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Given a choice, Icelandic Sheepdogs. Stalks @annelamott 24/7. New book out - Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic.

Fairfax, CA
Joined April 2009
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
4 years
My wife ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ says I’ve been selected for the first trial of Dear Leader’s light and Clorox injection treatment.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Here I am moments after being wedded to the kindest, most beautiful, most accepting woman, the very same woman whose profundity and hilarity I get to share with you. (Signed) Mr. @ANNELAMOTT
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ANNE LAMOTT
5 years
So I got married yesterday, to a brilliant sweet soulful man named ⁦Neal, aka @NealFAllen ⁩. It was perfectly beautiful. Thank you all for your endless love and appreciation. (Signed) Mrs. Anne Lamott
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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@NealFAllen is by no means smarter than @ANNELAMOTT . I should know. He is tall, but the attached tweet is otherwise unreliable. @ANNELAMOTT is the kindest, most brilliant, funniest, most beautiful human alive. I know this objectively and I am willing to get it notarized.
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ANNE LAMOTT
5 years
I’m getting married tmrw in a redwood grove, at the age of 65, to a tall handsome writer @NealFAllen —good sense of humor, is smarter than I am, can fix anything, and cook. So never ever give up, no matter how things look or how long they take. Don’t quit before the miracle. Deal?
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@NealFAllen
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A friend of Annie’s reports that in both UK and USA ours is the biggest wedding since Harry and Meghan, whoever they were. This might be why bridezilla @ANNELAMOTT is demanding a horse-drawn carriage & ermine stole & 2-lb bag of M&Ms. It’s the @Costco cherry pies all over again.
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@NealFAllen
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4 years
My precious wife @ANNELAMOTT ’s new way of telling me to bug off: “Shouldn’t you be studying Sanskrit?”
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@NealFAllen
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3 years
Roughing it at Yosemite with ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩, 2nd anniversary with a beautiful woman of expanding kindness.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
5 years
You know how at kids’ weddings all the old people stay on the periphery and watch sardonically or sweetly? When you get married old, like @ANNELAMOTT and I recently did, the young people stay on the periphery, sardonically and sweetly watching the old people have fun.
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@NealFAllen
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How many men can boast to their brides they passed a kidney stone the morning of their wedding, @ANNELAMOTT ? #themanyouaremarrying #painless #goodtiming
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@NealFAllen
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Sheer bliss. At 150 days, our marriage is ALREADY longer than Nicolas Cage and Lisa-Marie Presley’s OR Kid Rock and Pam Anderson’s! #OneForTheRecordBooks #OldFolksAtHome #HaHaCherAndGreggAllman
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Smart move, Kev. You don’t want that rap of being “the adult in the room” that doomed your predecessors.
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Kevin McCarthy
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If a respected three-star general and then-advisor to the President can become the victim of a manipulated federal investigation, what hope does the average American have? What happened to @GenFlynn is a national disgrace.
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Guess where @annelamott and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary? #oh #god #not #another #natl #park
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@ANNELAMOTT vowed to wait until after we were married before retiring to permanent bed rest and morning cherry pie. She couldn’t help herself. #brokenvows #already
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@NealFAllen
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4 years
Let’s hear it for Joe Biden’s decency.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
5 years
Heading to Maui where ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ and I plan to renew our vows. After a dark period, we both believe that we can make it work this time. #honeymoon #RamDassRetreat #snorkeling
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@NealFAllen
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@ANNELAMOTT ⁩ asked for passage on the QE2 and the traditional grand tour of Europe for our honeymoon, but I put my foot down. Waiting to board our plane for Dallas.
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Checked in to my Facebook feed. Glad to see that everyone is having a perfect Christmas with their high-functioning families. Big smiles. All is well! I guess I was wrong to worry.
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Hitched
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@NealFAllen
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4 years
. @ANNELAMOTT doesn’t seem to care, but I’m quite worried that the Be Best movement will lose momentum.
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@NealFAllen
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6 years
My brilliant, beautiful fiancée ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ getting into the carpal tunnel groove for her fans. Tour kicks off Monday, new book drops Tuesday!
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
3 years
Name one thing that feels the same as when you were 10. I’ve got two: flying down the street on a bicycle, and swimming underwater the length of the pool.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Joey Ramone once said: “Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you’re too old to play.”
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
4 years
Unlike Wm Shakespeare or Va Woolf, my wife @ANNELAMOTT wrote a book that made it into a Super Bowl ad.
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Heather Rocco
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@ANNELAMOTT And then a commercial with your book in it!
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4 years
Today’s news from the garden
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
5 years
I have a lot to thank Bill Rankin for.
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ANNE LAMOTT
5 years
Beloved priest friends Bill Rankin, @Thomasweston & @jackkornfield are marrying me and @NealFAllen today. Bill was there in 1985 when I was hittting bottom. I said God could not love me in the shape I was in, doing what I was doing. He said God HAD to love me—that was God’s job.
