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		<title>The Uncategorized Post</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this because I kept WordPress&#8217;s default &#8220;Uncategorized&#8221; category and have noticed Google has indexed a number of non-existent &#8220;Uncategorized&#8221; posts.  So, instead of returning a 404 &#8220;page not found&#8221; message, let those searches return this Uncategorized Post.
This post has no category. Perhaps it is categorically imperative that at least one post not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.penopticon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/daylilly_bg.jpg"><img align="right" title="Day Lily" alt="Day Lily" id="image80" src="http://www.penopticon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/daylilly_small.jpg" /></a><em>I&#8217;m posting this because I kept WordPress&#8217;s default &#8220;Uncategorized&#8221; category and have noticed Google has indexed a number of non-existent &#8220;Uncategorized&#8221; posts.  So, instead of returning a 404 &#8220;page not found&#8221; message, let those searches return this Uncategorized Post.</em></p>
<p>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&#8217;t the &#8220;order&#8221; that many of us take for granted a meaningless construct, unless the real possibility for chaos exists? Perhaps that&#8217;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&#8217;s all just a matter of contrasts, right?</p>
<p>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 &#8212; easy payments with $0 money down &#8212; 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&#8217;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.</p>
<p>O, I could rant and rave, I could. But not today. What would be the point? After all &#8212; this is just an <em>Uncategorized Post</em>. 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.</p>
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