban; Norwegian oil well partially evacuated after encountering a change in pressure while drilling; Middle East countries may provide aid in stopping the US oil spill;

…5/24–10: clean, and cool

60º in ABQ; 18% humidity at 6A…GAQ; Brad’s dentist visit; Bosque fire burns near Corrales, 100 homes have been evacuated: the fire has burned about 5–10 acres, and is 0% contained; there is also an 800 acre blaze burning along the NM/CO border, near Raton; today is the last day for the ABQ public school year; Duke City budget may be voted on tonight; Brad prepared Steak au Poivre; there are at least five fires burning across NM; N NM freeze warnings tonight; Brad completed his major picture;

UNM Duck Pond drained, killing many of the fish that swam in it; two patients have the same name;

T’storms from the Dakotas to TX; wet in JAX, Charlotte, Fargo, SLC, Dodge City, Billings, Twin Cities, Orlando & Charleston, SC; snow in Yellowstone; July heat in the Great Plains; a subtropical storm brewing in the Atlantic; temps from the 50s to the 90s;

101 uses by her husband for an ex-wife’s wedding dress; a lawnmower that can reach speeds of 80+ mph; BP blunders, taking too long to clean the water, and stop the oil: sand barriers are now being built to soak up the sludge; stop the production of drop side cribs; should a mosque be built on ‘hallowed ground’, near the site of the 9–11 attacks; rural children are just as likely to die from gunshot wounds as youngsters who live in cities; the DOW ended down; 2.6 quake shook AR last week; poor quality cement used to stop oil flow from broken pipe; now, a potential candidate for the SC GOV position denies having an affair; gang member killed three people at a NJ school playground; gay rights activists ‘came’ to MS this past weekend; no one knows how much oil has leaked, but fewer fish can be seen in the spill area; home sales are going up, interest rates are going down, and many people are refinancing; MN mother gave birth while driving to the HOSP;

Jamaican capital under a state of emergency; space shuttle Atlantis is heading home; Duchess of York tried to ‘sell’ her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, to generate more income for herself; 5.9 quake shook parts of Peru; tensions rising between N & S Korean; oil is $70.16 per barrel; gold is $1,193.80 an ounce;