Bacn for Bacon in Bellingham

I mentioned last Monday about how I had decided to use outlook.com as a universal inbox and way to respond to all my email from various sources. I am finding this procedure much easier than logging in separately to see if I have work email. The transition was painless and I didn't have to switch from the gmail address that I've been using for about eight years.

I was in a bit of a spring-cleaning mood too, although that term seems a bit off-season. In anticipation of travel this winter, I reckoned it was about time to unsubscribe from many newsletters and other bacn. Just like many things in life, the sheer number of my email subscriptions had crept up over the years.

Most let me opt out by simply clicking a link in the footer of the message. A number of them required setting email preferences after logging on to its associated website. For the remaining that tried to make leaving difficult, I simply told outlook that they were junk and it can trash them for me automatically.

Very quickly, the flow of messages has subsided. I am not bothered by the fact there is now no new mail when I check. Having an empty inbox seems rather comforting. I should have done this years ago.


We used this bacn to actually eat some bacon just over the border at The Old Country Buffet yesterday morning.