I know it seems easy for you to do a recap. That is because you do not have a website . It takes hours of work for each one. It takes alot of money. So if you are dissatisfied. PLEASE just fuck off if I need a minute here and there. I am in a high risk group.I am terrified. . I am not your trained monkey to perform for your pleasure. So your IP will be blocked if you want to complain that I am not doing “your” recaps fast enough. I know it might escape your mind that I am not doing well. I have given myself permission to just do what I can do. And you can go die in a fire.
I am so sick of people sending me emails telling me to “Do my job” NEWSFLASH I do not work for you. I am going back to bed now. I am just so irritated. Yes go start you own website. Go do one. Buy a domain, work advertisers, become a presence with inside sources. You can do this. It will take about ten grand to start…..
I fully support your position and wish I had the ability to communicate this to everyone who thinks I’m sitting at my desk, thumb up my ass watching Netflix just WAITING for them to contact me with their demands. Like I don’t have 800 other fucking clients wanting a shit ton of stuff for their personal needs.
Yes – I too am OVER IT
hang in there my friend. We are all doing the best we can. Some people don’t get we are just people on the same struggle bus. xo ~tt
Thanks for putting it all out there for people to have a place to vent. Without your site there’d be a stabbing.
In the words of the great PopCultureKelly, people can fuck all the way right the fuck off!
No truer words! We support you TT! And believe me I get it so have as many minutes, hours, days… and so on… you need! Always will be here ALWAYS! Love you!!
McAmster
First time commenting don’t even know if I am doing this right however this site is my guilty pleasure the world is insane I lost my only son to rabdomyosarcoma in February I was living in the hospital lobby, his hospital room, my car in the parking garage and hotels and finally a flat we rented in nyc near his doctors I was his caregiver now I’m in Florida with NJ plates and getting hate bc people think I brought the virus down from the northeast which I didn’t. I came down here to lay my angel to rest in our family memorial with a pandemic. I can’t wrap my head around this at all. Anyway we all need to be kind to each other.
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope my site can bring you some distraction.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
I’m really sorry, Thank you for sharing with everyone, I’m so sorry about your son. My heart goes out to you as a fellow Mom-giving you a virtual big hug. I’ve been thinking how this must be an extraordinarily difficult to time to grieve. It’s a scary time, it’s a novel virus and information has been unreliable and inconsistent at times. Please come back & comment again-tell us how you’re doing or just BS. This site has provided me with some great distraction in really challenging times. These people are all chuckleheads! I’ll be sure to look for your name. Hang in there. Cheers.
May God be with you and comfort you and your family. So sorry for your loss. I have 4 sons and I can only imagine what you must be going through. God Bless you and be well.
I love this website so much and it is perfect because it is a reflection of you TT and I wouldn’t want it to be any different!!! You have been working so hard during this crazy ass time and it is truly appreciated by all the non-assholes. You have had so much to deal with and you continue to post multiple times a day! You are incredible!! You do whatever you need to do for yourself. Thank you, I am grateful for all that you do ❤️
I’m grateful for you MJ. My days and nights aren’t just backwards any more. I just sleep when I sleep and work when I work. It’s all mixed up. My poor dog doesn’t even know what to ask me for.
Hang in there! Thank you for all you do & how you do it with glimpses of your personal life… least its real. Struggles & all!
Fuck ’em all! You take your time doing what you need doing for you, your physical health & mental health! Believe me I understand, 2 hospital stays in 2 1/2 weeks in isolation with hospital on lockdown so husband couldn’t come see me. I almost died, not COVID but in high risk category. What it does to mental state is unbelievable. You just concentrate on you & anyone who doesn’t understand & has the nerve to jump on you about not keeping up on tv shows, fuck them & the horse they ride in on! Take care & be safe!
OMG! Francine… I hope you are out of the hospital now. I’m going back to work now just for you.
Prayers your way Francine, glad you have a place like this to just chat about things like housewives and outfits and also a place to take out aggressions when someone starts picking on TT!!! Wishing you a full and speedy recovery ?
I am so sorry you went thru this!! Thank goodness you are out of the hospital. Hopefully you are feeling better!! I have been in the hospital 2x in last 3 week for a total of 10 days. I had a bowel obstruction & in process, they found an unusual pneumonia. I was in Covid isolation for almost the entire time. I had to pass 3 tests. People have no clue. I have almost kicked the bucket several times & that isolation was worst thing I have experienced. Thank god the nurses were amazing! You will be in my thoughts!!
Since I sometimes don’t get to watch a show until 3 or 4 days after it airs, I have no problem with a recap taking a little while (so I’m not tempted to read the recap before I watch the show). Take your time, take care of yourself and the impatient people can just piss off.
Thank you so much Terri.
I think you are doing your Christian service by recapping PERIOD. We all need distractions and need to take care of ourselves and that includes YOU! In the meantime they can go piss off or stuff another twinkie and glass of pinot in their mouth….either way I appreciate what you’re doing for all of us.
Or an Aperol spritz!
Thanks Carley and Nan I am going to have to know what an Aperol Spritz is. But it sounds gross. And I did some gross shots back in the day.
Back in 1982, there was a DELICIOUS beverage called “Dubonet Splash.” It was red Dubonet and soda. In a bottle — with beautiful graphics and beautiful print and TV ads. Ladies in bathing suits and white caps diving in, making a splash. It was way ahead of the time and disappeared. Bartles & James and some other gawdawful “wine” cooler ruled the sales. I wish the Dubonet folks would release Splash again — same graphics and ads and all. Its time is NOW.
I just looked up an Aperol spritz and it looks amazing, perfect for summer, though I think you could get sick of it quickly. I am going to make some the next time I allow people back into my house.
I think I am never letting people back into my house again and I’m fine with that. So many people IRL have shown their true colors and are complete assholes or idiots or both. This place is my refuge from all the assholes! So thankful for this site and this community!
SAME. Basically NOT A MOTHER FUCKING SOLE is in my will. You guys have taken care of me. Not a single family member has checked don me. My money is going to Jose Andres who BTW has an EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE online grocery called La Tienda or something like that. A loaf of bread is like a eleventy billion dollars. And the jambon slice a TRILLION eleventy billion dollars. But both or so good after good Samaritan here sent me some, I reordered on my own. Because I would donate a fucking organ to Jose Andres (probably not spelled right) if I could. I’l have to make my attorney who writes my will figure that all out. 🙂 And why does wordpress not understand eleventy is a word. 🙂
You weren’t kidding when you said the jamon is a TRILLION eleventy billion dollars. He’s the nicest person on the face of the earth though, so you know he’s putting the money to good use.
Yes apparently this is where my rich friends shop. Instead of a thank you note I send him a scathing email about how I am addicted to jamon (or whatever they call it) crack now and the ten thousand dollar a loaf bread too. My personal order should be coming soon. And for the love of God don’t buy the olives. I had a lot of money saved for travel and have zero debt. But now my mission is to SPEND IT ALL BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!
Yes, he is a wonderful man and his restaurants are SOOOO good! If you ever come up to the DC area I will take you there to thank you for helping me not completely lose my shit.
Sure, the food is eleventy billion dollars, but at least the shipping is free! LOL
Anyway, thanks for posting when you can and continuing to write with such humor and style. I’ve started watching several shows because of your hilarious posts, and weaning myself off Bravo.
Just trying to flip through these while you know crying and shit and saw Ingrid and just had to say hello. Sorry I was trying to say hey to everyone but I really just need to go to sleep and and fighting it like a child.
TT you create a space that is so much a part of our lives….a beautiful part, and we love you for it! It is important! They can go eff off in their own ignorant space that is no part of our lives…..hopefully far, far away.
y’all are TRYING to make me cry. I AM NOT CRYING.
People suck… get stuff done on your own time. I use to write articles for fitness people and it takes time. Every bit of it takes time. You should get to enjoy the show while you recap, not rush to get it up to appease us. Do it when you feel like it!! Plus I think the true followers of this site come more for your awesome writing and sharing thoughts in the comments.
People are pretty easy to please. My illiterate posts and weird thoughts seem to go over well. lol. It’s not rocket science like the time I was an editor for IBM tech manuals that were translated from multiple languages to English. It’s just me a person. An old person. Trying to make survive. xo~ tt
Long time reader and first time commenter but you owe no one any explanation. Take care of yourself first and foremost. I look forward to the recaps and conversations that ensure. I would never in a million years get upset if a recap isn’t up fast enough. Thats insane. Sorry you’re having a hard time. Try and stay strong, this really is a tough time for us all and take as much time as you need.
Thank so much Megan. I am doing the best that I can. I really appreciate the comment.
I have spoiled shows for myself by reading your recaps faster than I can watch the shows so I’m enjoying it (you know, because I have no self control.) I’m glad to hear the delays are because you’re taking care of yourself, and not because you’re sick or anything bad like that. Thanks for writing fun things and giving us content to amuse ourselves with in this tough time. You’re so right to tell anyone complaining about the FREE content you are pumping out to fuck all the way off. We love you <3 We love you healthy, so please continue to take your time and don't let those assholes get to you <3333
Thank you so much Nina, my days and nights are all bassackwards. So thanks for giving me motivation for tonight.
Yours is the only site I visit because it’s you doing it your way. I love your way no matter when or what! Hang in there, the vast majority of us are right there with you.
Thanks so much. I just have to get through this on my own. But you guys are what keeps me okay. I am not a person with many outside trips with friends in the first place. So this in THEORY should not be a hard thing….but it is. For many reasons. I’m afraid. More afraid than the crazy. And you guys are the only ones who check on me. Prior to this I was stressing over my will. Now I know. I’ll leave everything to Jose Andres. And explicitly disinherit family.
