Lets assume you were caught doing some minor crime. Hopefully, nothing that hurt anyone else, but something where the justice system decided that you needed punishment. Only, you’ve got a creative judge. They’re not interested in you filling up a jail or “volunteering” in something you don’t care about. I’m talking about unusual punishment. More […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
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After my big (well, to me) announcement yesterday I felt a bit sad. I wish I did have the energy/ability to run multiple blogs (because I still love the names) but it is a relief to have decided finally. Why is making the decision so much harder than the actual doing? I was at […]
Blogging About Blogging
Change happens. Life, blogging… sometimes change is the only consistent thing! As you may know, I took time off of Bloggers and Bacon earlier this year. I didn’t publish new content. I was just plain worn out by being sick and I didn’t have the ability to write in more than one place. Heck, I […]
(Fake) New Home Fads
We all know that home is where the heart is. Which is why we spend money on keeping up with the Joneses to make sure that we don’t look like the horrible, out of touch, untrendy person on our street. As we all know, being untrendy is a fate worse than death. Being the exceptionally […]
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Well, Internet world, it has been an interesting week in my life. It reminded me that it’s good to know who you are and what you value, because sometimes people will shock you, and you need to know what to “come back” to, for lack of a better phrase. I guess what I mean is […]
Let Me Be Sarcastic!
I’ve had even less tolerance for positivity and inspirational memes recently than I normally do. And that’s not much tolerance to begin with. Let Me Be Sarcastic! Inspirational speakers are my least favourite people. I remember someone in recent years was talking about can’t really meaning won’t and that you would jump […]
Is Small Talk All About Being Busy?
One of the things I’ve noticed while being sick most of this year is how little people are interested in me. And yes, that sounds like a strange and self absorbed thing to say. But it’s more about how small talk seems to focus itself. Is Small Talk All About Being Busy? […]
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I think my life hack/lesson/other cool word this week is that when you’re only on your second week back at work, and first full week back – a conference is too much! It has been quite a few years since I had been to a work related conference – it’s side effect of all the […]
Podcasts I’m Loving (Part 2)
I had planned to do these updates semi-regularly, then realised that it had been most of a year since I last posted. Oops. You can read the first installment here. Podcasts I’m Loving (Part 2) Thinking Sideways Thinking Sideways is an unsolved mysteries podcast that I instantly became addicted to. It has been going […]
My Lazy Decluttering Method
I’m not a fan of prescriptive methods and ideas. Mostly because I think it forces you to fit into someone else’s plan rather than do what works for you, and I think that generally leads to a worse outcome. Or, you know, giving up. Keep in mind, I also don’t use recipes to cook, and the […]