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/><link>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>180</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MySTRANGETruth" /><feedburner:info uri="mystrangetruth" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-7281450061412303783</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-26T10:35:08.173-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rihanna</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HUG LIFE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">balance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fame</category><title>HUG LIFE!!!</title><atom:summary>


Yesterday, the blogs were astir with "news" of Rihanna's knuckle tatt that says "THUG LIFE" and Smiley Walrus' pics drinking a HUGE alcoholic beverage &amp; pretending to lick her boyfriend's birthday cake which was shaped like a male member. We discussed both of these things among my email crew &amp; some people boiled it down to the children being the breadwinners &amp; thereby having no REAL parental </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/a4A3dOqBWQg/hug-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RVg0ipk-HyA/TyFybFIsNqI/AAAAAAAABGg/-kgUBPl2wXQ/s72-c/hl.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/a4A3dOqBWQg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2012/01/hug-life.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-7395952696259636050</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-06T14:06:13.566-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Voice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Project Runway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Top Chef</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Storage Wars</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RHoA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Face Off</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reality TV</category><title>REAL Reality TV</title><atom:summary>As much as I would LOVE to say I don't watch reality tv, the truth is I do!

But I try to watch Reality TV with some redeeming qualities. Hoarders &amp; Hoarding: Buried Alive help kpeople pick up the mess that has become their life &amp; start a new. Or at least gives them a chance to do so. Intervention is the same way. 



Storage Wars fascinates me! They picked such interesting people for the show. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/ZCDEqB-KppM/real-reality-tv.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/ZCDEqB-KppM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-reality-tv.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-1882138900507195048</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-27T14:09:34.337-05:00</atom:updated><title>Resolute!</title><atom:summary>So here it comes. The new year! People are making lists &amp; promising themselves all kinds of things. New friends, new body, new habits, new attitude. But I have noticed a new trend &amp; I'm wit it!

NO RESOLUTIONS!

I'm down like 4 flats! I will continue my onward &amp; upward movement. Doing what I do &amp; being who I am only better. I'm not cutting people off January 1. Or hitting the gym January 3rd. Or </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/vFO1bo0N57Q/resolute.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/vFO1bo0N57Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/12/resolute.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-247798434010548734</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-08T16:30:01.263-05:00</atom:updated><title>This Christmas Will Be...</title><atom:summary>So this will be my second Christmas with the beau. 




No big deal, right? WRONG! For me this means I'm growing alllll the way up! 





A lot of things are different this Christmas &amp; I love it! ﻿For one, I don't want anything for Christmas. I mean I do, but not really... a Kindle Fire would be nice but I'm not asking anyone for it. *shrug* And a new camera. But I don't REALLY want it... For two</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/Mc2w76F0pUk/this-christmas-will-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/Mc2w76F0pUk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/12/this-christmas-will-be.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-8589250652470848096</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-02T14:20:09.797-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">divorce</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Eddie Long</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foolishness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sex scandal</category><title>Grand Opening, Grand Closing...</title><atom:summary>
This morning poor, long-suffering Vanessa Long wife of  THIS guy:

 

filed for divorce (and not because of this picture either). This afternoon that same woman withdrew her petition of divorce from THIS guy:



Ummmmmmmmmmmm... M'am... WHAT are you doing? 
For those that don't  know (or care) BISHOP Eddie Long was accused of same sex foolishness with some tenders in exchange for him getting </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/SAB9vlbw9tY/grand-opening-grand-closing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/SAB9vlbw9tY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/12/grand-opening-grand-closing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-6802729089937348159</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-17T13:09:42.220-05:00</atom:updated><title>Money. Over. Ev'rything.</title><atom:summary>
I swear I try not to be too political or just yammer on without doing any research. But sometimes you SEE things &amp; you have to SAY things. Well,  maybe not when you see an old man fondling a 10 year old in the shower.... *SIDE EYE* But maybe when your elected officials cannot pass anything that helps the economy, but CAN pass legislation declaring pizza sauce as a vegetable &amp; allowed unhealthy </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/SBlCCb4A7ak/money-over-evrything.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/SBlCCb4A7ak" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/11/money-over-evrything.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-6883160933025217392</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-09T10:38:51.105-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hip-hop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">childhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heavy d</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">death</category><title>Have You Seen My Childhood?</title><atom:summary>

