64º in ABQ; 52% humidity at 6A…GAQ; Brad’s dentist visit; it’s “time” for me to get a new watch; NM county pools will remain open; GE plant will shut down in ABQ; another local meth bust, this time in NW ABQ; a SE Duke City office BLDG copper theft; small PM T’storm; Gallup mayor is suing that city’s newspaper about a reported rape by him that occurred more than fifty years ago;
UNMMG Summer Picnic; a hug from Geri; campaign signs across UNM campus…is that legal?; long wait for Menaul bus, arrived home after 5:30P;
ABQ temps & weather conditions mentioned on both the Weather Channel & ABC AM News; wet in: Seattle, Norfolk, Louisville, DC, Philly, Pittsburgh, DC, Richmond, Baltimore, Miami, Cheyenne, ATL & Orlando; severe mid-Atlantic storms from DC to GA; a tornado reported in VT; temps from the 50s to the 90s;
The House votes to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy; after 71 years, the Mercury line of vehicles may come to an end; more people expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend; some of the oil spill has reached W FL area, as the ‘t0p kill’ method’ has started again, as much as 38 million gallons may have leaked into Gulf waters; convenience store robber claimed to be a vampire; there are at least 350K graves in Arlington Cemetery; PA MED CTR used the same needle on several pediatric patients; get ready for pizza & toast to display football team logos; Gary Coleman is dead at age 42 from a brain hemorrhage; and the DOW is down again;
The start of talks on the Korean peninsula; volcano erupt in Guatemala & Ecuador; the US death toll in the AFG war has reached 1K;
…5/29–10: comfortable silence
60º in ABQ; 67% humidity at 6A…there is limited ‘private sector business’ in NM; major meth bust in Farmington; students launched a huge rocket 8K feet into space; a CA woman shot & killed herself on I-10 in NM, while she was driving, and her daughter [who was not injured] was in the vehicle; another TV series will be filmed in NM; we enjoyed an AM walk into Olde Towne; Brad prepared Moroccan Chicken, and Tomato Aspic; Dennis Hopper has died from cancer at the age of 74: he loved N NM while filming ‘Easy Rider’, and became a resident of this state; the upstairs A/C is not working; we enjoyed watching ‘Sherlock Holmes’; Brad also made Deviled Eggs; UV Nightclub has closed;
Obama toured a Louisiana beach yesterday; Tea Party candidate says children born in the US to illegal immigrants should not be allowed to become American citizens by birth; websites illegally allowing people to read comic books online for free; while Americans may be traveling during the summer, they will be spending less on vacations; the Celtics move into the final playoffs; immigration protest rally held in Phoenix; abusive, vulgar, offensive statements by debt collectors; ‘top kill’ method has failed: black oil is seeping from the leak on Day 40; authorities say, ‘the coast is clear’, but tourists are avoiding both the Gulf waters…and its beaches;
Near TX, pirates roam the waters along the US/MX border?; S American volcanoes shut down airports;
…5/30–10: optimistic light
57º in ABQ; 17% humidity at 6A…tire fire near First & Coal Streets; NM is promoting ecotourism; double shooting in Hobbs; father killed his young son in their N NM home; hand gliding events are being held in Alamogordo, the Rio Grande Soaring Association; man exposed himself to young girls in various stores across ABQ; Valencia CNTY candidates owe $68K in unpaid property taxes; filming in downtown Duke City; the ABQ Wine Festival being held this weekend; 6% humidity at 5P; we enjoyed watching the ‘Star Trek’ movie; illegal drugs being sold in N NM nutrition store; renovations on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire, NM have been completed;
The Lakers vs. the Celtics for the NBA championship; 25 million gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf of MX; the oil company’s credibility gap is widening; there have been 760 safety violations at its US fuel sites; what is the next plan ’B’ for BP?; actually, it is ‘Plan Number Seven’: use robotic arms to make a smaller hole, and cap that; personal debt stress is on the rise in America; BP did bus in workers during Obama’s visit; the INDY 500 taking place at the Brickyard today; wildfires burning in AK; radioactive leak at VT nuclear plant; a chemical odor caused the evacuation of Union Station in DC; man killed a woman & himself at a NC TARGET store;
British Airways flight crews may be going on strike; Pacific hurricane has killed at least 80 people in Central America; another flight diverted, this time between MX & France, due to a ‘person of interest’;
…5/31–10: water works
64º in ABQ; 52% humidity at 6A…Duke City man slashed his girlfriend with a knife; local payday loan office charged nearly 650% interest; there has been an increase of domestic violence across NM; water pipe burst at a Duke City APT complex near 14th & Lomas, resulting in mold to form on walls; truck slammed into a power in NW ABQ, resulting in a power outage for about 500 nearby residents; our gray chair has a new home; the Dona Ana CNTY Detention CTR is full; gas is $2.55 per gallon; bad economy means more NM residents are enlisting in the military; 6% humidity at 5P;
Car powered by Coca-Cola & candy?; SE US tourism being hampered by online videos saying oil has reached the beaches?; the leak could continue until August, 2010; criminal investigation by the US against BP?: another, darker plume has been detected; paint from the PRES podium falls off during his speech in IL, where a T’storm was taking place; rubber band bracelets are the newest fad in schools, students wearing several on one arm; 
Did Israel attack Palestinian aid ship that was heading to Gaza in INTL waters?: self defense vs. attacks by humanitarian boats…is this the start of a diplomatic crisis, as protests are held around the globe over this incident; no injuries reported after a 6.0 quake shook the Philippines; Germany PRES has resigned; volcanic eruption in the N Mariana Islands;
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