Category: Life Musings
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The Dead Raccoon
This is one of the most popular blog posts I have ever written. It is actually a three part series, so here is the first part of the dead raccoon saga. So I have very large and very dead raccoon laying in my driveway and I have no idea what to do about it. Just…
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The Starbucks Mobile Order App and Vlog #2
I recorded another vlog … this one was recorded on February 22nd – Pink Shirt Day. And just for the record, I was not sponsored by Starbucks for doing this vlog.
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Gaining Pinterest Followers
Against my better judgement I have entered a friendly competition with another blogger to see who can gain the most Pinterest followers. At the start of the competition we both had about 50 Pinterest followers. She-who-I will-not-name now has 70 followers and I have 66 Pinterest followers. Clearly, she has taken an early lead. My…
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My First Vlog Entry on Word Choice
I did it. I have a vlog entry. And for those who do not know, a vlog is a blog where the content (blog post) is done by video. So instead of me trying to type up all the words about word choice and using italics and bold font and all that stuff to add…
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Electric Vehicles Part Two
Today’s post is a follow up to yesterday’s post about my interest in purchasing an electric vehicle such as a Nissan Leaf. First, it is important to make a distinction between some of the electric vehicles that are on the market. Possibly the most talked about EV is the Tesla. But let’s be realistic –…
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Electric Vehicles – Nissan Leaf
I am seriously considering the purchase of an electric vehicle and, as soon as I said those words to my friends they began to send me articles explaining how impractical and totally inadequate electric vehicles are. As a first step towards purchasing electric vehicles, this weekend I took one out for a test drive. Apparently…
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New Year’s Resolutions. Sort Of.
At the start of the new year many people make New Year’s Resolutions. I assume they do this for a variety of reasons but, I also assume they make resolutions in an effort to make themselves better people. I’ll be honest, I don’t do resolutions. Not because I don’t need to make myself better. I…
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Why I’m No Longer Saying Happy New Year
In an effort to make our society more inclusive and to avoid excluding people from conversations, I am no longer saying happy new year to people. Let me explain. Satire: the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other…
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Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas to one and to all!!
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Subscribing to Stacey Robinsmith dot com
I continue to learn new things about my blog now that I have made the big blog move. Initially I set up MailChimp so that people interested in subscribing to my blog would get a weekly update of the items I had posted. Then I discovered a cool little thing called Jetpack for WordPress. Jetpack…