Messy Nessy for this Messy Planet

Face it: Most of us are addicted in some way to the internet. We check Dr Google when the slightest ache or pain or concerning symptom occurs (Spoiler altert: Almost all symptoms are due to some form of cancer, even if it is #102 in the list of possibilities). We also do research into anything that gets our attention at any particular moment (Vaccines will kill you! Trump is firing and/or executing anyone over the age of seven who fails to sign a statement of total alliegance! 25 ways you can look 25 years younger without surgery, creams, diet, exercise or having positive thoughts!)

Those of us who pride ourselves on being sentient, cultured humans may also search fascinating travel, new broadway offerings, adult education classes, seriously gourmet cooking, or the latest General Hospital spoilers(Life in the Boomer Lane is aware that some Readers might not place this last item into the category of being sentient or cultured. If so, LBL will meet you out back after this blog post is written.)

Good news, folks. LBL is here to tell you that you can eliminate a lot of time internet surfing by consulting Messy Nessy, a born-Brit named Vanessa who dropped out of NYU during her first year, then returned to London and became a writer for a small British magazine. After awhile, she relocated to Paris, “land of my ancestors and cheese.” Then, in a moment of pure inspiration, realized that the internet, if one knew just where to look or if one looked in even the wrong places, could find the stories and visuals worth finding. She now has a publication partner, a small, devoted staff and a husband and kids. But she is still the driving force of Messy Nessy. She writes her own newsletter (free) and is on Insta and other forms of social media. She writes books, as well. She has turned her insatiable curiosity into a life that feeds others.

If you are willing to wrench yourself away from the usual items you search, or, if you are willing to add more searching time to your schedule, you will be rewarded handsomely. You may even find that lessening your daily internet time will result in your being far more amused, educated, intrigued or baffled than you are by the things your fellow humans post on Facebook.

Here is a random sampling of Messy’s articles, covering history you have never heard of, places in other countries you don’t know about but should, the most astonishing abandoned buildings you have ever seen, people (mostly women, of course) whose names you have ever heard of but who changed your life by their very existence, unique places people live, unique ways they live, and unique things they do with their lives. And on and on and on and on. Whatevever you can think of in the category of “Look what crazy and insane things people are doing NOW,” are actually things thay they have always done, and usually dressed in far more interesting attire.

A random sampling of Messy’s articles:

The Prettiest Pissoirs of Bygone Paris

This Raw Food Blogger Will blow Your Junk Food-Loving Mind

The 41 Mile Tunnel Hiding in New york

The Ghost Town Left Behind by An American Sect of Hollow Earth Believers

Renoir’s Art Model Was the Greatest Painter You’ve Never Heard Of

Free the Nipple, Says History

Meet the Italian Grandmothers Making the Worlds Rarest Pasta

Ivan VI of Russia, Ascended the Throne at the Age of Two Months, Overthrown at 14 Months, Spent 20 Years in Jail, Then Assassinated

Jayne Mansfield Reads Shakespeare

Times Square, Before They Took All the Porn Away

The Just Missed It Club (formed after the sinking of the Titanic, composed of members who should have been aboard but weren’t)

Unique Hotels Around the World

Chateau Miranda is Here to Break Your Heart

You’ll have to find the rest of them by yourself. Visit https://www.messynessychic.com/messy-nessy-newsletter. Easy, right? And free, unless you want to pay a tiny bit to become a keyholder and receive truly amazing travel guides to the world.

In case you haven’t figured it out, our Benevolent Leader really isn’t going to fire and/or execute anyone over age seven who isn’t loyal to him. He’s not that cold-hearted. Instead, schoolchildren will be rewarded by turning in their parents for making rude comments about him.