Tagging

I've been looking at old entries this weekend, finally getting around to tagging things somewhat systematically--and then deciding that the tags I've chosen are all screwy and what on Earth am I doing anyway? Have decided that I don't particularly want to create tags for health complaints, bureaucrap, sleep deprivation, or that old futile job search because not even I am all that interested in putting my whinging into categories. But there are some old posts I'm not at all sure how to label: for instance, does the educational comment thread on this entry mean I should give it some kind of "religion" tag?

I refuse to tag everything. If anybody cares that much about my old posts, they can go back and read 'em in context.

Why don't I ever make cryptic one-line posts anymore?

If I link to The Way of the Wacko again, will anybody read it? Some of you really should.

For some reason, even though I haven't modified the site in years, one of my generated kaleidoscopes is still up on this Fortunecity page (dial-up warning: animation over 900KB). Is still very pretty.

I've made enough MegaHAL posts that I should probably break that tag up into sub-tags. Eh, maybe later.

Huh. I remembered listening to an Indian woman and a Southern woman talking about the proper way to cook okra, but I actually completely forgot that I did eat some of the potato and okra curry special that day.

Hmmm... I wonder how I want to tag a post that says

Have you ever been in that state of clarity of thought where logic and instinct function in perfect harmony, where many threads of meaning come together in the mind, with you as master weaver creating a tiny replica of the densely patterned fabric underlying the cosmos... then suddenly your brain short-circuits and you can barely figure out how to turn the knob on the bathroom door? Don't you hate when that happens?

Why yes, I did remember to take my medication today. Thanks for your concern. :-)

Some of my tags really aren't all that helpful. I may end up deleting most of them anyway. Other tags might have been helpful if I'd thought of using them about 50 posts ago. Like now, I've suddenly decided I should use a tag to label some of my whacked-out metaphors. I may change my mind later.

It's fun to read old posts where I was so thrilled about having walked a whole four miles without feeling like death warmed over. Nowadays four miles really isn't all that unusual for me. Even though some of my health problems have gotten worse, it's nice to be reminded of improvements like that.

I am not creating a tag for posts about walking. I'm not I'm not I'm not (unless I change my mind later)! I mean, if I do that, I may as well create tags for different kinds of weather (which I've actually thought about doing).

Okay, I've worked my way from December 2002 backwards to my first post and I still don't feel like I've done anything all that useful.