Isn’t Jose Andres an inspiration? Tamara, I haven’t commented in a while, but please know that I read every day. I don’t even watch any of these shows anymore. I just love your style. Thanks!
Do it!
The crazy cousin (and her descendants) I spoke of in a previous post have been PURPOSEFULLY and LEGALLY cut out of our wills for years. I’m the last in my family and she’d be all over that if my mother and I passed together. Surprise bitch!
Makes me feel great every time I think of it. In devious times I consider calling her to a reading of our wills and have a letter read exposing all her lies and then turning everything over to her brother ??? She’s alienated him too, it’d be priceless and they’d love it even if it was $1.
I kind of want to put a note in there that says TO MY BROTHER WHO STOLE MY BURIAL PLOT MAMA AND DADDY BOUGHT ME… I LEAVE YOU ZERO FUCKS and a very uncomfortable place for your final rest next to our cunt of a sister. But that would be wrong.
I’ll just have him write in I leave my family ZERO FUCKS.
My mom changed her will after my brother and the Succubus joined a “Christian” cult. The second of many. The good “Christians” ripped her off for $37,000. And said mean things when she repossessed the motor home they borrowed money to buy and never paid back anything. She had to be hospitalized in Las Vegas, the midway point where they met to get the RV.
She changed the will to leave them $6.66!
Then I had to go and encourage her to put them back in months before she died after they SEEMED to have changed. Stupid me.
Totally changing the wills to leave her $6.66, not even kidding!
TT I am putting you in my will so you can keep buying the bread. Please take care of yourself. I would miss you terribly if you were to quit.
I drunk emailed my attorney to get an attorney to write my will. She sent me to someone. Now I have to try not to be SNARKY or maybe I should be. But I would think if you loved your sister, aunt, great aunt so much you might have you know, checked on me.,,, IJS. World City Kitchen is a great charity, And no, you can’t have any of my artwork/other shit. I have some things I’d like to leave to the Libyan Embassy. Actually, I’d like to give then to them now.
Surfacing from working overtime and trying to keep my mood optimistic, just to say you rock! Don’t let petty bored ass people who are stuck at home push you around. People are very self involved right now and don’t remember not everyone has a supportive environment and not everyone is coping as well as they may think people are.
Also i think i am drinking too much even laying down my face is bloated, that will go away with a return to normal right?
Dear Kel, One thing about relying on ads for your income as I do is there has to be open businesses so things get tough. Your comment reminded me of those anti smoking ads WHICH ARE NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. The reason we keep having to see them all the time*and making us want to smoke more because we are stressed. And I am off on a tangent, because I just woke up about an hour ago and had wine for breakfast. and it is almost 8 pm and I need to go see what I am going to recap tonight even though I am low on wine and full of self pity. Oh and the answer is probably no. Noe. We will never be as cute as we were..,,
Your photos — aka calendar — await. Some doozies.
TamTam,
Enjoy this site so much, feel better.
I am just trying to find MizGrandma recipes anyway!
Let’s face it. We are ALL here for the Miz Grandma comments. Especially me.
TamTam, hope you enjoy! Most requested recipe within the family–
Hash Pinwheels
Oven 450°
Stir to soft dough:
2 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup cold water
2 T. shortening or Greek yogurt
Smooth into ball on flour-covered cloth; knead 5 times. Roll into 9 X 12 rectangle. Spread 15 oz. can Corned Beef Hash to within 1/2” of edge. Roll up, starting at narrow edge. Cut into 9 slices. Place flat in greased 8” X 8” pan & bake until golden. Serve with Cheese Sauce. If expecting company, just make 2 rolls & bake in a larger pan & serve with a double batch of cheese sauce.
Cheese Sauce
Blend:
1/4 tsp dry mustard
2 T. Bisquick
2 T. melted butter
Stir over low heat until smooth & bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup milk. Add medium low heat, stirring constantly just to point of boiling, & continue stirring one more minute. Turn down heat to low & stir in 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese. Continue stirring until melted. Immediately remove from heat & serve over hash pinwheels.
An easy alternative to the cheese sauce recipe is a to heat a can of cheddar cheese soup, with half a can of milk & a couple dashes of Tabasco Sauce or Texas Pete.
Or Mamaw’s Beer Cheese. Oh, wait, it’s not out yet! Bwahahaha.
I am ALMOST embarrassed to admit that I love canned hash. Cut in slices and fried crispy. So I should LOVE this. Post keto. Or maybe now.
I LOVE creamed chipped beef, I bet you could put that in the middle and then not use the cheese sauce since chipped beef usually comes with gravy. No one my house will eat it, yum, all for me.
I make it like you make it and I have always called it “shit on a shingle” because that’s what my grandma called it lol! Yummy though!
SOS. I think that was a military name. The first thing I was allowed to say shit about because my mom hated it. Whenever her dad (my Papa) came home for shore leave, they had to have SOS or Mexican food because those were his faves.
Yup, we put peas in ours served on white bread toasted. Yum!
OMG I love cream dried beef—I just saw a packet in the bacon section at the grocery store the other day. I haven’t had home made in a while, not since I discovered Stouffer’s is almost identical! Just have to find a store that carries it, I buy as many as they have when I do. Thank God for stand alone freezers!
I think it’s the same idea but chipped beef is ground? I’ve heard both growing up here but the dried is what I love. Now, anyone for Scrapple? ?
I am glad the rich people are sending me food. This all sounds awful. I may live in the ghetto, but I have a friend or two who do not and I eat like the fancy pants people living in their vacations homes in exotic places. #SPOILED Currently, I am eating mufletta from Nor’leans. Except it sort of got lost in the mail and the ice packs were dead and it had the misfortune of trying to impress me after I was sent some jose andres (sp?) stuff that costs eleventy billion jillion dollars.
My Italian family didn’t serve chipped beef on toast so I didn’t get to taste it until we moved to a Chicago suburb when I was 10. The public school we transferred to was in farm country and the cafeteria cooks were farmer’s wives who made everything from scratch. It was so different from anything I’d ever eaten that I fell in love with it. I do still by the Stouffer’s Creamed Chipped Beef whenever I get a chance.
This is actually for Kipper, but there was no “Reply” there, yes, baby frozen peas, but note if you use kitchen scissor to cut the toast before adding the creamed dried beef, no need for knives. Works great for waffles & French toast, too.
Oh MizGrandma
thanks!!
I’m trying to find your recipe for the canned chicken and the shredded cheese you can make into a dip?
Be safe everyone!
Sorry, not my recipe. I am allergic to chicken, but I cook it every week & can give you my recipe for dog food. Coco Chanel loves it.
Made me giggle.. I
hope I come back as one of your pups!
…thank you for the tip on the toasts! Just saw that was a bit of a pun, no way to correct and that made me giggle a little bit more!
Stay safe everyone!
TT has craftfully cultivated a unique and amazing place for us. We’re safe, we’re supported, we’re held when we’re low and when we are high. We all have the strange addiction to really bizarre TV programming and great tv and the gift that is TT never stops giving.
Thank you TT and Banjo! Thank you “tribe” (can’t remember who said that but seems right with me right now, for coming here and sharing it all!
You are awesome! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
Thanks Reg. Good things are hard to see at this point.
The ones bitching are probably the ones that like to garner your content for their own ill gotten gains. You stay strong girl!
True. Thanks. Now I feel like I have weirded people out. But I am kind of weirded out.
I know you started this site recapping shows but its evolved into much more. The posts about other subjects get many more comments so clearly most people aren’t here Just for the recaps
I think that might be because you guys like me a little bit. And for that I am grateful. I started out like straight reporting. And then I met all of you, and I just started talking to you all. Thanks for being here for the long haul Lisa. Back before this started, I had millions of views a month. Now things are getting kind of tight. But I have my commmenters and that is what I need to get through this.
Wondering… can you tell how long we have been following you? I think I started somewhere around end of 2011 or beginning of 2012. I found your site while looking up something about Tamra on RHOC. I will admit, at the time, I thought you were her. ???
I quickly found out you had a brain so it couldn’t be her… and you spelled your name differently. You sucked me in with your recaps and opinions. I’ve been here ever since! Not sure when I first posted but It didn’t take long because most everyone seemed so nice, even when we disagreed. You are still the only site I post on so that says a lot.
Thank you for sticking with it! I’d love to hear how other posters have found you and how long they’ve been reading or posting.
I can’t tell that. But the site started in late November 2011?. It was not supposed to be a recap site it was supposed to be sort of all about Atlanta and I was trying to have a reason to leave the house. So my very first post was about going to see Jill Zarin at a mall. If you put Jill Zarin in the search box you can find that. I don’t think we will have malls anymore and that makes me kind of sad.
We love u TT. Take all the time u need. *Feel better.. air hugs at 10 feet distance.*
I will so take a virtual hug at this point. Even cunts need a hug sometimes. ssshhh don’t tell anyone.
Even Cunts need a hug sometimes would be a great t-shirt
TT, you need to do a line of t-shirts to stretch the income now & forever. They can be printed on demand for you, so no inventory investment. Coffee mugs are done the same way. You can sell on FB in addition to this site. We can all come up with great sayings for you, & even some art. You need your own face art to sign it. Even I have my own face art. My late sister did it back in the 80’s.
This is GENIUS.
Check out My Favorite Murder for things with TT-ish sayings. Theirs are: Stay Sexy, Don’t Get Mudered. Fucking Hurray. I want the “Lock your fucking door!” key and keychain.
First on my list is a TT Cuntsatchel. Soft pink leather. Room for ALL OF TGE THINGS, No one should leave home without it.
When you pay for a subscription and the terms are not met, THEN you can complain, rant, whine, whatever. Go ahead, ask Tamara for a refund! Oh, wait, NO ONE PAYS here. Oh, wait, this site is not subsidized by any network or show. Oh, wait, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC and the owner of this business has expressed that she is experiencing great anxiety about that! And that her laptop melted down, adding to the anxiety and her “deadline” to get YOU YOUR recap. I WANT MY MTV!
