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I haven’t been ignoring you, truly I haven’t. I’ve just been pre-occupied with an opportunity that came my way this summer. It was July, and there I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business when someone from Propeller New Orleans, a non-profit entrepreneurial accelerator program, contacted me about applying for acceptance into their fall program….
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Dear Customers:
It is NOT okay to take your dirty clothes home in the pillow cases. It is NOT okay to take hand towels and use them as fish towels on your boat. It is NOT okay to use wash cloths to do whatever it is you do with them to get them brown and black. It…