…6/1–10: refreshing weather

60º in ABQ; 19% humidity at 6A…YDDC guard attacked by inmate; three fires are burning in SW NM; primary elections being held today; SE ABQ APT complex fire; Brad had PM vertigo, it faded away by dinnertime; early to bed for us tonight; new fire burning near Jemez Springs; PNM asking for a 21% rate hike, which will become effective April, 2011;

Hell Week, Day One, the political campaign signs on the UNM campus are gone; saw Richard, who resumed his regular shift;

Twisters across CO yesterday; wet for NE & KS: and in Boston, Charlotte, Tampa, New Orleans, Twin Cities, Yellowstone, Albany, Buffalo, Seattle, Raleigh, Miami, the FL Keys, Fargo, KC, Newark & ATL; bad weather along I-20 & I-81; today starts the hurricane season; temps from the 60s to the 90s;

Creator of Trivial Pursuit has died at the age of 59 years old; another ‘top hat’ attempt will be tried by BP; there were never any contingency plans for deep sea disasters by the oil company; other rigs in the Gulf are shutting down, employees complaining about their health; one women was paid to sit 700 silent hours, staring at people across a table, in MOMA; the I-Phone feature that makes you look fat; gas prices should not rise above $3 per gallon this summer; the DOW ended down; now, gays in the military could pose a religious threat?; Wal-Mart is slashing their prices to entice more customers; HP will cut 3K jobs; after forty years of marriage, Al & Tipper Gore are separating; BP will use a diamond wire saw to slow the flow; 34.3 million gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of MX: the cleanup may continue until Thanksgiving; the killing of a culture: the marshlands will not return once they are killed; fake cop pulled over a real deputy; polls show people do not like either [D] or [R];

Agatha has killed at least 175 people, and created a sinkhole under a BLDG in Guatemala City; forest fires burning near Montreal; Israel is involved in an INTL incident; the number three leader of al Qaeda may have been killed in AFG; because of the Gulf incident, BP has had ‘free publicity’, but not the right kind: it share value plummeted around the world; oil is $74.06 per barrel; gold is $1,224.80 an ounce;

…6/2–10: it only takes a moment to be polite to someone

62º in ABQ; 16% humidity at 6A…GAQ; crime unit at Louisiana & Indian School this AM; NM will have a female GOV, as Susana Martinez won the [R] primary; burglar used a fishing rod & reel to steal money from a bank’s night deposit box; repairman said our A/C needs a part, two days before a super heat wave will arrive in NM; KAFB military officer faces child porn charges; thieves stole camping items for muscular dystrophy children, whose summer camp starts next week; 8% humidity at 6P;

Hell Week, Day Two; bus AM Bus stop; UNM nurse has bookmarked my YouTube site; Richard goes to the same comic book store that I do;

ABQ temps mentioned on the ABC AM News; wet in: Miami, Cleveland, Omaha, Des Moines, St. Louis, Louisville, St. Charles, Rapid City, Seattle, Denver, Yellowstone, Chicago, INDY, KC, Pittsburgh, Orlando, ATL & Charlotte; tornadoes from TX to OH; bad weather along sections of I-65 & I-70; temps from the 60s to the 90s;

Are Ford vehicles suffering from pedal problems?; can hemlines predict the weather?; the spill is now three times the size of the Exxon Valdez; BP has spent $1 billion to clean up the Gulf of MX; have any environmental laws been broken?; tar balls have reached AL shores, the next target could be the FL coast; plane crashed into Anchorage home, killing a boy; another ‘risky attempt by BP today to stop the oil: saw got stuck in the broken pipe; the spill is seven miles from Pensacola Beach, FL; former Beatle received PRES entertainment award; the Brooklyn Bridge is getting a $500 million facelift, and paint job; the DOW ended up; more people paying their staff to keep in shape;

Japan PM will resign; a cheese rolling contest in England; at least twelve people have been killed when a man goes on a shooting rampage in England; peace talks are continuing in AFG; topless maids for hire; Egypt opens its border with Gaza; BP earns $67 million per day, and is spending $23 million on a daily basis to clean this mess; handguns are banned in Britain;

