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Definition of a Cluster Fuck

I stopped in the LaLa with the Bean this morning on our walk – btw fall is in the air and the breeze was blowing so lovely that it made me nostalgic – fall always does that, I think of uniforms (like the Cabrini girls) and lunch boxes and corduroy and wool and fire – something so magical about fall – anyway I stopped in and K was there and I looked over the bathrooms…

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There is a name for what you have

T said yesterday that sleep apnea is the new new thing, I said I thought acid reflux was the new thing and he said acid reflux is so last year. Well I was reading a magazine and there was an issue advertisement for isitreallydepression.com and here are the symptoms for bipolar disorder – hmmm, me thinks I have it: Has there ever been a period of time when you: felt so good or so hyper…

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Dogs on Xanax

It’s not easy staying positive when the odds are against you – I told G to quit reading the Times Picayune since it was full of bad news and told her I was going to start my own paper filled with hopeful news – she called me Rachel Stroup after that Sheila Stroup woman who writes from the Xanax suburbs of New Orleans – I was trying to input a ton of stuff into the…

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Sintes Boatworks

My first husband used to build boats with Dave Sintes – I went over to get marine primer for the windows in the bathroom and across from his boat place is his brother’s place. The whole ground floor is makeshift tables with stuff they salvaged from the storm. Upstairs did not get flooded, and that is where most of the retail clothes and what not lives, but Stevie, the son, said yeah, we didn’t get…

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Looking tragedy in the face

I went by Twickler’s this morning to get some flashing and he said that he drove out to Chalmette and was disheartened by everything he saw – “whole strip malls and corners that were once vibrant and bustling are dead” “the Corrugated company with building after building, it’s all nothing now” “inside there used to be machines and rolls and rolls of aluminum, now there is nothing” “one guy is sitting at a desk with…

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