pockets1d ago

What if the best order to do something isn't the order everybody else does it in?

Would you follow the inefficient status quo?

Or would you revise prevailing trends and find a new racing line?

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260605/

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The next six steps

Step 1: Design all the furniture for inside the van (started, incomplete). Step 2: Build all the furniture for inside the van (started, incomplete). St...

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pocketsMay 12

Would you want to know the placement of the bucket that you'll one day kick?

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260512/

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Ten minutes of certainty, ten years of indecision

I was talking to my mother last week about the books she's currently reading. I don't remember how we got started on the subject, but it doesn't matter. O...

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pocketsApr 14

Is it a little cold in here, or is that just me?

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260414/

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How many blankets do I actually need?

I have a fair number of blankets. Almost certainly more than I need. Almost. But I'm working on a vanlife build right now, and so, in theory, I should ...

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pocketsMar 18

I hope this helps more than just me: the results of my research into evicting rodent squatters.

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260318/

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How to deter rodents from nesting in your car

<p id="1"></p> I recently had an issue with at least one squirrel building a nest in my car's undercarriage. After several worrying lights on my dashboard d...

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pocketsJan 19

Part two of nine-days-ago's post.

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260119/

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Roll them up and deposit them in the bank

A little over a week ago, I rearranged my furniture, again. Today, I have good tidings. The space I cleared out is approximately 74 inches wide and 96 ...

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pocketsJan 10

I think the title says enough. I don't really need to add another tagline.

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260110/

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Penny for your thoughts and other loose change

I don't like change. I very much dislike it. You could even say I hate it. Why then, do you suppose I have just finished rearranging my furniture for t...

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pocketsJan 2

Once more for the people in the back:
I don't do new year's resolutions.

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20260102/

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I don't do new year resolutions

I don't do new year resolutions.\ Yes, I know, I already said that in the title, but I feel like it bears repeating. It's kind of like my whole expectati...

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pocketsDec 14

Hammocks: all the insulation of a fitted sheet.

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20251214/

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Thinking outside the box mattress

It's winter here.\ Zero degrees Fahrenheit with a -18 wind chill tonight. (That's -18 and -28 for y'all metric folks.) That's not what it feels like ins...

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pocketsNov 27, 2025

Coming soon...

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Project Vanlyfe

<h1 id="top">Project Vanlyfe</h1> <h2 id="forward">Forward</h2> This is intended to comprise the bulk of my vanlife ("vanlyfe") knowledge collection. It's ...

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pocketsNov 18, 2025

🎶Starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy/Something inching past the edge of reserve... 🎵

https://pockets.bearblog.dev/20251118/

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