…6/3–10: comfortable air

62º in ABQ; 19% humidity at 6A…Code Yellow: Moderate Air Quality; cut myself while shaving; millions of gallons of water is missing in Belen; N NM fire has burned over 1,900 acres, and is only 10% contained; 77 year old woman did not surrender her purse to robbers, even after being dragged across the pavement of a parking lot; Valencia CNTY official drove his vehicle into a Belen BLDG; car fire in NE ABQ; the Duke City school budget for 2010–2011 has been approved; dead body found in NE ABQ; we are not making PNM happy; but, a part for our A/C has been located on the E Coast, should arrive next week; no new school district for the W Side of the Duke City; NM students participate in NATL Spelling Bee;

Hell Week, Day 2.5; walked across the UNM Campus, and took the Red Line home, and talked to Steve;

Wet for: NYC, Tallahassee, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Orlando, OKC, INDY, ID Falls, Tulsa, Louisville, Houston, Boston, Philly, DC, Richmond, ATL & Providence; rain along sections of I-95; tornado threat for: NE, KY, SD, MA, AR & OK; temps from the 60s to the 100s;

Six barrier islands will be built, at a cost of $360 million: BP admits failure, and says a clean cut, by giant shears, is needed to cap the pipe; 90K sq. miles of the Gulf is now ‘off limits’ to fishing: is either nuking, or using the military, an alternative to solving this problem?; US sends BP a bill for $69 million; pelicans are covered from sludge; workers who get ill from being around the spill will not have to worry about being fired, they should be seen by a doctor; all you need is soap & water to remove oil from your body; the DOW was slightly up; Rue McClanahan has died from a stroke at the age of 76; a sinkhole has appeared along I-44 in Tulsa; NY will allow civil unions for same–sex couples; Maytag, Amana & Jenn-Air recalled 1.7 million dishwashers; boy saved from electrical shock…thanks to the ‘Croc’ shoes he was wearing; Paul McCartney received Library of Congress Award;

‘Iron Boy’ video is the newest YouTube hit; Palestinian activists released by Israel;

…6/4–10: everyone deserves a piece of peace

59º in ABQ; 28% humidity at 6A…Code Yellow: Moderate Air Quality; Brad’s early AM Chiro visit; residents in a NE ABQ mobile home park have six months to move; the ABQ BioPark is donating fur to help soak up the oil spill; the fire near Jemez is now 35% contained; the Lobos baseball team is heading to the NCAA playoffs; two children fell out of a second floor window in a Rio Rancho home; ABQ mayor will sign the new budget; the ‘weekend of rest’ begins; NM has the largest number of pecan orchards in the world, a nut favored by Turkish people; seven ABQ schools around the city have been vandalized in the past five days, the thieves have mainly stolen laptops; the JC Penny circular for the Duke City is in rainbow colors; Michael Astorga has been found guilty of murdering a police officer; SWAT situation at an E ABQ hotel;

Comic book ‘skip’ week; an empty AM R/R; all alone;

Wet in: DC, Orlando, ATL, New Orleans, Chicago, Des Moines, Seattle, Baton Rouge, Pittsburgh, Wichita, Baltimore, Houston, Yellowstone, Charlotte, KC & the Twin Cities; tornado threat for KS, IL, WI & MI; wet along sections of I-10, I-70, I-80 & I-94; NATL Airport was temporarily shut down, due to heavy rains & T’storms; temps from the 60s to the 100s;

Cadmium has been discovered in McDonald’s ‘Shrek’ glasses; fewer Americans are in prison; the PRES visits the Gulf of MX for a third time; the oil could impact VA beaches; the cut was not ‘clean’, but jagged; the oil has been sighted near Destin & Panama City, FL; oil & tourism do not mix; oil is currently capped, via a 5K ft. steel pipeline; BP is unsure if its latest attempt will work; shale gas well erupted in W PA; Wal–Mart will add 500K jobs?; the DOW dropped 323+ points; tar balls have appeared on the AL & NE FL coast, whose beaches are still ‘open for business’: people have been told not to touch them; an increase in interracial couples; the ‘relief well’ is still two months away from completion; unemployment rate dropped to 9.7%: 431K jobs were added, the highest number in a decade, but most of them are for the 2010 Census: these jobs will end during this summer; Yosemite NATL Park will offer free admission this weekend; the cap is in place, but oil is still leaking; HAZMAT outfits have to be worn when walking on Louisiana beaches; Chrysler has recalled 25K cars; a seven year old boy survived a seven story fall from a FL APT complex;

More Americans are accused of supplying to money to Middle East terrorist groups; oil is $71.96 per barrel; gold is $1,216.20 an ounce; Lady Gaga may have lupus; the US wished a happy birthday to Queen Elizabeth II…but one week earlier than the actual date;