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In case you missed it, this weekend's big news story was about a Georgia woman who decided to take off days before her wedding, scheduled to be before 600 people, with 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen.(can't imagine why she felt pressure) Jennifer Wilbanks instead spent the morning of her wedding day with the fine men and women of the Albuquerque police department, after calling her family from a pay phone near a 7-11 and the lovely University inn on Central.

The story led the national news, and dispite any actual revelance to anyone's lives except her family and the people searching for her, did lead to heated conversations about whether her fiance will go through with the wedding to the woman that was so horrified at the thought of marrying this guy she up and went to vegas and followed some quote "hispanic guy" to new mexico. As some have suggested, perhaps she made the all-to-common mistake of thinking she was leaving the country, surprised that there's no border control in arizona.

Having the spotlight on our little corner of the country is a good chance for our state tourism department to get on it.. with a national advertising campain.. to the effect of: New Mexico, when you really need to get away.

Please feel free to make your own suggestions.


TV: and since I haven't commented in a while, I will tell you all that this season of American Idol is getting out of hand, bad. Carrie and vonzell are the only one's with any talent and they're marginal at best. Carrie will probably win. The more interesting point is why the no talent, nasty personality, big-boy Scott is still around? Is there a secret underground movement to vote for the worst person on the show? Or is America's taste that bad? Time will tell, but it would be funny to see the network spin it if Scott wins.