Tamara GIVES us Open Forums to vent and connect. If you are here and you have been paying attention, you ALREADY KNOW THIS. If you have just Googled “[fill in your show here] recap” and Tamara Tattles showed up in your search and “your” recap isn’t here, and you are pissed, go back to your search and go down the line and visit the next site. If you are offended by “bad” words — including “cuntsatchel,” “douchecanoe,” and “dickswab“ — this is NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.
I won’t say anything mean or tell you that there is something wrong with you — just THIS IS NOT YOUR PLACE. There are other sites more suited to your urgent needs, such as a recap going up right after a show airs. Feel free to leave this site and read those recaps with kind regards.
Perhaps most important, if you have no empathy for what the leader and commenters on this site are going through during this international crisis, please feel welcome to KEEP “YOUR TRUTH” to yourself. I am not speaking FOR Tamara or anyone else here, just making the point that we have each others’ backs, especially now!
FinishED!
Yes to all of this! Thank you for saying what I’ve been thinking
I didn’t mean for it to go on so long, but I kept getting more pissed off as I typed. Keyboard diarrhea!
I hope you are staying well. This is wearing on people. Especially those alone or caring for others. I think you are caring for others. (Usually, my memory is better.) Stay healthy and funny. ??? to our health!
Nanette, you are perfection. Thank you for summing it up perfectly!
Thank you Kelly. I DO go on sometimes. The people who “need” to read it likely won’t read anything so long. I think it’s longer than Tamara’s post. Oops.
Thank you for summing this up! I love this website and get what it is to be “On Demand” for everyone. Tamara – you and Banjo take care. Whether we were in the pandemic or not, everyone needs to step back and be respectful. Keep up the great work — I love this site and check in frequently. This is my escape!
Thanks. so much.
THIS! Everything Nanette wrote is the truth.
I don’t know TT personally and I haven’t been coming here that long but I really like what TT does and I have grown to care about her because of the little bit that we all know about her life and some of her current situations. I worry about her when I see her have to put so much emotion and effort into yet another thread where she is forced to tell assholes to fuck off. I know this is the net and people get into it all the time but JFC! STFU with the incessant bitching that reviews aren’t coming fast enough! There’s more than plenty enough to keep us occupied here including multiple Open Forum threads!
TT, just ban their selfish, ungrateful asses… Sweetie, you don’t owe them any kind of a warning or explanation! This is YOUR site and YOUR rules and their lazy asses should read the rules if they want to be here. Rest, drink some wine, EAT SOMETHING, rest some more. <3
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Hey my favorite new commenter… xo ~tt
Thank you Nanette! I couldn’t have said it any better. Except I would say the mean words like shit for brains, ass wipe, jackass, and my favorite one, asshole.
The level of self importance is astounding. Many YouTube vloggers have been cussing viewers out for demanding instant recaps along with other demands about how they speak, look, sound whatever. I don’t know what’s wrong with these people but sit the f*ck down. It ain’t about your wants all the time.
Um Nan? What am I supposed to be setting up for? What day is it? xo
A twofer. Real Housewives of New York and Top Chef.
And if anyone but Stephanie goes home, I am going to ugly cry.
We have the Perverted Hillbilly to look forward to tomorrow.
‘Perverted Hillbilly”, that took me a minute… ?????
I think Reza and his PH are missing out on a great opportunity to market Naked Jenga. The biggest challenge would be to keep your wiener out of the way. Unless it’s a teeny weeny.
AMEN NANETTE! You said it all the very best! xo
This didn’t fall where I thought it would. Was meant as reply to the long one you wrote, Nanette!
Thank you so much. I hope you are doing well. Eating well. And showering! ?
I have not showered or changed clothes in months. No kidding.
Americans shower WAY too often. Keep the parts that fold clean & don’t use so much darn soap. It isn’t healthy. Cleopatra used oils & she got her man.
LOL Y’ALL! umm, yeah I probably should change my avatar because it’s very misleading but I’m too tired to fuck with it. I, too, have become the unwashed.
Wth, I cannot place a comment correctly! Oh well. And I think I’m in moderation? Either that or my comment are itself. It’s probably my lack of brain cells. Sigh :/
ATE! I give up for tonight. Goodnight all!
I blame being raised in a third world country for my lack of desire to bathe. Then I had a nephew who lived with us for a bit who would turn on the shower and not get in. Mabye it is a family defect. I dunno. I am also afraid of falling now that I am old.er and the tar paper shack and the is nothing to hold on to in there. And I have this fundamental dislike of bathing. There I said it. But I do have a really cute young man who delivers my FedEx shit. And I try to enthusiastically thank him like a window licker from inside my house. I am thinking I should shower and put on different clothes for HIM. IS THAT SO WRONG?lol
I am wearing my comfort clothes. I had on grey old man jammie elevently days ago but I too off the top and am now wearing a highly favored grey cashmere sweater with tons of holes in it. It comforts me. So fuck off. 🙂 It’s like my blankie
I get my best ideas in the bath or shower. Any water. Sometimes, it seems near impossible to even turn on the water. But I ALWAYS feel SO MUCH BETTER afterward. In the summer, I often shower in the morning so I am cool enough to garden or do chores. And a bath at night to be cool enough to sleep. Thank God for Beekman 1802 soap!
I can’t get things in the right place either. It’s because we have lots of comments.
This should be part of the commenting rules!!! ? You go Nanette!
I will probably be blocked and piss off alot of people but that’s fine. I have never complained and I am here on and off. However, in one of your recaps you mentioned that people coming to your site is down. You thought it would be increased due to people staying at home.. However, you just called people assholes and told them to fuck off…and that’s just today. I am sure all of us are going through the same thing.
Yes, Tamara did mention that readership is down. The recaps have changed was the answer and most people want to read escapist shit without getting depressed. Every brilliant person I’ve encountered can be subject to ups and downs. Tamara is no different.
The word “pathetic” was not cool or at all nice. Sorry for that.
So, no offense to Tamara or her soldiers. Please accept the apology.
xo we are all doing the best we can. It’s our first pandemic and we are all coping the best we can. Personally, I am writing long sappy letters to my GBF. (um some random dude not to be confused with YOU all 37 of you who think you are my GBF…errrr this is not going well I should shut up now. But trust me , you don’t want the drunkend GBF love letters anyway.He prolly can’t read here anymore because his eyes are rolling back in his head. And um you are my favorite GBF anyway. And You. And You. AND ESPECIALLY YOU. But like I mean, I am HIS favorite fag hag. Yes. That is what I meant.
Yes JKW all of us are going through some things. Probably not in the same way but the same. And Yes I will continue to tell people to fuck off and call out assholes like you who do not get it. HOWEVER, I am going to extend to you my group of friends here. And even though you have not made the best first impression, if you get off my jock, you might just find that whether my site is doing great, or not so great we will always be here as long as I am alive. And I will always tell people to fuck off. So the ball is in your court JKW, Are you with us or against us?
What am I supposed to be with or against ? I never said anything against anyone. I was giving a response to your comment about less traffic..and you asking people to share your site for more traffic. I assume the more traffic the more money you make. Not sure why that warrants calling me an asshole.
Apologies. I just keep getting demands for me to “perform.” I have an assigned seat on the struggle bus at this point. It was not just you. It was after the eleventy billionth DO YOUR JOB! RIGHT A RECAP shit that drove me over the wall. I’m so sorry I took it out on you. You are not blocked, you were never blocked. And if your email means what I think it means, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It wasn’t just you. And I get this shit all day every day, Where is this recap why haven’t you done this yet etc. I am not doing well. This is not about you or your innocuous comment. It’s about me and my mental breakdown. I apologize if you thought it was about you. It’s really just about me feeling lonely and afraid,
You mentioned my name so of course it was about me. But thanks for the apology. The problem is that you never know what comment is going to set you off. I have seen other people get blasted for things they say. Then all the regulars jump in and defend you and it gets even worse. It’s just not worth the hassle to comment.
I am pretty blunt and this isn’t the place for that. I understand you are having problems. But, I don’t think every one feeding into them is beneficial either.
also if you email addy means what i think it means shoot me an email I’m tamaratattles on the gee mail.
TT has the right to say whatever she wants. Between the great deal of $ and time she puts into this site, she has EVERY right to say what she wants. How would you feel if you are literally spending thousands of dollars and hours over the years & you have to sit & read bitchy as comments. It would be the same if a small business owner would get constantly get complaints & spoke to in an unsavory manner. I am under the assumption you have no clue what goes in to 1 post let alone maintaining a site. It is a TON of work. And then you have to deal with website issues. Then you get to go to comments & are are just thru with it. Evidently has disappeared in this day & age. Maybe you should he TT for a day & see how fun it is!
Thanks for getting it. There is currently some sort of an issue between Google analytics and my ad agency and I have tried to fix it and just can’t. I don’t have the mental bandwith. And there has been a huge increase in hackers. From like everywhere. I contemplated banning the entire state of Kansas at one point. My posts havent been posting to my IG account in months because that app crapped out on me and I don’t have a phone and can’t figure out how to make that work. My puller had a tragic life event and no longer emails the latest relevent news to me. My old laptop crapped out leaving me unable to access Gmail for several days and that is just when I lost my shit. I love my writers, but they basically do the fun part and I have to get all the shit together.
I’m late to the game, but gonna confirm. I tried to do the picture thing for T for both The Voice and Oscars, and I totally fucked it up. I took HOURS for just the writing. The Voice was so regularly exhausting, that with my day job (and evening classes that switched to the same days that The Voice is on), I had to give it up. I STILL feel badly about that. I did love it!
