{"id":31002,"date":"2022-01-08T18:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=31002"},"modified":"2022-01-08T18:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:31:10","slug":"i-dont-mean-to-tag-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2022\/01\/i-dont-mean-to-tag-but\/","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t mean to tag, but&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoo boy, yesirooty! It&#8217;s that time of the year, the time when we rub your face into the cold, boring weather and the lack of interesting subjects by doing the ol&#8217; tag roundup! In case you&#8217;re new here, I&#8217;ll point out that tags are the little topical words attached to posts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know what the hell a <em>tag<\/em> is, Sunshine,&#8221; you may say derisively, but I shoot back, <em>Ah, but in the case of Walkabout, they&#8217;re also cutting or snide commentary on the post content, like those things muttered under your breath as the boss turns away.<\/em> If you haven&#8217;t been examining them at the bottoms of posts, you been missing out on so much bloggy goodness &#8211; well, bloggy something. So to help you out, I present a few of the single-use tags that have popped up herein. The numbers have expanded disturbingly, largely due to the <em>Profiles of Nature<\/em> posts, and pretty soon we&#8217;ll probably have to hire someone to trap them and release them in a toxic waste dump someplace. But until then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/01\/book-review-the-last-continent\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All bastards are bastards, but some bastards is <em>bastards<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Along with, &#8216;no worries,&#8217; &#8216;pea soup floater,&#8217; &#8216;Dijabringabeeralong,&#8217; and,  &#8216;mwaa.&#8217; And of course, tags are separated by commas and cannot have one within, so that&#8217;s <em>two<\/em> tags at the forefront, chosen so nothing could get between. I felt using any fewer than these was not doing it justice, but to understand any of them, I think, you&#8217;d have to have read the book. Also, there are no italics in tags, but the original quote had them so I upgraded it here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/06\/as-expected-snot-art\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you like that do you?<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, you&#8217;re a bad chick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/05\/angry-bird\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">don&#8217;t ask where the pig is<\/a> &#8211; I mean, the glare is a clue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/05\/odd-memories-part-25\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">did you see Bigfoot in there?<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m sure an <em>experienced<\/em> crypto-tracker would find him. It. Whatever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/04\/a-break-in-the-numbers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell me that&#8217;s not the same mook with the camera<\/a> &#8211; I may have a reputation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/02\/no-boy-scout\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knockin&#8217; lots of boots<\/a> &#8211; Some of these I simply stare at in confusion, trying to remember the context (because I have to extract the tags alone without links, at least until I know more SQL &#8211; look, never mind,) and then I find the post and recognition dawns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/06\/throw-numbers-in-the-air\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we come in AAUUUGHH<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s no joking matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/05\/ugly-truths\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you know Gilligan in the opening credits?<\/a> &#8211; Also, &#8216;Boy Scouts be shakin&#8217; their heads,&#8217; and, &#8216;one word: porters.&#8217; Listen, I don&#8217;t like missing shots, okay?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/12\/not-quite-on-top-of-it\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">them damn libs<\/a> &#8211; And, &#8216;blame where blame is due.&#8217; See above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/02\/completely-different-person\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Poindexter of the Piedmont maybe<\/a> &#8211; With, &#8216;no I didn&#8217;t yodel,&#8217; &#8216;not even George,&#8217; and, &#8216;we were idiots.&#8217; It was a holiday, so I was obligated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/commit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some of us have the belly for it<\/a> &#8211; As well as, &#8216;no not the The Bangles song,&#8217; and, &#8216;ook,&#8217; which should have been used before. If you were sharp-eyed, you might have noticed what seemed to be a typo in one of those, but it&#8217;s actually correct, because the band name contains &#8216;The.&#8217; Of course, another holiday &#8211; how&#8217;d it go for you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/02\/you-can-relax-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bad film I tells ya!<\/a> &#8211; Followed by, &#8216;oh who the fuck cares?&#8217; Nobody shares my drama.<\/p>\n<p>But we can&#8217;t ignore the <em>Profiles<\/em><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/profiles-of-nature-26\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s been downhill since the beginning and it&#8217;s not even accelerating<\/a> &#8211; With, &#8216;yeah well my dad will &#8211; never mind.&#8217; Bullies are the worst.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/03\/profiles-of-nature-12\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at least I didn&#8217;t go with common cockchafer<\/a> &#8211; While, &#8216;HR Pufnstuf we could understand,&#8217; goes hand-in-hand with that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/03\/profiles-of-nature-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a little mousse for dessert<\/a> &#8211; Had to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/04\/profiles-of-nature-16\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonce are you listening?<\/a> &#8211; Please, please, please take that hint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/profiles-of-nature-27\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">98 &#8211; 99 &#8211; 100!<\/a> &#8211; Some photos had lots of possible interpretations. But, &#8216;brit milah (we will not let you go!)&#8217; was inexcusable, I admit. Not that that ever would have stopped me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/10\/profiles-of-nature-42\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Diddlepunk&#8217; is my Bay City Rollers cover band<\/a> &#8211; S-A, T-U-R, D-A-Y, night! C&#8217;mon, sing along!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/09\/profiles-of-nature-35\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ladies and gentlemen is this the face of a parasite?<\/a> &#8211; <em>Former<\/em> maggot &#8211; <em>former<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/08\/profiles-of-nature-33\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">so so tired of Timbits<\/a> &#8211; And who wouldn&#8217;t be?