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For millennia, probably for all human time before the mid-1800s, the average longevity was 40 years, across cultures. Now it’s double that. Why? Public health: Sanitation, hygiene, pharmaceutical regulation, food safety, antibiotics and vaccines. Epidemiologists are heroes.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Mukti comforts her Covid-stricken mistress @ANNELAMOTT
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
5 years
Well-played, @ANNELAMOTT
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ANNE LAMOTT
5 years
Oh great, we’re getting into a big ugly fight now. Still, the secret of a good marriage is that each person secretly thinks they’re getting the better deal. So maybe we’re okay.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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On Day Four without a port we resort to sketching out cruise line murder mystery plots, one for each annoying fellow passenger. #ssminnow #allyoucaneat #marriagetest
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Neal Allen
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Odds of our marriage making it 30 more days to our First Anniversary widening in proportion to number of hours @ANNELAMOTT and I are stuck together at home. #CoronavirusDivorceRate #OffTheCharts #DidYouEatAllTheGoodnPlenty ?
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Silly us. ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ and I worried whether Rosalie would survive our disappearance on honeymoon. Here she is back home while we are in Maui sullenly mourning her absence. When the humans are away ... #PouncingPractice #FickleFeline
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My fave ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ at work, and also sheltering in place. #homeinvasion
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@NealFAllen
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How do I text my vote for SCOTUS? #realityshow @ANNELAMOTT
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Today’s news from the garden.
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4 years
Remember the weird dystopian picture of America that Trump spewed in his Inaugural address? Not so weird now. More a preview of what he was bringing to the table.
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Neal Allen
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Saying “I don’t know” refreshes curiosity, joy, and the spontaneity of the now.
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@NealFAllen
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I don't like how excited all the news people are. No one expresses the deep failure that war always represents. Why aren't they sad?
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Today’s news from the garden.
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Great day for democracy
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
4 years
Love to watch people voting the hell out of this election.
@MarkLevineNYC
Mark D. Levine
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SEE IT 100s in line to vote, some there for hours, ahead of opening of polls for early voting, at 168th St. in Uptown Manhattan. Line goes all way around block and now starting to wrap around 2nd time. This is unprecedented in NYC. We are in a whole new world.
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The first thing I learn from friends who have been sexually assaulted is the identity of the assailant. It’s the first thing stored in memory. It is repeated in memory over and over. It is not credible that she got it wrong.
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Rain clouds on the marital bliss horizon. Not one of the 500 dowry goats has arrived. @ANNELAMOTT where are they?
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Special ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ edition of today’s news from the garden.
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Hiding her unelectable anger*, my wife ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ projects her own insecurities on ⁦ @DevinNunes ⁩ but admits that ⁦he sports a very nice tie today. *common to most if not all women
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Why would I vote for a man in 2020 if a qualified woman with a similar outlook is running? The future is a nation managed by women. They are better socialized than us. Ask any woman who has dated men.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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No one I’d rather celebrate with by sheltering in place. @ANNELAMOTT
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ANNE LAMOTT
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Happy birthday to my husband, heartthrob, husband @NealFAllen . You were the one I was waiting for.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
5 years
Please stop men from running for office.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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One of the most difficult human challenges is to not answer hate with hate.
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Today’s news from the garden
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In the streets. Indivisible San Rafael. Impeach, remove, imprison. ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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@kurteichenwald There is no greater calling than public health, which sits wobbling on the apex of “the greatest good for the greatest number of people.” Statistics, antibiotics, vaccines and secure food are the tools of the public health trade. Shut up and sign the social contract.
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Neal Allen
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Proof from USPS that not everyone thinks of me as Mr. Anne Lamott.
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Space lasers got nothing on this babe. #MTG #be #damned @ANNELAMOTT
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Better than an obituary
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
6 years
Bernie and Biden on top in New Hampshire? Ugh. I want women running this country.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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In a Democracy, if a leader wants an unpopular policy, he or she has to offer a lot of stuff that the majority wants. Giving back stuff that you took away doesn’t count.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Wedding disaster! Costco’s cherry pie season ended last week. None to be had. I had planned for this perfect product to cap our rehearsal dinner bbq. Now I’m lost. @ANNELAMOTT has agreed to postpone all festivities, including our betrothal, until a solution is found.
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@ANNELAMOTT ⁩ sole power. Sitting pretty in Yosemite. #anniversary #waltz
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Neal Allen
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As is evident here, my wife ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ is angry and unelectable (like most if not all #women .) #GirlsShouldBeNice #AllTheTime #Cooties
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Neal Allen
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Not fair. Even when in her death throes, @ANNELAMOTT has to be “more adorable.”
