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Daily Tea: Play Nice
Hey y’all. I’m going to be away from my keyboard for a bit. I should be back on track by Wednesday. I have some personal issues to deal with. Nothing serious, I just need to focus on something other than the site for a day or two. In the meantime, The Lady Cocotte will be […]
Daily Tea: (Open Forum)
The Daily Tea was originally an open forum for off topic chatter where we could support each other when needed or just share our daily lives in order to avoid talking about such vital topics as cat videos and colonoscopies in the on topic posts. It was a place where if you didn’t have […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Books
I spent quite a bit of time on Bethenny’s Frankel’s Instagram this morning looking for something that it seems I imagined that I saw. I seem to be losing brain cells by the hour, these days. Here’s the story, as I thought it happened. In my memory, I saw a photo on Bethenny’s Instagram of […]
Daily Tea: Everything But the Kitchen Sink (Open Forum)
It’s a beautiful fall day here in Atlanta and I am desperately trying to pluck myself out of the crazy hole and enjoy it. Remember last week, when I mentioned I was hoping to get to Whole Foods? Well, I finally got there yesterday. Begrudgingly. It was not my happy place like it usually […]
Happy Halloween!
Who is dressing up? Who is taking kids out trick or treating? Who is going to a party? Who already ate all the candy? And who is like me and planning to keep the curtains closed, the lights off and the TV quiet while keeping low in case of flying bullets?
Daily Tea: Emotional Rollercoaster
Sorry for the delay in putting this up. I often think of things I want to write about during the week and then when the weekend comes, I have nothing. I’ve been on a weird emotional roller coaster where everything seems worthy of a huge emotional response. Take today for example. I had bad […]
Daily Tea: Fall Has Arrived!
I get a lot of advice from you guys. ALOT. And it is only fair I suppose because I have a lot of opinions on a lot of things. I’ve been told to check this and that from a gene mutation to the garden variety old lady stuff. I know you all mean well […]
Daily Tea: Here’s Your Safe Space
Sorry. This is all I’ve got this week. Just talk about yourself. After last week when I stupidly mentioned politics. I think we all need a safe space.
Daily Tea: Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Donald
I’ve been up all night watching hurricane news because I’m concerned about Charleston and flooding and my friends there and on Hilton Head. One of my favorite commenter’s husband writes for Island Packet and put up a great story about her before the storm hit them. My wife has a new man in her life. His […]
Hurricane Matthew Preparing To Bear Down On Southern Coast!
But don’t worry, Miami! You can still get water if you hurry! Thanks to my Tweep, Rob for this photo. It’s hilarious. The hurricane is not so amusing. Please be careful out there, not s0 gentle readers. I hope you are all already evacuated. Don’t dick around when it comes to that. I learned […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum)
It’s been a pretty hellacious week here. We all survived. Banjo is fine. I’m dealing with a multitude of issues and moods. So no funny story this week. Talk amongst yourselves.
Daily Tea (Open Forum): My Drug Deal Gone Bad
Drugs are everywhere here in the ghetto. If I wanted to buy meth, there are probably five meth houses within walking distance. I imagine, if I so desired, I could drop by any one of them while out walking my dog, and both Banjo and I would be welcomed in. “Hi! I would like to […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Breakups
There have been a lot of breakups discussed here lately and it’s only fair I mention my own. I have been trying to end a relationship for the past few years. It’s a long relationship, that has not been working for me for quite some time. I really want out, but I don’t think […]
Daily Tea: (Open Forum) In Case of Emergency Click This Link!
It’s a bit early for another Daily Tea, however there are some housekeeping things I need to address. Next November, will be the fifth anniversary of this site. And they said it would never last! lol. There have been many changes in the site over the years and new commenters coming and going over […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Happy Labor Day Weekend!