I’d suggest off the cuff movie related posts that I would happily write up (I’m dying for conversations about Knives Out. I’ve watched it twice now), but I know that it is a shit ton of added work for T.
Who the hell is complaining???????? A few bad apples can attempt to spoil a bunch. I feel like most everyone on here appreciates you, appreciates your honesty and your ability to provide a safe space for us. I know that I love you and appreciate you. Anyone who doesn’t can fuck off to fuck off mountain to have all the fucks they want there! Period.
Are you getting the feeling that Fuck Off Mountain is getting prettttttty fucking crowded with fucking fuckers? I definitely am getting that feeling.
Are you going to recap M2M: LA this coming season? Or Camp Getaway? Camp Getaway seems like a Summer House type of show. Only I want to go there! I do not want to go to Summer House. Well, I would, but just not when the crew is there. ?(closest I can get to a champagne toast.)
Hahahaha it could get real crowded there!!! Oooh I don’t know!! I didn’t do so well with m2m la. I didn’t like it so it was tough to recap it ? Anothrr reason TT is phenomenal: she makes it looks effortless when it really isn’t. I could do Camp Getaway if she’s not interested in doing it herself! The Summer House recap this week is more of a discussion post. I cannot wait to hear what you think of it!!!!
Oh fuck. That is what I am supposed to be doing. Sorry. I am waking up at like 6 pm and I am all a mess.
Photos are there for Summer House. What bitches.
I didn’t get into LA either. The Atlanta Show is one of my faves. But even that didn’t do it for me. I am not a fan of Simone when she drinks. And there was way too much Simone drinking. And the slide off the pedestal for Contessa was tough. Storyline?
Now THERE’s a game for Andy that doesn’t involve weiners. What’s Your Storyline? (Said in Andy’s voice. BTW: He should never sing again.) Or a topic for a forum on a TT Bye Week.
I’m chuckling hard, your first paragraph is fucking amazing ( so are you btw).
I appreciate you and Banjo, always ~
#MEANPEOPLESUCK
Banjo is trying to tell me he needs SOMETHING. But what? Always a mystery.
I love this place! This FREE place! Kick the complainers to the curb!
I mean I know right? I have so many haters that it is rather expensive to run this place. I am supposed to be applying for a small business loan but it all seems so complicated. When I heard about all the unemployed people and business losses I felt like I would be okay because everyone would still come here. But that has NOT been the case. SO… I mean I will still be here but I gotta do something.
DRAG THEM, AUNTIE!
Since starting my blog, I’ve realized just how LONG the process is. It took me at least 5 hours for my last post. I don’t take for granted what you do for me with the Survivor recaps now that I know what happens on the backend. And even then, I still do HALF the stuff you do on any single post of yours!
Fuck anyone being entitled to your time. It’s disgusting!
Ah young grasshopper.. yes you get to do the fun part of the survivor recaps.I do your shit work. Which reminds me. I should get on it. And whatever I should be recapping tonight. But I am probably just going back to bed or something. xo ~and when I said my relatives were not helping, I didn’t mean you.
I so missed die in a fire. Give Banjo a big ol’ hug for me my friend, and give yourself all the time you need.
Thanks. Die in a Fire has always been a very controversial put down here and still my favorite. xo ~tt
*hugs* I’ve had some fans complain because I didn’t get my latest book out in April and I was like “fuck you, you write something with all this going on!”
Screw ‘Em Tamara your real fans understand and are here for your recaps as you get to them.
You posted your nom de plume a while back and I can’t find it. If you see this, would you PLEASE post again? Thank you.
Yes we need all the books. And if someone would like my collection of African American Lit (some signed by Gloria Naylor who ONLY SIGNS FOR CHILDREN) make me an offer.
Awww thank you! I’m Laura Sutton. I’m also on Facebook if you search laura Sutton author and you see a pretty logo with a stylized butterfly and pics of my dogs that’s me. My books (I have three) are on amazon. If you have KU they are in KU And free to read. If you like steamy genre romance you’ll like my books (At least I hope so! Lol)
Most of my fans are super understanding. But I feel you Tamara about the “dance monkey, dance” sentiment. I spent two hours with my laptop open tonight just unable to get the words out. It’s random too which is crazy last night I got two chapters down and tonight nada. So you’re not alone, most people I know are on the struggle bus. Some people more, some less We will be here when you get the recaps up, or even if you don’t we are here. We love you and support you!!!
Thanks for the info — again. I won’t lose it this time.
Do you ever WRITE on paper? Just to get the ideas out?.p It uses a different part of your brain. I used to do my page layouts — in small scale — on paper when I would get stuck. Some of our best writers of the reporters used to outline on paper. (On projects. Not for breaking news.)
I appreciate each post you put up. I fully understand the concerns you have especially when watching the insanity on the news channels. I can’t address the assholes better than those who’ve already posted above, especially Nanette. Your writing is clever and imaginative; the same for those who you have cover a couple other shows.
Hang on. We’ll get through this. I was so happy to see you have folks who are taking care to see you have what you need as well as some indulgences. We all need to be good to ourselves as best as we are able. Stay safe in your home. Watch the case counts. Too many states are ignoring guidelines issued for opening. There’s nothing wrong with being more cautious.
Thank you. Speaking of states … even Trump says it’s too early to open Georgia. Luckily, Tamara works at home. I feel bad for the people who have to “report for duty” or lose their jobs.
Aww. You dont have to tell us off like that. We’re under stress with COVID19 issues and your columns are what we look forward to for relief.
What I want you to think about is that I am not doing good either. So some things may be delayed.
Don’t give these motherfuckers the oxygen of publicity. Just be you.
Aw, micmac. You have been here forever if I am not mistaken. We have been through many things together. We will get through this.
I love your website! It’s so ridiculous that with everything going on today, this is what people choose to complain about. Don’t let people who are completely ignorant to the process of running a website irritate you. Do exactly what you said…block the IP. No one needs the negative energy right now. Their loss not yours. Keep up the great work , at YOUR OWN pace!
Thanks. I am just having a moment…um again/
TT take a day off!!! Hell take whatever you need the gossip and bullshit will be here when you feel up to it! Loyal readers will still be here ready to sip your hot tea when your ready to serve it! Love ya
I just realized I need to put up Summer House and Survivor. and i have some shit to recap and I am probably just going back to bed.
I don’t comment much but I am an avid fan of this site. Given all that’s going on right now, people should just mind their business and if they’re in a hurry for a recap, they ought to just go watch the show for themselves since I’m sure that have time since they took the time to email you.
Stay safe TT and I pray things start looking up for you soon! Do what you need to do for you honey!
Thanks. I’m just having a moment. And I apologize for those waiting for the Summer House and Surivor recaps. They might not come up until tomorrow.
You could probably just do a photo essay for RHNY! Just caption and drink more wine!
You can call me an asshole, tell me to fuck off, recap the back of a cereal box and I’m still coming here. Best place EVER!
Where have you been all my life?
TT, you do you and let the jackasses go to hell! Good grief, honestly, people are bitching and telling you to “do your job” and post a recap? What the hell is wrong with them? Don’t they read your posts?!?! You put yourself out here, tell us when you’re well, when you’re not… and this has been a difficult time for you. Obviously they have little human decency.
You sleep when you need to, do what you must, you just take care of yourself! Seriously.
Makes me want to bitchslap them.
I’m not a violent person, But I get ultra annoyed with stupidity.
We’re with you.
You make me happy. Thanks so much.
I don’t watch that much reality tv anymore. Just a couple of the housewives shows. But last night’s BH housewives show I watched twice.
I do read most of your write ups. Love your two cents and actually would watch more if Bravo had rewinds with you doing the voiceover. Last night I kept wondering what you and some of the other long time posters would think of certain people and events taking place. So I rushed in to see what you posted. I could care less if your post is timely, next day, or whatever some others apparently complained about. I enjoy your POV and wit, they’re some of the things in this pandemic I can still count on.
Chill all! Like it or not we’re in this together and TT just keep doin’ your magic. Whenever, girl, works for me.
I haven’t seen a comment by you in a while! I miss them. I am ride or die Kyle for life. There was once a situation where Kathy reached out to me And I know for a fact that Kyle reads here. It is always weird to me when celebs talk to me. So I am very biased toward Kyle. She is a lovely person IRl.
You’re doing a great job and people appreciate what you’re doing, not to mention you bring a smile to their faces when you add your own funny twist to the recaps. Don’t let one or two rotten eggs throw you off balance. We’re in a pandemic plus you’ve had tornadoes and computer issues – normal people understand that. It makes no sense why someone would come to another person’s website at a time like this and make such an awful comment. Likes others said, they have no empathy for others.
sarah, the loss of my gmail was probably the most devasting thing that ever happened to me. It was aLOT. Thank God for Nanette who thinks for me when I cannot think for myself . I just send all of my business expenses into a folder there and taxes were coming . The only business bail out I need is not to have to pay taxes
Holy shit, some people have nerve. Fuck them with a red hot poker! I sometimes don’t get to the recaps for a few days, but I ALWAYS appreciate them! They’re sometimes the only things that brighten my days. Like you, I am high risk and in a constant state of anxiety lately so, I truly understand some of the things you’re going through. Even if I didn’t, I’d still never make demands like that because I’m not a fucking asshole! Thanks for all you do. Sending you hugs ?!
TT, just wanted to say your website is on my list of must-reads daily and how much I and others appreciate the time and effort you put in.
You owe nobody nothing – the website is free & every article is the result of your extensive planning & longtime relationships with sources.
Hope you don’t let the haters bring you down and that you are in better spirits soon!
Thanks so much Viv.
