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Cargar, well then you better at least drop off a gift for the toy drive!

Actually, to tie the various conversations together, I got my first venereal disease in New Orleans about 1981. I suppose the brazen head I gave was a contributing factor.

Do you know another sign that a city is struggling, and is looking (too hard) at tourism to revive its fortunes? It’s when they build a “riverwalk” complex on the waterfront, usually clearing out an old wharf district.

They usually are stocked with stores that are corporately-owned, but they give them a “zany” name on a wooden sign, trying to create the impression that they are locally owned. They are basically shopping malls that they try to turn into torist destinations. Think South Seaport, squared.

Inevitably they have a “Bubba-Gump” restaurant. When you see this place, run away. It’s a tourist trap area.

If you get a venereal disease, it won’t be from bowling shoes.

secret to good pumpkin pie is rum or brandy