BROKEN WINDOWS

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Katrina Dollar

Our last trip down to New Orleans, I recieved this dollar as change at the Walgreen's on Tchoupitoulas. The corners and edges have been eaten up by water rot; along the back and on the bottom right are smudges of hardened, muddy sludge.

Pretty much sums up our state of affairs, don't you think?

3:13:20 PM |

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