I wanted to find a UNIQUE title for my blog about Heavy D's passing. I am sure plenty of people wished him a Peaceful Journey &amp; said they had Nothin But Love for him. I wanted something that said a lot more. As soon as I found out he passed I called J. As I was waiting for her to answer, my mouth was hanging open in complete &amp; utter disbelief. I couldn't understand WHY I was taking it SO HARD. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/X8eC7TGuEUk/have-you-seen-my-childhood.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-upFht7rgTrQ/Trn1wD6gw-I/AAAAAAAAPVs/bHY8F1fVd8o/s72-c/Videoshoots-Jam-Set-michael-jackson-7357811-500-409.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/X8eC7TGuEUk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/11/have-you-seen-my-childhood.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-5416893093498803709</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-08T11:08:16.829-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">COnrad Murray</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Michael Jackson</category><title>GUILT!</title><atom:summary>Conrad Murray (no longer a doctor) was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. 

Many people thought the verdict was correct &amp; many others thought it was unfair. 

Here is my opinion:

One of the first things learned in med school is the code of ethics. It seems that Murray misinterpreted the concept of  nonmaleficence and the phrase "First, do no harm."  He took the idea that sometimes it's </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/xld3c4qDb54/guilt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/xld3c4qDb54" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/11/guilt.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-4601189608109944636</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-02T12:13:47.103-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chemicals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McDonald's</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McRib</category><title>McFib, McRoo, McGross!</title><atom:summary>THIS BLOG IS NOT FOR THOSE WITH A DELICATE CONSTITUTION!


YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

So last week I was talking about my McRib experience &amp; how there was NOTHING nice about it. Well yesterday I find out that there are gym mat chemicals in that joker! This chemical, azodicarbonamide, is BANNED in Europe &amp; Australia as a food additive. UMMMMM, FDA, WHAT are you fools DOING!!??! THis crap is going into</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/msBAqb2x-OM/mcfib-mcroo-mcgross.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/msBAqb2x-OM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/11/mcfib-mcroo-mcgross.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-8703627441401755579</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-27T14:00:09.036-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sadness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kangaroo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fast food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McRib</category><title>I'm Back &amp; So is the McRib!</title><atom:summary>Ok, only ONE of those things excites me... It's NOT the McRib!

I'm back. I have been extremely disheartened by some of the things going on around me both locally &amp; politically. The deep-rooted ignorance of some people has made me want to SCREAM! I have been fighting with discussing it here because I don't want MORE ignorant commentary &amp; unresearched foolishness coming my way. So I finally </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/BKh-QJq7G9Q/im-back-so-is-mcrib.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z1a-CUT_NWE/Tqmn5fH0trI/AAAAAAAABF8/U2G1HZtTbuE/s72-c/work+of+art.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/BKh-QJq7G9Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-back-so-is-mcrib.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-3078444794398736010</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-16T11:40:34.930-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Oscars</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mustaches</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dessert or disaster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Eddie Murphy</category><title>LATE Breaking News: Eddie Hosting the Oscars</title><atom:summary>Look man, I know I'm late on this &amp; ain't been NOWHERE to be found for a while. Call it my summer break. Then, this week, I officially became Auntie TwoTimes. Sprinkle in my health issue that has had me feeling less than motivated to do ANYTHING, an anniversary &amp; a girls' trip to NYC and you pretty much have my absence in a nutshell.

So with that said...

Eddie is hosting the Oscars. Eddie "I'm </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/bEAH2ONdAJU/late-breaking-news-eddie-hosting-oscars.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/bEAH2ONdAJU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/09/late-breaking-news-eddie-hosting-oscars.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-975684613212269554</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-28T15:34:40.956-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lacefronts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foolishness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">accidents</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hoodrats</category><title>Tale of an Accidental Hoodrat</title><atom:summary>This week circumstances &amp; fate in cahoots with the some abnormally aligned stars led to an outcome of hoodrat proportions. For a approximately 4.5 hours, I, Bri Cooley had reached full blown hoodrat status. Well as close to it as I ever care to come. And for that, I 'pologize! 

It all started quite innocently 2 months ago when I got my microbraids. I just wanted to go to Zumba without feeling </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/Z_7QxMAEyH8/tale-of-accidental-hoodrat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/Z_7QxMAEyH8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/07/tale-of-accidental-hoodrat.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-637603888490469398</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-13T10:56:20.290-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crying baby</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">restaurant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foolishness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>Keep That Baby QUIET!</title><atom:summary>It has been almost a month since my last post. I know... I am terrible, but Summertime is so BUSY for me!

ANYWAY!