Hang in there! I guess I would take it as a compliment that people are so eager for your recaps. Everyone is on different points and some people rely on those while you and most of us need time to breathe and not think we are sick or dying. I have barely slept in 6 days. Here for anyone who may need to talk. Also looking for some masks if anyone is making them. Would be happy to pay!
Hey dawn i will get you some masks if I can. email me a tamaratattles on gmail I haven’t figured out a postage problem yet. Email me with what you need, put MASKS in the subject line. I only have one person making them now. And she needs fabric and elastics. But I will do my best.
My friend just made some for her family using strips from leggings because … no elastic. They look great and she says they are more comfortable than elastic.
I am sorry to my two recappers who do summer house and especially my favorite show SURVIVOR which was once again epic, This is bad for business I know. But I just want to go to bed and let you talk amongst yourselves about whatever you would like. And I love you all so much, especially the assholes.
We can amuse each other while you rest. The THIRD SHIFT — aka The Other Shay — hasn’t clocked in yet. When she does, there may be some interesting remarks even into the wee hours.
I love your website. I love reading all the comments and recaps and commenting… What you’re doing is such a great pop culture thing! And when you share your real life and anxieties and dark moments… It is so meaningful! Your post about going grocery shopping with the mask and gloves – genius! I live in South Georgia and it is hot and miserable and torturous to grocery shop wearing a mask and gloves! That post was hilarious and meaningful all at once. So I couldn’t believe when people attacked you for your experiences and opinions and continued to attack… ignore them. Please. You are a special voice on many levels.
Sometimes you just have to let people wallow in their own disappointed expectations. It sucks to be them. Last I checked, this is a free site, and there are no obligations to provide anything other than the entertainment you CHOOSE to provide, and WHEN you choose to provide it.
Being high risk myself I understand. It is terrifying to constantly hear how bad it will be if I get sick.
My other big worry is my daughter and I have been quarentined since march 14th when her job closed. Luckily, she’s eligible for unemployment until her job reopens. But If she refuses to work to protect me she loses unemployment.
I know others are in similar situations and we just don’t know what to do.
This site is a gift, thank you!
Back around 2000, my husband repeated something a co-worker of his said. It has stuck with me for years. “Emails makes a muther fucker bold”. I have no idea what people are thinking (or not thinking at all) when they make theses “demands”. I’d bet 9 out of 10 would never have the nerve face to face.
The FUCK is wrong with anyone sending emails like that??? In any way shape or form? C’est ce que le FUCK.
There’s recaps all over the internet. People can read ’em – they’ll still come back here for the commentary you choose to share. You’re not withholding some monumental TV moment from everyone? I’m completely mystified over choosing to write an email like that on any level?
I can’t even get to you needing to justify anything that you shouldn’t have to, because I can’t comprehend the emails in the first place, like… wtf???
You what is making me smile right now? You personally replying to everyone! So many of us are isolated and it nice to still feel connected to others. I think it shows you what a truly kind person you are. The smallest things can make such a big difference right now.
And I find it ironic that this post is about assholes, but it quickly turned into a bunch of people being nice and supportive of each other. We have kinda restored my faith in humanity.
Yeah, we tend to be pretty decent people here when we need to be. And we fight off the the assholes together.
As someone who has experienced anxiety and depression, I can understand how angry you feel when someone just tells you to put your big girl patties on as if it is a possibility. They are coming from a good place however. They know, as we all do, that you will pull yourself out of this state you are in and they dont want to see you lose your followers or sponsors or anyone else who contributes to what you do and who you are. And, we all like Bango.
Love this site! Enjoy the refreshing convos between everyone. We all are having a different experience, unique to us, to this virus. Be kind. Be better! Be the bad ass bitch you should be!
I laughed OUT LOUD when I read your post Madame Blogger. I’m an old follower, and infrequent commenter in recent years. (Other years, I’d never shut it!) THIS woman (TT) is articulate, savvy, brilliant, and on it more than any other bogus, “pretend you’re reporting”, I’ve got a scoop (lie), website out there! Look at the other shallow, fake BS. Are you kidding me? The analysis here takes TIME, and spirit. What is wrong with you people? I realize “the Rona” is a thing, and we’re all hungry for diversion- BUT COME ON. Talent takes time. And in these crazy days, be glad when someone can make change. Or keep track of where the coffee is. And for the rest of you that don’t get it- fuck off.
You mentioned it all !! And i am loving it. Perfectly worded and very true.
I’ve missed you. I am TRYING TO FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF AND IGNORE YOUR FUCKS and you keep posting such nice things. xo ~tt
To all you dreadful people who are demanding Tamara for a recap in an email. Just stop! Really, just Stop!! She doesn’t owe you anything. We are a tight group here who know how hard Tamara works. She has enough on her plate trying to keep up with recaps and stories, what she doesn’t need is to keep reading your insane emails.
Love you Tamara, thank you for all your hard work throughout the years!
Try and get some sleep. Give Banjo a hug from me.
<3
People seriously have the nerve to say that to you?! My boss at my salaried place of employment doesn’t even try to tell me that, even when he legitimately should! I hate that for you!! I am in one of the states that didn’t “shut down” and I (along with one of the humans I brought into this world) are in the high risk group! Do whatever you need to do to be safe, happy and healthy! Screw everyone and everything else! When someone is REALLY being rude or getting to me, I ask myself if they would spend the time, money or effort to come to my funeral if I died tonight! If the answer is no, then middle finger to them AND to their mom for not teaching them better! This isn’t a PAID subscription site! We don’t purchase a monthly membership! Maybe those people should really REALLY remember that, and then eat a snack, cause hangry is NOT cute!!!
Thanks friend. And you nicks here are Bri, Sabrina, Theothersabrina, I can’t remember my name, etc, etc. lol.
All of my fellow commenters here on this site, have made so happy! We are decent, nice human beings. I live for the comment section after I get my kids to bed (and my husband). You are the bomb TT, sorry for the outdated reference but that is what came out my fingers typing. I have been jamming to 90’s R’n’B.
Ha you are the bomb. DOT com. I love my Kentucky girl.
Thanks!
Hi TiTi. I’ve been a silent reader on here for a while and can I just say that you and your site are like a slice of peach cobbler for the soul. Especially now, when everything in the world seems all over the place, you are a little nugget of wonderful sunshine. Thank you for doing all that you do – especially when it’s hard. Know that you’re appreciated – even by the silent readers 🙂
Thanks so much and please don’t be silent. The truth is, if I didn’t have you guys I would have nothing to live for. You guys give me purpose. So I hope you will continue to comment.
Tamara, I have told you before that you provide a unique service that is more valuable than you probably are aware of. This has been even more true during the pandemic & quarantining. Thank you again for all that you do. I’m sorry that you’re having a difficult time and assholes are making it worse. I honestly can relate to this in so many ways. I finally got a short FaceTime session with my therapist and I am growing a backbone after that session. So many people I do my best for and it is taken for granted and not appreciated. Moreover, these assholes have the nerve to criticize how and when my efforts are done. I’ve decided that they are one way mother fuckers and I am so over being shit on. I’m scared too yet no one bothers to ask how I’m doing (IRL), it’s always what they need from me, like I’m not a human being with fears and stress of my own. Even though our situations may be different, the emotions and fear is the same. No more! I am putting myself first for the first time and if they have a problem with it, they can all go fuck themselves! It’s liberating. There’s a fine line between being kind & charitable, and being a doormat I am doing the best I can and if it’s not good enough then they can see what it’s like when I no longer cater to them. You go girl! All you can do is your best and in my book, it’s way better than most can do. Please take care of yourself and know that you are appreciated and loved! It’s exhausting to try and please everyone and you can never please all the people all the time, so just put yourself first and know you have plenty of us here that support you unconditionally! Sending you a virtual hug and hope you start having more good days than bad. This is clearly a marathon and not a sprint and we’ll get through it together! Prayers being sent you for some peace and self care. xo
I have no idea why your comment went to moderation. I am always so happy to see your comments.
And if any of you are also like WELL FUCK IT ALL I AM GOING TO SPEND RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON RICH PEOPLE FOOD BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GOING TO DID, I was a wee bit drunk when I felt that way and forgot to put in my discount code. but if you enter BOX20 they should give you a 15% discount. it’s latienda,com Again, you may need to work the pole for SEVERAL nights to shop there. a loaf of bread is like a billion dollars. I bought four. They freeze well and my stupid rich friend sent a couple to me when I as having trouble eating. I remember asking him to “send me something I will eat”. Everything is made is Spain. or from Spain or Spanish or something. The billion dollar loaf of bread is worth it if you have to take out a second mortgage. I also got an insane amount of cheese. It was just okay I’d suggest Murray’s Cheese online for you fancy pants cheese need. Same person got me hooked there. Also here if you want to spend three arms and two legs for the best meat you will ever eat. http://www.dartagnan.com The problem with rich friends is the send you rich people things and then you want to keep buying all the rich people things. This fat old lady eats well in her tar paper ghetto shack. 🙂 If you go to the meat link, whatever you do, don’t buy the frenched pork chops. You will never eat meat from a grocery store again. I’m not joking. When I was gifted with them…. I was speechless. Is this what a raw pork chop should look like? Is this what a pork chop should taste like? I’ve never seen or tasted anything like it. It’s the same rich guy who got me addicted to all of this and I keep pimping the crack out to my besties.
And speaking of besties, I had a little dust up with on recently because I was wondering if we should even talk about this here. I feel guilty for even mentioning my good fortune. And my new wild abandon to buy whatever the fuck I want. I know so many of you are suffering. I’m suffering more emotionally even though the site is tanking so I am suffering financially too. I’m sorry if this is sort of ostentatious. You can trump me by having family. My only family is you guys. I’m done with mine.
