The following isn't enough to be a full story, but I can still make a blog post . Perhaps I could flesh it out later on.
It was Pinkie who talked me into quitting smoking cold turkey. Dash for punching me every time I tried to buy more cigarettes. (hand I did not know the mare could punch so hard)
The side story to Seven Ponies, Seven Trials, Seven Loves by Lieutenant Bubbles is posted, A US Marine in Ponyville. The idea was to explain Silver Wrench as a character without hurting the main storyline.
Going off on too many tangents isn't going to help specially how Character heavy Seven Ponies, Seven Trials, Seven Loves is.