I just read an article here about banning children under the age of 6 from restaurants. I say good for them! To me it is similar to requiring jackets be worn in some dining establishments. Or saying no children on a wedding invitation. There is a certain atmosphere and air that </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/shsRu64tYlM/keep-that-baby-quiet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LI20iydaNdc/SmqJOMXxInI/AAAAAAAABKE/ZsOFMRHAAqc/s72-c/kid-in-restaurant.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/shsRu64tYlM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/07/keep-that-baby-quiet.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-4511338435194406581</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-21T09:15:09.272-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sue happy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foolishness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nail salon lawsuit</category><title>Some People Play Too Much: I'm Suin'!!</title><atom:summary>I know it's been a while since I had anything to say here... I have been tweeting here: @Bri_Cooley and I have been trying my hand at Tumblr. But I have been drawn back in because of this craze of "sexual discrimination" lawsuits being brought to court by men.

HISTORICALLY, discrimination and all the "-ism"s  associated with it were primarily based in INSTITUTIONS of rules and laws and ideals </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/wilBMZZZvBM/some-people-play-too-much-im-suin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/wilBMZZZvBM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/06/some-people-play-too-much-im-suin.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-6775782542894508037</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-01T07:53:25.062-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fun</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">summertime</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cook outs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>Summa Summa Summa-TIME!- 3 cookouts in 2 days!</title><atom:summary> Listen to this as you read.... 


  
Summer got STARTED for me this weekend. All last week I kept wondering who was having a cookout. And it appeared no one was. *sad sad sad* But lo &amp; behold by Saturday tunes had changed! Saturday I did some running around &amp; planning for summer meals (meaning things that don't require me standing over the stove for longer than 15-20 minutes).

So Sunday it was </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/_i-ObrL6Wrk/summa-summa-summa-time-3-cookouts-in-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HdR_SleJ5YI/TMjuADrGF2I/AAAAAAAAAFc/HdY6NkKftpc/s72-c/cookout.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/_i-ObrL6Wrk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/06/summa-summa-summa-time-3-cookouts-in-2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-375660407333664868</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-19T17:50:37.044-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vacation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">relaxation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Congress Hotel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami Beach</category><title>Miami Just Keeps Getting Better!! (A PICTURE BLOG)</title><atom:summary>So the ladies hit South Beach once again this year... and it was even better than last year...We stayed at the LOVELY Congress Hotel which was actually 4 different buildings.
If you look there at the little middle building you can see the windows of our room! We had the greatest view of the Ocean &amp; the Lummus Park sign!
I knew I was in paradise &amp; it wasn't just my breakfast that made me feel that</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/n8dAwmd4_5s/miami-just-keeps-getting-better-picture.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-doWE313KRaw/TdWLStynzfI/AAAAAAAABAs/6IjLSNgetQ4/s72-c/DSCF4480.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/n8dAwmd4_5s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/05/miami-just-keeps-getting-better-picture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-2310994845427112777</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-28T14:26:32.082-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Orly taitz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birth certificate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Obama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">donald trump</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Can President Obama PLEASE Get Back to Presidenting Now!??!</title><atom:summary>So President Obama showed his long form birth certificate. And you would think that would be enough to embarass the LOUD non-believers, but it's not. Instead they have decided to talk about his education &amp; some even claim Social Security fraud. 
And now I feel like Cam'ron on Bill O'Rielly's show:


You maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagd! You maaaaaaaaaaaaagd!﻿This man is president, ok? There wasn't this </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/qlmg1xwIw2E/can-president-obama-please-get-back-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/qlmg1xwIw2E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-president-obama-please-get-back-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-5288198591533343539</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-22T16:54:25.134-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Byron Brown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foodie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Yards Park</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sensorium</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gastronomy</category><title>I Like Food: Dinner in a Dome</title><atom:summary>Wednesday night, I had dinner in a dome...
It was called Sensorium &amp; it was a pop-up restaurant specializing in Gastronomy at Yards Park in DC. They have 2 seatings at 6 &amp; 9 everyday until May 1st. Thanks to SUCKY DC METRO we missed the beginning because we were trapped on a train 2 stops away for 10 minutes &amp; then forced off our car &amp; had to wait for the next train. But, they were totally nice </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/O0Z6eFdg_W8/i-like-food-dinner-in-dome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BJVqgGxFHw/TbBZ92DJ5nI/AAAAAAAAA80/U2GVJBUvhg8/s72-c/IMAG0559.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/O0Z6eFdg_W8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-like-food-dinner-in-dome.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-3282830532352072784</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-20T14:08:28.841-05:00</atom:updated><title>Life's Hard!</title><atom:summary>This is not my sentiment, but it is one I exclaim when I see young people that are clearly STRUGGLING through life or have made poor choices that have left them looking haggard &amp; haphazard. I was at J's house Monday night watching a WONDERFUL show aptly titled: Jail. On this show they go to county jails over the US, most notably Paterson, NJ &amp; Vegas. 

