Padre is inviting you to Coffee Talk
Topic: Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Time: Apr 26, 2023 06:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Good Morning Digitial Neighbors!!! A question was asked over on Phetasy about Coffee Talk - what it is - what we talk about -what happens there. It all started with the opening of Padre's so I could have a place to chat with @SEPTUAGENARIAN Sept, @THK233 Theresa and @DragonHawk Emmie who were part of the early morning crowd at the Rubin Report. There were other earlier risers over at Phetasy but my morning conversations at that point tended to be over on the Report.
The chat feature is good at Local's and we had some like @Senator Mark Vasto from Phetasy drop in to join us as well as a few others from The Rubin Report, Phetasy and Triggernometry.
Somewhere along the line Sept mentioned that the typing was at times tiresome. That is where I looked in to ZOOM as a means of doing our morning conversations. Thanks to Emmie, Sept was able to join us for ZOOM Coffee Talks and the chat rooms ended and the Coffee Talks took off.
At the beginning they were not an everyday event, and there was a 40 minute limit until I decided to purchase the license. Since then, it has become a Monday through Saturday event (opens at 6:00 Am Central on Saturday, 6:30 Monday - Friday) and there are afternoon and evening sessions. The guidelines or rules are fairly simple as far as I am concerned:
ALWAYS WELCOME - NEVER EXPECTED
NO SET TOPICS
DON'T BE A DICK
BUT SMART ASSES ARE APPRECIATED
FEEL FREE TO LURK
PADRE TRIES TO MONINTOR THE CHAT
1. To pause the chatterboxes from time to time
2. To make sure others who had comments can participate
WSN = Weird Shit Niche' (topics are varied, free ranging and tangential) There are reoccurring themes, treasured conspiracy theories and other random life experiences and memories. The WSN may not be everyone's cup of tea or coffee as it were. Some come and go, others become Irregulars, and others become occasion check-ins who infrequently join the gang.
If we were at a coffee diner we would be "That table." The waitress would tell you: They come in most every morning, we don't don't what they talk about about, they laugh a lot, some get really excited, others just sit there and they seem to have a good time most everyday, they are an odd bunch but seem surprisingly normal or at least familiar.
Have a good day Digital Neighbors!!! Hope you might join us one day.
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
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Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
Coffee Talk - Daily beginning at 6:00 AM Central Time Zone - USA
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Good Morning, Digital Neighbors, and Blessed Sunday to one and all!
Sundays are for gratitude, and few things impact our lives more than intentional gratitude. It is not enough to say you are blessed or that you are fortunate; the actual naming of our blessings plants them deep in the heart, transforming us as persons rather than leaving us with the bland “thankful for everything.”
Two years ago, I wrote this reflection on resentment and gratitude. In light of the celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, I think it’s worth revisiting. We can choose to be among those who are thankful for America or among those who find nothing but fault with it.
You cannot build a future based on resentments of the past. You cannot grow if you are mired in the injuries of yesterday. God and life do not call us to ignore such experiences, but He constantly calls us forward—to be more, to receive more, to live more. Heal those wounds and work through those injuries, but do not be defined by them, and do not try to ...
