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I’m posting this because I kept WordPress’s default “Uncategorized” category and have noticed Google has indexed a number of non-existent “Uncategorized” posts. So, instead of returning a 404 “page not found” message, let those searches return this Uncategorized Post.

This post has no category. Perhaps it is categorically imperative that at least one post not be categorized. After all, where would we be if everything could be neatly pigeon-holed with no ambiguity or confusion? Isn’t the “order” that many of us take for granted a meaningless construct, unless the real possibility for chaos exists? Perhaps that’s one of the real reasons for the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and a thousand other hotspots). By creating chaos and anarchy in other parts of the world, our own small corner is bound to seem that much more orderly and rational. It’s all just a matter of contrasts, right?

So this Uncategorized Post becomes a kind of emblematic expression of the frustration and confusion, an uncategorized rage against a million injustices that are almost always felt, but rarely expressed. We all want easy answers and easy stability — easy payments with $0 money down — so we continue to mug this planet, to consume it like wildfire, and to breed like cancer. I could rail against sonic booms over Gaza City, the immorality of food eating contests, killing for sport, dying for other people’s business interests and empty patriotism. I could scream bloody murder because money can always be found to widen a road or build a new highway, while the coffers are almost bare for public transit. I could complain bitterly that too many developers are given a free ride to subdivide and ruin vast tracts of natural habitat while politicians plan for unbridled growth.

O, I could rant and rave, I could. But not today. What would be the point? After all — this is just an Uncategorized Post. And besides, it seems the Daylilies are in bloom. If I can just shut the hell up for a few minutes, maybe we can hear them. Sonic blooms.

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