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/profiles-of-nature-30\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uneven bars are still parallel dammit<\/a> &#8211; Gym teachers hate math students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/05\/profiles-of-nature-20\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no not &#8220;art is anal&#8221; hard as that may be to believe<\/a> &#8211; Though if you pronounce it this way people will stop using it, so there&#8217;s that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/09\/profiles-of-nature-36\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">totes yeeted<\/a> &#8211; Rad as heckin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps my favorite<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/profiles-in-nature-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bird<\/a> &#8211; Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/author\/the-manatee\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Manatee<\/a>, filling in while I was traveling &#8211; credit for this precise identification.<\/p>\n<p>The previous tag roundups can be found below, because why stop a bad thing?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2015\/01\/tagged\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2015:<\/strong> Tagged<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2016\/01\/tagged-again\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2016:<\/strong> Tagged again<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2017\/01\/papas-got-a-brand-new-tag\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2017:<\/strong> Papa\u2019s got a brand new tag<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2018\/01\/so-what-did-2017-hold\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2018:<\/strong> So what did 2017 hold?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2019\/01\/do-not-read-tag-under-penalty-of-law\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2019:<\/strong> Do not read tag under penalty of law<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2020\/01\/tagginses-we-hates-it-forever\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2020:<\/strong> Tagginses! We hates it forever!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/01\/tag-em-and-bag-em\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2021:<\/strong> Tag &#8217;em and bag &#8217;em<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We cannot ignore the holidays <em>we all<\/em> celebrated in 2021, can we?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/01\/hows-yours-coming\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Prep Your Home Video Setting Day<\/strong><\/a>, January 27 &#8211; so much for <em>that<\/em> winter project.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/02\/completely-different-person\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Remember The Dumb Shit That You\u2019ve Done Day<\/strong><\/a>, February 26<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/03\/slave-to-the-holidays\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provide Unwanted and Disregarded Insight Into Yourself Day<\/strong><\/a>, March 28 (it was still winter.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/04\/for-some-of-us-every-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I Meant To Do That Day<\/strong><\/a>, April 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/05\/as-always-im-on-it\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blurred Bird Day<\/strong><\/a>, May 29<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/06\/not-too-late-for-me\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Don\u2019t Drive Anywhere At All Day<\/strong><\/a>, June 28<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/07\/commit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Walk Like an Orangutan Day<\/strong><\/a>, July 6<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/08\/i-would-have-been-so-embarrassed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Find the Flounder Day<\/strong><\/a>, August 16<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/09\/moments-to-go\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shoot The Moon Twice In Different Phases Day<\/strong><\/a>, September 24 &#8211; yes, this is the <em>correct<\/em> holiday, and not that <a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/09\/its-been-too-long\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Beware of Strangers Baring Gifs Day<\/strong><\/a> shit.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/10\/away-it-goes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Discard An Old Photo That You&#8217;re Never Gonna Use From The Blog Folder Day<\/strong><\/a>, October 28<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/11\/shouldnt-be-once-a-year-at-least\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Never Assume That Someone Else Did It Correctly Day<\/strong><\/a>, November 27<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2021\/12\/tis-the-season\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Capture Something Inadvertently Day<\/strong><\/a>, December 24\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; which of course, all have their own appropriate tags.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve been wondering if I&#8217;m gonna get to the stats, haven&#8217;t you? You should know not to doubt me about boring content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SiteStats2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"834\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31011\" \/>2020&#8217;s image total of 1,037 was a major line to cross, and I didn&#8217;t make it, but it had also been a huge jump ahead of all previous years, so I don&#8217;t feel too bad &#8211; I came 56 images shy and blew second place out of the water, so, fine. I don&#8217;t feel I was lacking in regards of illustrations or regular content, even though it got a little slow towards the end. The post count was definitely a record, having passed all other years in October I think, so go me. The word count of 199,928 was also a record, but that&#8217;s related to the post count of course. I note that I was only 72 words short of breaking 200,000, which I would have done just for the hell of it had I checked before the end of the year, but oh well. That brings the total word count for the blog, since inception, at a little under 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Are these good? Not really. Maintaining regular content means something, I guess, but if people aren&#8217;t visiting, what&#8217;s that say? (A friend recently said that I tend to be &#8220;loquacious,&#8221; and credit for the fifty-cent word, but that may be a factor of the visitation stats.) At the same time, I have no patience for the short-attention-span crowd, and some of the blogs that I routinely visit far exceed my efforts, word and count wise, as well as having exponentially more visitors. Some of it comes down to discovery in a glutted medium, I know, but how much? And what are my goals anyway? Well, more sales, certainly. <a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2018\/08\/lost-at-sea-on-this-one\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve been into this before<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is me, and I&#8217;m not going to change to reflect what&#8217;s popular &#8211; that&#8217;s a fickle mistress, to be sure, so the solution is to locate those who appreciate the same things. How to do that? Iunno. Maybe I already have.<\/p>\n<p>But all that angst aside, we forge onwards, with more bugs and lizards and birds and wretched humor, and not one fucking vapor-brained celebrity. <em>Cheers!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoo boy, yesirooty! It&#8217;s that time of the year, the time when we rub your face into the cold, boring weather and the lack of interesting subjects by doing the ol&#8217; tag roundup! 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