{"id":36064,"date":"2024-01-06T11:52:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T16:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=36064"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T16:52:38","slug":"youre-a-grand-ol-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2024\/01\/youre-a-grand-ol-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re a Grand Ol&#8217; Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh great, you got the kid singing! I hope you&#8217;re happy now!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah, it&#8217;s January, isn&#8217;t it? That makes it time for the tag roundup. On your run-of-the-mill, everyday blog with, you know, <em>real<\/em> posts, tags just serve to help people (or search engines, or marketing bots) find &#8216;relevant&#8217; content (like that&#8217;s a thing,) but here, they additionally serve as graffiti scribbled by high-schoolers in the margins of boring textbooks (or is that &#8216;textbeek&#8217;?) And but once a year, we revisit some of those used only once in the entire fifteen-year &#8216;life&#8217; of the blog, for pertinent insights into just how snarky we tend to be. This of course serves no purpose at all &#8211; in today&#8217;s technology, at least. But <em>one<\/em> day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s get right down to it, shall we? And we do mean, &#8220;down&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/05\/more-pleased-than-many-would-be\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knockin&#8217; boot<\/a> &#8211; Even I couldn&#8217;t recall what this referenced, though it shouldn&#8217;t have been so hard. Is that a bad choice of words? Was asking that worse?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/08\/scratch-that\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portal tempestus<\/a> &#8211; Maybe I&#8217;m getting a little overwrought in my habit of providing the proper scientific names&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/08\/dont-get-excited\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wheezingblower<\/a> &#8211; Has the time that has passed made it clear how appropriate this is?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/03\/judge-not-lest\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">should&#8217;ve fixed his boutonniere you slackass<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d say I&#8217;m my own worst critic, but I&#8217;m pretty sure there are better out there. Yet I still worked a humblebrag out of it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/01\/playing-the-rubes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dance little monkey dance<\/a> &#8211; Also, &#8220;Rock The Moron Vote.&#8221; How do so many people manage to miss this, anyway?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/12\/living-in-the-past-xviii-or-xiix\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caterpillars think Plato was a wazzock<\/a> &#8211; I started with something a little more alliterative<strong>:<\/strong> &#8220;Caterpillars consider Kant a &#8211; &#8221; but let that one go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/07\/causality\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">out through the fly<\/a> &#8211; I was probably a little punchy during this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/11\/profiles-of-nature-58\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">why is this alligator shit weirdly tanned?<\/a> &#8211; But it&#8217;s the <em>best<\/em> alligator shit &#8211; everyone is saying so!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/05\/robbed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boba Fett will always be Bantha droppings<\/a> &#8211; <del>At least Greedo got a shot off<\/del> No he didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/11\/heres-why-part-6-psychic-abilities\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">starts with a &#8216;BS&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Nothing to add.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/07\/holy-mackerel-is-that-the-time\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">looking down here won&#8217;t help you<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m hip to those kinds of shenanigans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/04\/lizard-licks\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you let go first<\/a> &#8211; Probably the slickest video from last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2011\/04\/odd-memories-part-five\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the house of the lord there are doilies on the arms of the chairs<\/a> &#8211; How did I miss posting this one before?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2022\/10\/played\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dance my puppet<\/a> &#8211; Suckered by a birdbrain<strong>;<\/strong> what does that say?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2022\/08\/some-of-us-are-trying-to-sleep\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">never before seen here<\/a> &#8211; Being snarky over the changing taxonomy of species, since I have <em>hundreds<\/em> of images of this species on the blog alone. This type of thing may well be seen again this year in the &#8216;Just once&#8217; posts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/12\/im-sorry-this-december-has-expired\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is there a point where I <em>start<\/em> taking it though?<\/a> &#8211; I can&#8217;t put italics in a tag, but they were added here for proper emphasis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/08\/does-this-count\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">little Nemo was a snotboi<\/a> &#8211; as well as, &#8220;elephant shitload of parts.&#8221; Not mine, for once &#8211; great minds and all that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/12\/ah-thats-better\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this was meant to post six days ago<\/a> &#8211; So, little story here. I make it a point that the holidays do not share dates &#8211; I mean, to <em>choose<\/em> holidays that do not share dates with other featured holidays &#8211; with one exception. Immediately upon posting this, I found that it was on the same date as an earlier one, and found it highly appropriate to backdate it for the previous day, given the context<strong>;<\/strong> too late to celebrate it now.