And while I have your attention, I don’t have the Bethenny Frankel gene but I am trying to distribute masks so email me a tamaratattles on the geemail. It’s gotten very complicated and I seem to just shut down and throw my hands up. I will get it together soon.
And yet another reason I read every word you write. Your food tales are the best. I will be checking out every web site you mentioned. sorry now I have to try the pork! It’s just lil oh me at the nurses house most nights, I think I deserve pork that tastes like pig!
TT dont mind these assholes. Evidently they don’t have any empathy. They also have no clue how much time goes into 1 post let alone maintaining a website. Then you get to go to your comments to read what the assholes have to say. Best part is you are paying for this! They are lucky you publish their shitty comments.
I have been with you since almost the start. Not a big commenter but this hit a nerve.
I can understand your fear. When I was 30 yrs old I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. That was 10 yrs ago. Because it hasnt been controlled in past & also currently, I am at high risk. I have been in constant fear since early January when they first broke news of what was going on. In late January I got a call from my dr saying stay home. I dont think you can survie this one.
I as I said above in comment I have been in a hospital in Covid isolation fof 10 days while I awaited my 3 results. Since I was high risk, I got to take an extra tests. I live in Mpls & even though we havent been hit as hard their still is a PPE shortage. It was worst thing I have been thru even though I have almost bit the dust several times. It takes them at least 5 minutes to get all the PPE & their is a huge amount of PPE they go thru. The isolation was SCARY AS FUCK. then you get stuck in a small room where you can’t leave & human contact is mnimal. I can’t even describe how lonely it is & what it does to your brain. It really fucks with your head. Yet I am lucky because I tested negative. For all the people disregarding this pandemic, you need to understand YOU DONT WANT YOURSELF OR ANY LOVED ONES IN THIS SITUATION.
Work when you can. If you can’t you cant. People need to realize you are writing recaps about reality “stars” not performing lifesaving surgery. When you are high risk it can consume you. I am same way as you. My sleep schedule is anything but routine. My body literally shits down due to stress & illness to the point where Incan’y function. Like I can’t do a damn thing. I am not in your shoes but can but I can empathize what you are going thru & it just sucks. You have to take care of you.
One finally thing to the hTers. This site is free. You should realize how lucky we are to not only get recaps but also incredible inside scoops not found elsewhere!! Instead of using your time to bitch take that time to do something good like help those who are high or do something that you enjoy. If you dont like something you do have the ability to leave. If you are upset it is your own damn fault…nobody is forcing yoh to look at the website.
Maybe you should make this entire site…then the haters would have to pay. Hopefully it would weed out most of those people. I would have no issue paying for to see your content! Hang in there & if you need ANYTHING please post. This community has your back!! Much love to you!!
My dear Amelia, I am so sorry for all you are going through. I am glad that you have been discharged. ALL OF THAT had to have sucked so much. I can’t imagine the fear you had. It makes me feel silly for being so afraid. I’m here, in my house. stressing about taking out the trash. or checking the mail. It’s a lot.
And I would never charge for this site. You guys are all I have. xoxoxooxooox ~tt
The fear at home is just as bad. You are alone with your thoughts & your mind goes crazy. Your fear is valid & real. If you have to leave the house go out are petrified if you come within 10 feet of anyone. Please don’t feel bad. I just want others to understand this is no joke especially if high risk. Please know I am not trying to one up you…I totally understand & am in same position.
Amelia, please email me at tamaratattles on gmail and let me know what I can send you.
It must have been terrifying for you in the isolation unit. Did they give you any guidance on how to take the best care of yourself? It is so easy to say “don’t get stressed, stress makes it all worse,” but that is true. You have a governor who is putting the lives of his people before economics. That should really help to keep people around you safe. The virus is not like TB or smallpox. YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL, because you did not get it before we knew how to protect ourselves. If you want, I can send you the best soap ever so you can wash your hands often without ruining your skin, helping to keep you safe. Tamara has my email.
Oh you are so kind…if it is the Beakman goat soap my mom got me that for Christmas & it is the best. I appreciate the offer & truly am thankful as I am a virtual stranger. You have me in tears. To be honest I think our Gov Walz has been a Rockstar. He shut it down early & I do think it helped. Problem is NOBODY is abiding by the stay at home order. I go for walks now & it’s like it was pre-corona. They were good for about a month & as soon as weather turned it got nuts. I have 2 parents who are high risk who’s daughter has been in isolation. Since I had contact with them the dr quarantined them. My sisters used to pick up things. Even this last time while in hospital last week they were out & about even though I was in covid isolation.
Honestly want the inside scoop from nurses (I worked with them before I got sick). They are concerned that they have no clue about transmission. They are afraid it is getting sent to people in ways we aren’t aware of. They are scared silly & they know they are in better shape them most but they are still out of things. And the peak hasn’t even hit yet.
They told me to try to stay home & do all things we have been advised to do. They told me to take time several times a do to do what I love. I asked about walking & they advised me to scoot whenever I saw someone. Althoughsomeone literally touched me when they walked by even though the whole damn road was empty. It scared shit out of me so those close went in the wash right away. Luckily even though I live alone I will see me my parents if they havent had contact with others in quite some time.
What scares me now is my mom is saying is that its not any worse than the flu. Yes it is…it’s far more deadly. Who knows what she has been watching on tv.. I don’t want to know!
If you are high risk or are sick buy an oxymeter. It could save your life. People are coming in feeling like they are breathing fine. They are in some sense that they don’t notice the difference but once they check their levels with an oxymeter (they are CHEAP) their breathing levels are so low they are immediately put in icu. If you o2 levels are below 90 call your drs & below 80 go to the ER immediately!
Honeybun, I am so sorry that there have been posters with no home training afoot. My solution is to delete the rude email (as un-read as possible!) and block that disrespectful and ungrateful person! This is your FREE site, and your schedule. People don’t like that, they can make their own site!
I love your re-caps, and whenever you have time to grace us with one is just fine with me. With all that’s going on in this world, I’m disgusted that people have the gall to be so unkind. You just focus on yourself and Banjo. Sending prayers of comfort and healing to you.
Wow I feel kinda bad for being a crybaby and yet thrilled my old friends are showing up.
I think you were around when the old cat ladies were here. And there are probably hate sites set up to drag me for thiis.
I’ve been reading here since you way back yonder went out to the mall to meet Jill Zarin, and you described how petite she was in person. What actually interested me was not the recaps, per se, but the idea that someone else might share my guilty trashy tv addiction. And then I kept coming back because you were so interesting. When you talked about anxiety and the perimenopause/aka the Crazy, being rescued by Banjo, your former students, the stalky creepy next door neighbor, your childhood in Libya and your love of solo travel, I wanted to listen, and to hear it all. I’m drawn to an authentic voice, whatever that is. The good, the bad, the ugly. The vulnerability. Before and after the cat lady/ies and especially the tomatoes. Thank you for the tomatoes.
One step at a time.
They old cat ladies were amazing in ways that were not to desirable. I loved their delusional awful comments. They needed to get a life!!
OK, I thought I had responded. Basically, what I wrote can be summed up in the ones bitching at you must have a UV light shoved up their ass. FUCK ‘EM. THIS SHIT SUCKS. Honestly, I’d be happy if you banked a few episodes as I’ve been behind on some of them. Hell, I’ve not watched ANY of Atlanta this season beyond the first half of the first episode.
yeah. It is starting to get to me too I guess. I think tomorrow’s weigh in is going to SUCK. If I end up having my total weight loss become less than the 40 lbs, I’m going to be so sad. I was going to try to do a couple of nights without my drinks… but I failed. I’m not drinking a LOT each day, but I’m having some every day. I think tomorrow our Gov is going to extend the stay at home. I miss my own house. I miss that I can just not have things like red meat, potato chips, bread, etc. in my house. I miss being able to fall asleep with the bedside light on without a bunch of questions the next day. I miss being able to sleep naked and getting up to go to the bathroom a couple of times a night without the need to get dressed to do it. I miss my ceramics classes desperately. As painful as my hands are with all the over washing and cleaning our deliveries with bleach, I want to throw clay so bad!
I could go for walks… but my parents live in the woods and while it is lovely to look at through the window, my allergy fatigue is awful. It is mental fatigue too. I’ve had time to catch up on Quickbooks entries for taxes, etc. at work, and I’ve done nothing. Not even at my cute home office set up. (I’m able to go to my work place. It is only people I’m essentially quarantining with). Late at night I remember a report I need to file (and pay for) and then I get to the office and think “I’ll do it tomorrow”.
I did make dinner tonight. A Skinnytaste stir fry I modified a little (just in the veggies I add). But just now I ate white bread slathered with butter.
I did manage to snag a Nintendo Switch. I splurged. It hasn’t been shipped yet though. I’m hoping there are some games that will get my heart rate up like the Wii had. (I have no idea where my old Wii is in my house, not that I’ve been there in weeks.)
I should try to go to bed now, but I’m watching Kate Chastain watch Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Kind of enjoying it, even though she’s more identifying with Jenna.
There is no deadline on losing weight. Just take care of yourself now and worry about that 40 pounds later. Some of us get so wrapped up in the numbers that when we don’t see the ones we want, we give up and undo all the good work we’ve done. I’ve probably lost — and regained — a TON by now! Lentil is delayed this year, but you can still take care of yourself. Best wishes. P
BTW: Adam and Jenna will be on WWHL on Monday. I wonder if they will be together or separated… hmmm…
Skinnytaste has some great recipes!! Don’t be so hard on yourself regarding your weight. You could be doing everything right but if your body is highly stressed it’s out of your control.
Everything you are feeling is valid…think we are a there. When you are having a hard time just try to remind yourself it’s ok. Life as we know it is over for awhile, maybe forever unless they find a vaccine.
You sound artistic, have you colored using the adult coloring books. I use Gel Pens. I have an extra book I could send you along with some gel pens.
