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    Game Over, Try Again

    July 26, 2026 /No Comments

    My tolerance for the bullshit is wearing thin. The neighbor who is incapable of managing her emotions today felt the need to, in front of the council and the few attendees who had arrived by that time, show her true colors in public. How embarrassing… for her. 

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    The Neighborhood Council Files: Sabbatical, Interrupted

    July 24, 2026 /No Comments

    A community census turns into a loyalty test, a council president who doesn't believe in deadlines, and a passive-aggressive neighbor, all in one 1am-ending day.

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    Rest In Peace, And Other Lies They Tell

    July 17, 2026 /No Comments

    A woman dies in the Colonia, and the neighborhood suddenly remembers her fondly. I don't. Some truths don't get nicer just because someone stopped breathing.

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    Tales From Patient Zero

    July 13, 2026 /No Comments

    The demands of working through illness and being the source of spreading sickness.

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    Dear Stupid Ass Neighbors,

    July 10, 2026 /No Comments

    A letter my neighbors will never read. About gossip, corruption, and the survival logic that outlives the war that made it. Turns out it sounds familiar.

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