<\/p>\n<p>And since this was a holiday, that&#8217;s our cue to segue into the holidays that we all celebrated so exuberantly in 2023<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/01\/okay-that-works\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arouse Suspicions, But Not Too Much Day<\/strong><\/a>, January 21<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/02\/0-of-238-found-this-useful\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IMDB Day<\/strong><\/a>, February 20<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/03\/you-think-you-have-it-hard\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Anniversary of Schnocklefausen&#8217;s death<\/strong><\/a>, March 31<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/04\/cant-be-assed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Token Appearance Day<\/strong><\/a>, April 28<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/05\/days-late-but-in-the-spirit-anyway\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Use Something For Other Than Its Intended Purpose Day<\/strong><\/a>, May 18<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/06\/heartbreaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Help Arthropod Color-Blindness Day<\/strong><\/a>, June 30<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/07\/causality\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Busted By A Cat While Attempting to Procure the Month-end Abstract<\/a><\/strong>, July 30<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/08\/i-am-fail\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Capture A Red Sprite Day<\/strong><\/a>, August 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/09\/planning-produces-failure\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fuck Foresight Day<\/strong><\/a>, September 24<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/10\/not-unexpected\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Expend Way Too Much Effort On a Pointless Project Day<\/strong><\/a>, October 29<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/11\/but-is-it-an-interesting-post\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Reflect on Anxiety Day<\/strong><\/a>, November 23<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/12\/ah-thats-better\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You\u2019re Supposed To Be Behind Day<\/strong><\/a>, December 12<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, a side note<strong>:<\/strong> I was going to include a short list of tags with typos right here, because I do not always look closely and spellcheck does not work in the WordPress tag field. However, in the past couple of days, I converted from Linux Mint over to Ubuntu Studio as threatened, eradicating all of the issues that I&#8217;d been having (proving that it was indeed Linux Mint.) However, for reasons unknown, Libre Office (the program that I use for spreadsheets like the tag dump from SQL) no longer seems capable of spellchecking anymore, even though it does indeed have a current dictionary. Not going to figure it out now, so you&#8217;ll see those at some other time.<\/p>\n<p>We have to have the list of previous tag roundups of course<strong>:<\/strong><\/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<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2022\/01\/i-dont-mean-to-tag-but\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2022:<\/strong> I don\u2019t mean to tag, but\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/01\/tag-me-with-a-spoon\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2023:<\/strong> Tag me with a spoon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the site stats &#8211; I know you&#8217;re as excited as I am!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023Stats.jpg\" alt=\"site statistics for 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"678\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36072\" \/>No records set this year, which was no surprise &#8211; few long philosophical posts and no major trips, so even the <a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2023\/06\/just-three\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trio of super-cooperative ospreys<\/a> didn&#8217;t keep the image numbers up. For the sake of it, I&#8217;ll list the counts<strong>:<\/strong> 815 uploaded images (to take fourth place)<strong>;<\/strong> 252 posts (third)<strong>;<\/strong> and 157,190 words (<em>ninth<\/em>, sheesh.) Grand totals for the entire history sit at 8,056 images and 2,755 posts containing 2,258,410 words &#8211; more or less. I think the static pages are included in there, and the post count from the plugin that tallies the words doesn&#8217;t match what I demonstrably have, so the word count is likely incorrect but within the ballpark franks, anyway. I imagine that the numbers will remain around these averages to a large degree, since it represents the free time and shooting habits that I have. Should I include the number of 3D prints that I&#8217;ve made in that time?<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I know these numbers are nigh meaningless, and I check them only to see how my activity is holding up &#8211; despite last month&#8217;s post bloating to hit a nonsense anniversary, I believe that quality beats quantity. Not that I can <em>achieve<\/em> this in any manner, mind you, but I believe it, just like too many people think being religious makes them good.<\/p>\n<p>That concludes our nonsense recap for 2023. We now rejoin our regular nonsense already in progress&#8230;<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TongueAction.jpg\" alt=\"northern watersnake Nerodia sipedon sipedon offering commentary on this post and  Walkabout in general\" width=\"750\" height=\"542\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36079\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh great, you got the kid singing! I hope you&#8217;re happy now! Oh, yeah, it&#8217;s January, isn&#8217;t it? That makes it time for the tag roundup. 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