I was staying at my parents & they live in woods so I just walked that damn driveway back & forth. I so desired better scenery.
I know you are frustrated with your govenor but he is helping high risk leople like me. My dr called in January & told me to hunker down as I might not survive this one. Scared shit of me. Still does. Thank you for quarantining & sacrificing!! I am beyond grateful you & your entire family are doing this! ?
Hey Tamara, I honestly don’t mind if your recaps are not immediate, because half the time I don’t watch the show right when it airs; I record it to watch later. And if you do put a recap up fast, everyone else is done talking about that show by the time I get there, so um, please DON’T put anything up on time.
Or maybe if you’re having a bad day, you could just put a Comment thread for a show, and then update the post with the recap when you’re able. I just like coming here to hear what you think and what everyone else thinks.
My sleep times get messed up too. I stay up until 3 am or later and then sleep until 11 or noon. And even though I put off taking a shower, I always feel better after I do.
Anyway, cheers.
I meant to say if you’re worried about getting the mail, we have a 9 x 12 shallow box that is the “hot box.” Each day when I go get the mail, I touch it with only my left hand, bring it in (opening the door with my right hand), and put it in the hot box without looking through it or anything. Then I wash my hands well. I just leave the mail in that box until the next day, right before I go get the mail again. By then it’s been 24 hours, which is how long any virus could live on cardboard or paper. So it’s safe to process the old mail before I bring in the new.
I’ve been lysoling the envelopes, but I think we’re going to start doing that. I was confused on how long it lives on paper or cardboard.
If you can (don’t know what type of box you have) use your elbow. I have a po box so i use a clorox wipe over my hand & use it to put my mail in a bag & I don’t touch for days.
When they demand you write a recap, demand they go die in a fire first. Jose Andres is an angel and your supporting him enables him to do more. You have provided a place for posters and readers to express their fears and challenges and know they are not alone. That is far more important than any recap. I have stopped watching some shows because your recaps are all I need to know and don’t get annoyed by those twats. Thanks for always taking one for the team. We are a diverse group with very diverse lives and I appreciate every single one of you. So keep doing for you TT. Where else would I have picked up the term cuntsatchel if it wasn’t for you? We can wait. God bless and help those who are struggling at this time to find fellowship, good health and peace of mind.
I just saw an interview of him…god we need more Jose’s!!
I’d be honored to only read columns entitled ‘Dear Assholes’ by you. That title is awesome and I wish I could use it in work emails. But seriously, I can’t believe that you would get emails like that! I visit here daily often with coffee. If I notice that a recap isn’t up yet, I just figure you’re busy with other things. I can’t even understand the mindset that would push someone to question you on it. Assholes indeed!
I hope you and everyone else will be fine – nawww I KNOW you’ll all be fine!
I’m very sorry ~ I’m gonna sound like a massive asshole, but this was addressed to assholes….
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I hate so much how horrible so many people are feeling.
Anyone who is depressed should really try to exercise in some kind of way, try very hard not to eat a lot sugar ~ it WILL make you feel worse ~ shower, and try to keep some sort of schedule.
Also, if you are on antidepressants (I am), alcohol basically nullifies them if you drink a lot.
I know that is the last thing anyone wants to hear.
But the longer you keep yourself in a funk, the much longer it will be before you feel better.
I KNOW it seems impossible, but if you start with something small, you can do it.
I sure have my days where I don’t feel like doing anything. But most days even if I start out doing something small, it helps, and helps me to do more shit later.
I’m REALLY sorry about how much this SUCKS for so many people.
I am extremely lucky because I am still coming to work every day.
Maybe I have no business even writing this, but people need to take care of themselves.
It is not fair how easy it is to just say fuck it and not do any of these things.
It is not fair that it is so hard to eat well.
And it’s not fair that when we feel so down we just want to crawl in a hole with a drink and something delicious and bad for you. Sure, it does make you feel better for that short amount of time, but it is so bad, and just makes you crave more. A vicious cycle.
I hate thinking of how horrible everyone is feeling, ad I am not posting this to sound like I am preaching.
I certainly don’t follow my own advice all the time, but I try, and it does make a HUGE difference for me.
Please don’t take it that I am preaching, I really don’t mean it that way!
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Your suggestions are spot on. Logically. It sure is hard to do some days though.
Thank you!!
Not easy, but worth it in the end.
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This really helped me today. It is 6:40a.m. In California and I am not an early riser. But I am going to take a shower NOW, thanks to your message. I can catch a nap before the critter feeding at 8 — I DO KEEP THEM ON SKED — and know my day has started in a positive way. ❤️???❤️
Thank you for not getting mad at it!
I so totally hear you, Tamara. I’m having a shit ton of trouble working, and I too have worked at home for a long time. I just cut a major ghostwriting client loose (the fee would have been half of what I need to earn this year) because he started agitating about me “speeding up the process”. Speed UP the process? What, like match it to the pace my nervous breakdown has reached? So I basically followed your lead and sent him my version of a Dear Asshole letter. The job is through an agency and everyone is freaking out and wringing their hands and wailing, but fuck it. I’m immuno-compromised and I live in New York. I’m the only person in my family still working and getting the occasional paycheck. I’m stressed out. And my beagle eats plastic and drinks my coffee. I will not be speeding UP any process for anyone in the near future unless it involves drinking vodka. Love you, Tamara.
I check in several times a day. Long time reader, past recapper for you (Teen Mom and Marriage Bootcamp.) I understand the fear and loneliness. I live alone, am old, and very high risk. My bad vices are ruling my days and making everything worse. However, I can’t seem to stop them . I read the news incessantly for hours and hours every day, when I should be getting exercise and working in my yard. Some days are better than ithers.
I’m a loyal reader and will never abandon you. Hang in there, do what you can do, when you can do it.
It is SO WONDERFUL to hear from both of you but I wish it were happy news. It’s just good to know you still are here — on Earth. Now where is English Rose?
I hope you feel better soon. Whether by taking a shower, writing a “Dear Asshole” or whatever.
I’ve met the nicest people walking our dogs at the park. Physical distancing. Most work during the week and don’t frequent the park on busy weekends. I often ONLY go walking because my dog loves it. But I always feel better afterward. Every time. Maybe that could help. (Oh, Jeez, that just brought back a John Denver song …)
I worked hard in my yard today and I feel good about it. It’s a beautiful day here in central MO. Bluebird skies, lots of chirping birds and i saw my first hummingbird. The colors are so crisp and fresh and flowers are blooming everywhere. So far, so good.
This is the time nature reminds us of new beginnings. We who love and get to garden are so blessed. It’s physically and emotionally and mentally therapeutic. The greatest gift my Dad and my grandmother gave me. Their love lives on in my garden. IF ONLY I COULD GET RID OF THE ROOF RATS!
It sounds like that client doesn’t deserve you! I truly believe something better will come your way. The fact that the agency is freaking out is a good sign you do a good job. You need to take care of you right now!! Hang in there!
Walk to feel better. If you can’t walk outside, youtube a Leslie Sansone walk at home video: easy and effective for mood lifting.
This pandemic sucks, but exercise a little to feel a lot better. It works!
TT, thanks for whatever you post, whenever you post it. I have never been told directly to die in a fire, but I have been called a cunt satchel, and for that, I am most grateful.
Be well!
Have you ever wondered how a cuntsatchel would look? Would it be something like a giant version of the “pussy purse” rubbery coin purses parsimonious old men use? Only in pink leather? Who needs a Birkin when you could have a Cuntsatchel? With a TT logo, of course!
Just curious has the trolling increased with the stay at home orders? Everyone is a critic with opinions. I rather enjoy you take on these silly shows and what’s going on in you life.
Thin, Crisp, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies from Sunset Magazine
Ingredients
1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz.)
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
How to Make It
In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until well blended. Beat in 3 tablespoons water and the vanilla until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir or beat into butter mixture until well incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans, if using.
Drop dough in 1-tablespoon portions, 2 inches apart, onto buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
Bake in a 300° oven until edges of cookies are browned, but an area about 1-inch wide in the center is still pale, about 14 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.
With a wide spatula, transfer cookies to racks to cool. If hot cookies start to break, slide a thin spatula under them to release; let stand on pan to firm up, 2 to 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per cookie.
Personal Note: I bake mine at 375 degrees for 15 min because I like mine to be nice and brown. Take a look at them at 10 minutes or so to account for different ovens.
So a very weird thing just happened. A good weird thing. I checked my Chase account to see if my SSA money got there today because the 3rd is a Sunday. This is embarrassing, but we are laying it out there on this post. Every month is a struggle and I am slowly catching up after years of not being able to work. Every month I end up deciding whether to overdraw my Chase account — it lets me go over by $750! — or take out YET ANOTHER payday advance loan. So, every month when the SSA check comes in, I prep myself to see how much is left after the overdrafts are paid. This time, there was EXTRA MONEY! The stimulus check AND the SSA check were there!
But here was the “miracle money” that floored me. (If I were I Bravolebrity, I would say “I was shook.”) There was an EXTRA $179.84 30-day overdraft assistance credit from the stimulus fund! WTF? I guess the gov. computer thought I was overdrawn because of THE CORONA! (No, it was six years of shingles!) I TRY not to be a “magical thinker,” but I will take this as a sign. Maybe I AM shook!
Sending you smiles. This post made my day!
That’s awesome! Finally some good news from the Government!
I felt lucky and bought two Mega Millions tickets and a scratch-off for The Fiancée. The scratch-off was a dud, but it was a Treasure Map so at least it was fun.
That is so cool!!
I’m in the same boat, waiting for a check wise. I received my stimulus check yesterday. So glad it was direct and I didn’t have to see his* name on it. I hear a demand for loyalty is coming in the mail though, in the form of a letter congratulating himself*.