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I spent a few hours out in the world today and it didn’t suck. I got some sister time with just me and my sister and it was lots of fun. I hope you are all making the most of your long weekend as well. We’ve had […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Hurricane Hermine Plus Hawaiian Hurricanes
I thought I would put up a Daily Tea today because I am a bit under the weather. I’ve been doing a lot of backend work, it was the first of the month and that’s when all my bill need to get paid, and I’m working on some new ad options for the site […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Farmers Market
For the last two weeks or more, I have been working on a healthier diet. It’s ALMOST my Lent diet which I don’t remember if I did this year or not, but not quite as tough. I did start off with the hardest part for me, cutting back on drinking. And I don’t mean just […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum) : The Narcoleptic Blogger
Well we made it through another week. I’d have to say the best show I blogged about this week was Flipping Out. It’s one worth catching if you missed it. We also had two episodes of Real Housewives of Melbourne this week. On Wednesday we saw Gamble’s Wedding, which was quite lovely, and the […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Housewives Detox
Check out the full story that goes with the image Allie’s blog here. Buy her book here. Well, it seems we have managed to go a week without Bravo TV. Was it as hard as you thought? For me it has been like a vacation! In fact I was trying to get to the […]
Daily Tea: (Open Forum) Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I was actually OUT IN THE WORLD today and watched some of the Opening Ceremonies before coming home to feed the boy. I’d love to hear your take on the opening before the athletes showed up. I found it sort of confusing. Apparently the commentators were not given any information on the opening scenes […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): Spoons
It’s been a very hot couple of weeks and the natives are starting to get restless. The comment sections are a lot more aggressive than usual. There are way more personal attacks toward the folks on the shows we are watching together and each other. We are all very hot and bothered. So I thought […]
Daily Tea: (Open Forum) I Hear You in the Morning, I Hear You at Nightfall
There is so much going on in the world, (and in my emails from y’all) that I felt another open forum was needed. I’m really in the hole. I haven’t been this dysfunctional in a while, and it seems like something we are all feeling right now. Our world seems to be a bit […]
Daily Tea: Open Forum
Sorry for the delay in getting this up. I have a lot of technical issues to deal with regarding the site this weekend. Also, my laptop decided last night that I didn’t need an ‘e’ key so I have to buy another one at a time I would prefer to wait for the […]
Daily Tea: Open Forum
I think it’s time for another Daily Tea. The world is such a crazy, sad, scary place lately. I think we all need this song, and the video that celebrates athletes around the globe coming together. I only the countries, governments, religions and political parties could do the same. Here at the ghetto shack, Banjo […]
Daily Tea: Deep Breaths (Open Forum The Lite Version Now With Less Doom and Gloom)
I thought we could use a lighter Daily Tea this weekend. I don’t have a whole lot to say, I have been up all night the past few nights watching live feeds of Big Brother or TV. I thought I would give a quick rundown of some summer shows I am watching. Please remember not to […]
Daily Tea (Open Forum): More Oversharing By Me
Here’s the “Daily Tea” which is usually our weekend chatting place. I really didn’t think I would get anything posted on Thursday. Several of you have been very kind with your outpourings of love. I’m having a difficult time, and as you know I have to problems telling y’all the real deal. If you have […]
Eid Mubarak To My Muslim Friends!
At last the long month of Ramadan is over and the fasting will/has ended depending on where you live. As most of you know by now, I was Raised in Tripoli, Libya. I borrowed the above photo and text below from the The Libya Observer Who announced the end of Ramadan tonight : The […]
Happy Canada Day! (Open Forum)
Those crazy Canookians are celebrating their Independence Day today. Well, their sort of independence. More like the birth of Canada which is still weirdly connected to jolly old England in some way. They also try to get the jump on celebrating Thanksgiving by doing it in October. Even though I like to poke fun at […]
Weekend Tea: It’s Too Hot To Think!
It’s boiling hot in the ATL and inside my ghetto shack. I installed central heat and air a few years back and I swear it was cooler here with one window unit. Yesterday I hooked up an extra air conditioner but it is still hard to keep the temperature below 80 degrees in her. […]
Weekend Tea: Gumbo (Open Forum)
I’m trying to take some much needed downtime this weekend. Last week was just a shitstorm of tragedy and tooth extraction. I making gumbo today. I’ve had a bag of frozen okra in my freezer forever and yet it seems to have disappeared on the day I actually need it. Why does that always seem […]
Daily Tea: Open Forum MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO! :(
Tim Teeman of The Daily Beast wrote a brilliant piece on the mass murder of LGBT people today: What needs to be repeated over and over again, and interrogated, is that the largest mass shooting in American history was an attack on gay people, LGBT people—politicians and lawmakers must say that, confront that, call it by […]
Daily Tea: We Should Really Change The Name of This Series…
Hey y’all! If you are one of many new followers, the Daily Tea is our OPEN forum. I talk about my gardening issues a lot or ramble on about my cute dog Banjo. But others have more serious issues going on they want to vent about. It’s pretty much open season. I do ask that you […]
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