As we watched person after person come into </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/ofKE88VZ1Bw/lifes-hard.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/ofKE88VZ1Bw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/04/lifes-hard.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-1287155565793641927</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-07T07:22:23.287-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">idiot</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">president</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">delusional</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">donald trump</category><title>Donald Trump is an IDIOT!</title><atom:summary>
Could THIS be the face hair of America's future? If the movie Idiocracy is correct, the United States is indeed getting dumber &amp; this could very well be the next president of the "United States of Uhh-merica." 

This morning he was on the Today Show spewing a level of foolishness I have never seen from him. Meredith asked if he was a Tea Partier, he says: "I guess so." Ummm, sir, what does the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/OpdKu93HM2c/donald-trump-is-idiot.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0pO1q4SbHaw/TZi5omhvEgI/AAAAAAABD2I/jtUdXuJNqBw/s72-c/donald-trump-bad-hair-day.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/OpdKu93HM2c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/04/donald-trump-is-idiot.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-4680580658007971748</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-04T14:34:34.493-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frankie Beverly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recap</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Maze</category><title>Back in Stride Again!</title><atom:summary>Last Thursday, I went to the Maze featuring Frankie Beverly concert here in DC with my girls J &amp; T. We met at the FABULOUS Founding Farmers on Pennsylvania Ave. I went to their sister restaurant Farmers &amp; Fishers on the Georgetown Waterfront for my birthday lunch earlier this year. They both have fabulous food, drinks, decor, concept &amp; service. So after J got stuck in traffic &amp; T got stuck in a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/XbXlzQnj7p8/back-in-stride-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/XbXlzQnj7p8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/04/back-in-stride-again.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-4094940979672505270</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-23T14:58:09.215-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chris Brown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Robin Roberts</category><title>Sit Down, Chris Brown</title><atom:summary>So as everyone knows by now, thanks to CNN, Chris Brown had a bit of a fit yesterday after Robin Roberts kept asking him about Rhianna. This was literally LATE breaking news on CNN yesterday afternoon. While reporting on the earthquake aftermath in Japan, the air raid in Libya &amp; maybe a little bit about that tiny little scuffle we have going on in Afghanistan, CNN thought it important to talk </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/1ZhiFHwhqC8/sit-down-chris-brown.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/1ZhiFHwhqC8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/03/sit-down-chris-brown.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-5822869919696247862</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-22T11:37:02.780-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Willow Smith</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">illiterate</category><title>The Same Old Song &amp; Dance</title><atom:summary>So Willow Smith is on tour...
And i just have ONE question.... Does she have MORE than one song? if so, does she have more than TWO? WHAT on God's blue earth constitutes tourworthy? Doesn't the opening act do MORE than one song?? I'm just wondering...

And why can't this lil heffa have a seat &amp; LEARN something. She already stated she doesn't know "the maths" &amp; anyone who has seen her interview </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/WIvndaprfeA/same-old-song-dance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo126/theybf/March%202011/th_ed9b7b16.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/WIvndaprfeA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/03/same-old-song-dance.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-8433393009280665485</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-21T11:03:51.690-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bitterness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">emotional men</category><title>This Tweet Smells like LEMONS!</title><atom:summary>It seems that I know more bitter men than I do women. Angry at some girl that broke their heart in 10th grade. Or mad because they used up all their money on someone that was only marginally interested. Or lost their trust to a big butt &amp; a smile. Whatever it was, they are still holding on to it. THEY carry as much baggage as they say women do, if not more. The worse part is, many don't even know</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/RtbP38F9oyY/this-tweet-smells-like-lemons.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/RtbP38F9oyY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-tweet-smells-like-lemons.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021420.post-8672061193614376740</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-15T20:01:27.319-05:00</atom:updated><title>Check My Dictionary</title><atom:summary>In my adult life, I have had several instances of someone jocking my steez or copying my style if you will. Now understand, I'm no fashion-plate. But style is more than that. I have an easy way about me as do my closest friends. People tend to remember meeting us because we are friendly, chatty, and just plain weird!

As you already know I creates my own slanguage. And I have done so for years &amp; </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~3/w5IfKUP9KKg/check-my-dictionary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (B. Cooley)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MySTRANGETruth/~4/w5IfKUP9KKg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bricooley.blogspot.com/2011/03/check-my-dictionary.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