After 7 months, my son was approved for SS. It was insane the paperwork we had to do. And his first payment check was still sent to our previous address.
They are hoping we die first. It took The Fiancée TWO YEARS to get SSI. When they gave her the retroactive money, instead of it being in one sum like regular SSA disability, they broke it up to “protect SSI people from irresponsible spending.”
Dr said I would be approved 1st time…took me 4 yrs..whole system is broken.
I am jealous…still patiently waiting for that damn stimulus check. I totaled my car earlier this year & used a huge chunk to pay mediCal bills. Thus I have no car & live in area where you need a car to get to thinks. So their I am hoofing it around to the stares of many. I want to tell them all to fuck off. I am in same financial situation as you except they arent so nice. I got hit with a $300 over draft charge for going over by $2.98. I said are serious…in a not nice way. Needless to say I switched. Hang in there & cheers the the extra dough good for you!! ?
I got an email from Chase. It was Chase that gave me a temporary credit so I “could enjoy my entire stimulus amount.” I thought that was quite nice if Chase, even though I have to repay it (and I better find out when). Chase has been VERY GOOD to me. And I am not one of its wealthy account holders.
I highly recommend that you call your bank about that charge. If you are polite and say you lost track of your finances because your mind is on overload, ALMOST ALWAYS you will get the charges reversed. Even me, who has a HABIT of overdrawing, sometimes my banks even reverse without a request. Cry if you want to!
I love you!! I tried every damn trick in the book. It was a local bank that was bought out by national chain. If I could O would blast them right now. I don’t want to get in trouble & go to TT jail. There customer service is awful! Needless to say I moved banks but had to leave that account open.
The headline gave me the only laugh in days… In Ireland we were told today the lockdown continues until the 19th of may. No schools until September or October, mind yourself TT & Banjo, & to all the lovely (good) people that comment here, I wish you all the very best, stay safe, I’d be lost without you all, Niamh xx
People are assholes? You don’t say! Now where’s my gosh darn recap?! ?? #britishhumour
Stay safe and don’t let the bastards get you down ✌?
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TT you always make me laugh! I’m sorry people are assholes and you’re not feeling well, but unfortunately assholes seem to be worse during a crisis. Remember you survived the crazy cat ladies..you can survive anything! And some of the hateful emails are probably still from them using a pseudonym ?
Ha!! I was there for the crazy cat ladies. They may have all died in a fire.
I got my stimulus check on4/15 and got my Trump letter today. I opened the letter, wrote on the bottom (in big red letters) “I’m returning this because I don’t want any letters with his name on it,” and put it back in the envelope. I wrote Return to Sender on the envelope and threw it back in the mail. That made me so happy.
Eeewww. I didn’t know we had to get a letter from POTUS. Maybe I will accidentally send it back with a canine colon smear test in it. But then Secret Service might arrest me. Or my dog.
Who in their right mind is sending mass amounts of paper mail throughout multiple states? Oh, our president.
He wants people to think that he was the one you sent us the money. I was offended that it was on White House stationary.
It seems stupid that he is sending mail for no reason. How much of our taxes is that costing? Stamps are freaking expensive! His entire family is so out of touch and slimy. It is so so bizarre to me that Donald Trump somehow became the president.
Seems really strange for someone who hates the post office so much.
Good for you! You may have started a trend. Imagine that. 🙂
That would be nice.
I am going to write “Return to Sender” in BRIGHT BLUE ink!
You could also write on it that you licked the envelope to reseal it but you have not been tested bc STILL NOT ENOUGH TESTS…. but that might get you in trouble too. Lol
FLOL! Whatever I write, it will be in BRIGHT BLUE!
Or … I could save it in case I run out of toilet paper.
Careful, Nanette, you don’t want to clog your toilet. If you have a Biden sticker you can put it on the back of the envelope. Trump will never see it but it’ll give some employee at the Treasury Dept. a good laugh.
IJC, I did think about that but figured I’d get a visit from the FBI if I did, lol.
That’s great! I should have thought of that!
Eeewww was exactly my reaction. Everyone is supposed to get the letter, which is basically being used as re-election campaign material. You’re right about the canine colon smear probably getting you in trouble, lol.
Wow! TT you really had to vent! Well I’m with you and for what it’s worth I read your Blog everyday…keep your head up and ignore the trolls? Oh by the way when you get a chance would you please give the tea on my girl Mariah HuQ? I’ve heard crazy stuff but I only place value on what you write. Now go catch up on some sleep.
Okay so I just finished watching morning news and catching up reading news articles. (I purposely just turned the shit off for a few days) WTH is wrong with the people here in the south? The reopening of everything is pure insanity and it’s pissing me off so much, not to mention exacerbating my anxiety even worse. And, I might add, we just had another all-time spike in positive cases and deaths so yeah NOT waiting for a downward trend before opening. All the pictures of people getting hair and nails done and eating at restaurants and bars inside, and oh the fucktard protesters ~ omg it reminds me of the magazine for children called Highlights for Children where they would have a picture and the kids were supposed to circle “what’s wrong with this picture?”. LIKE FOR REAL, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PICTURES?!
Dear assholes,
thanks for killing more people and making all of us who won’t leave the house start all the way over from scratch, even though this time we cannot restock Lysol, meat, or PPE like masks and gloves. Y’all can all take your freedom hike all the way up Fuckoff Mountain! Are the governors and the people retarded? Do they not get that there are no do-overs here? Even if you recover from it, it’s hell to go through and has lasting effects. A hoax you say? Do y’all have any clue how many healthcare providers have already put their lives on the line and/or died taking care of the patients even without the proper protection? They are at wits end and some are even killing themselves in the literal sense because of the trauma of it all. As mad as I am, stupid people shouldn’t die either. I mean stupid people still have loved ones who would be sad. Amirite? It’s not too late to change your minds. Please think about it. Are your rights for freedom and economy more important than others’ rights to live? We are not going to dissolve economically by sitting out a little while longer. We will recover and we will find a treatment and a vaccine. Science just takes time. Can you please give it a bit more time before you go out fucking up the progress we’ve already started making? Please just show a bit more patience. And please stop the blame game. It’s not helpful and it doesn’t even matter anymore who is to blame anymore. We just need to deal with it and go forward in the most precarious and safe way for everyone. Let the historians figure out who actually was to blame if it even is that simple. Viruses mutate all the time and even still, leave it to the historians to figure out how we were ALL so underprepared. They will have the advantage of hindsight. But, for right now…Eating crow and retreating is still easier than the alternative. I’M BEGGING YOU!
Signed,
I. Just. Can’t.
I wish some of the governors who are extending the quarantine would read this and then quite from it.
Look at the Sweden and Singapore statistics if any governor thinks it’s safe to lift restriction.
I have been avoiding the news. I think they lifted everything in Georgia with a few minor limitations. But suddenly we all have to wear masks. I have worn mine every time I leave the house but I bought a very restrive one and it gives me panic attacks.Remember when they lied to us and told us we should not be wearing masks? I get the feeling that no one knows what they are doing.
I joined that NextDoor thing which is sort of a group chat for people in your immediate neighborhood. There is a raging battle over the quarantine/shelter in place situation. The morons think that everyone should do what they want. If we think we should stay home (and I am) then we should and if they want to go out and socialize, they should. They just don’t get that going out to public places puts everyone in danger. I tried ONCE to point this out. But there is really no point.
IJC : I am whistling and applauding you.
I love you always girlie! Assholes are always going to be assholes.
We are still completely shut down in South Florida and the keys.
How are you doing? I cane up with an idea to raise money for your restaurant, I will pitch it later, but FIRST: Are you part of a group of restaurant friends?
For clarification: At all but the large chain restaurants where I worked, we had a “buddy system.” If we ran out of vodka or onions or a dishwasher, whatever, we would borrow from each other. We would visit each others’ restaurants and tip out extra big — “circular money,” my bartender boyfriend called it. Do you have that kind of restaurant community?
Yes we do Nanette! We are one of the busiest restaurants in the country and also part of a restaurant group but not a chain. We are open for take out and doing very well but only a fraction of our sales. Because we have 220 or so employees, we have to do big sales to keep everyone employed.
Thank you for caring!
If you loved us you would send us all take out. LOL. Just kidding. But send some to Captain Lee and is lovely bride on me!
I have an idea that keeps growing. At first, I thought of you and your group. Then, I thought IF people like the idea, why stop there?
It would be a cookbook. I would donate the layout, editing, photo optimization, things I used to do every day and loved.
Each restaurant would get a right-hand page with a photo/s or illustration/s of their restaurant, or the chefs cooking, WHATEVER they want. The other side would have a recipe and photo of it. Or maybe two pages. At first, I thought a little spiral- bound print version (I’ve done those before) and/or a digital download.
DISTRIBUTION — my strange mind thinks a Girl Scout Cookies type of thing, where every employee can sell books, or maybe PAGES, on their social media pages. Every sale would generate income for the place and employee.
But then … IF ANYONE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, it could be from any restaurant. Digital pages or printed (maybe on demand). Put in a digital or hard-copy 3-ring binder format. Cover COULD be riffs on the vintage travel stickers put on old-timely suitcases, but featuring regional food. You get a travel stamp or I could put on the cover.
Is this stoned or stupid?
I love the idea.
This is AMAZE BALLS!!
You are and will always be a ROCK CHICK.
I cannot wait to hear about the rippling vibrations of this little pocket of positive magic.
Could you include a QR code if the restaurant has one to incorporate a contactless menu and food order solution?
Neither stoned nor stupid. It’s a great idea!
I Love your site TT! Only a true fan will appreciate your special brand of magic. One day at a time just like the rest of us. You’re worth the wait. Sending you some extra courage and a supportive hug TT.