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ANNE LAMOTT
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My current husband @NealFAllen and I have exactly the same covid symptoms and fevers but mine are a lot more adorable.
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@NealFAllen
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What’s wrong with us that we don’t laugh our asses off when the hoarding class objects to taxes? Why would I ever vote for a hoarding class candidate? How could he possibly have my interests in mind? He’s an ungenerous HOARDER! It’s a choice, you know!
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Why would I vote for a man when a qualified woman has the same policies? I want a world run by women. They know how to share.
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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As the Trump criminal enterprise collapses, let’s not forget that his political enablers are named Murdoch, Mercer and Koch. These are our nation’s true enemies. The hoarders have used Trump and Putin to wreck democracy. All for personal greed.
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Dear God, please stop men from running for office.
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@NealFAllen
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Guess who just entered The NY Times bestseller list at #2 ?! @HallelujahAnyway @ANNELAMOTT
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Introducing Rosalie, our new person. ⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ and ⁦ @NealFAllen ⁩ inadvertently visited the pound. Got her out of jail in time for her to register at the polls and Vote Blue!
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Today’s news from the garden.
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Today’s news from the garden. #first #rose #unfolds
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Today’s news from the garden
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A Truth Reckoning: Will other news outlets join Forbes in this pledge?
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Neal Allen
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I’ve read that a family of deer lives its whole life within a square mile. Seems similar to my pandemic life.
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Neal Allen
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The secret to a better life: 5-6 pairs of scissors. I’m pretty sure this is why @ANNELAMOTT agreed to marry me. #neverlost #alwaysfound
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At her request, @ANNELAMOTT henceforth shall be known as Individual 7.
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@ANNELAMOTT ⁩ marching marching marching
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A couple of women talking about hope in dark times @ANNELAMOTT @HillaryClinton
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What hurts Trump most is our crash course in civics. We're rapidly learning who we are and what our wealth-hoarding Congress is up to.
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Little League under the lights in Rancho Nicasio. Keeping our eyes out for falling Chinese rockets. Otherwise content.
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Neal Allen
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I was taught as a cub reporter that the word “frankly” is usually a tell that what follows is a lie.
@thehill
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Rep. Jim Jordan: "I think, frankly, things are going well for the President."
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Today’s news from the garden.
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Neal Allen
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Within an inner circle of 25 or so, pathological narcissists can maintain a fictional reality. A family business is perfect. @ANNELAMOTT
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You can't meditate wrong. It's not about having no thoughts. If you notice how busy your mind is, you win. It's rigged in your favor.
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Neal Allen
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It’s embarrassing to discover that this is me at heart, a ball of pink fluffy love.
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My wife @ANNELAMOTT in her role as Super Bowl LIV color commentator, just announced, “The Kansas City Chiefs are not the Tom Brady team.” #fourth #quarter
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Last weekend Annie & I got hitched!
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This little light of mine/I’m gonna let it shine! #MuellerRapidResponse
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Lest anyone still doubt the superhuman nature of my wife @ANNELAMOTT , let it be known that when she calls out the name “Rosalie,” our cat by same name comes running to her. #ReportingToDuty #NurtureOverNature
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@NealFAllen
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After I posted a pic wearing my ring, certain individuals (my children) expressed alarm that we had eloped. Nope, not yet. I told @ANNELAMOTT I might announce that for a few months more I’m still available. She said prettily, “How witty.”
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.⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ as she was hauled before a hostile crowd of Buddhists and Hindus. #inquisition #JesusSaves #AWritingLife #RamDassIsLove
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He assumes judges are as petty and deceitful as he is. He shivers, and assumes the cold is in the air, not in his heart.
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I agree only with the part about being cranky.
@ANNELAMOTT
ANNE LAMOTT
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It’s my husband ⁦⁦ @NealFAllen ⁩’s birthday. He’s not a unicorn but a dream come true—kind, brilliant, funny, spiritual, cranky, curious, & a great cook. He published a book (Shapes of Truth) in May & gets his master in Eastern classics. I love him so much. NEVER give up.
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Trump assumes that others lie as much as he does. Lacking self-reflection, pathological narcissists are projection machines. @ANNELAMOTT
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Austin fan brings @ANNELAMOTT EIGHT different titles to sign. #carpaltunnel
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@NealFAllen
Neal Allen
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Not reported because not true. Paid yourself out of it multiple times. Admitted wrongs to IRS. NYS suspended it. Crummy op. Sad!
@realDonaldTrump
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I gave millions of dollars to DJT Foundation, raised or recieved millions more, ALL of which is given to charity, and media won't report!
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Today’s news from the garden.
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Rupert Murdoch could save thousands of lives by ending @Foxnews ’ pandering to vaccine disinformation. Getting inoculated could become a patriotic duty.
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.⁦ @ANNELAMOTT ⁩ Today’s news from the garden.
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Did it. ⁦ #MyCivicDuty
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