Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Religion, Spirituality, God, Faith, Interfaith – & Wikipedia

Forgive Me, but I Don’t Feel Like Thinking Today

And so I just wanted to mention that if anyone hasn’t noticed by now that the words “religion,” “spirituality,” “God,” “faith” and “interfaith” are crammed into as many post titles as I can manage, it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing, but somebody else does. That is, my webmeister tells me she’s optimized my whatever for these words – my search engines? Browser? Cache? Cachet? Tricorder? Anyway, I’m told that for technical reasons, it’s a good idea for me to use those words in blog post titles, and so I do.

Like most semi-bedridden guys trying to launch a book, I want to do what I can to help people who might be interested in my topic locate this site. But those particular words for titles are becoming so much mental mush. Some days I have to wonder if I can come up with another bunch. I feel out to lunch - or sometimes, in my darkest hours, like I’m alone on the decks of the Titlanic.

Normally, I like doing titles; but who likes the feeling of having his titles constrained? It would be so titillating to title more expansively. As it is, I feel that my titles have become merely titular – and just at a time when, owing, perhaps, to my condition, I desire to impregnate them more than ever with warmth, creativity, verve, vernacular, joie de vivre, double entendre, je ne sais quoi. Or at least a greater variety of vocabulary words, perhaps French.

But no such scintillating titles for me; I’m on a diet – not entitled. It feels like a diet of worms. Diet of Worms?? What was “The Diet of Worms?” I should know that, even if it does sound bad... let’s see… click… type… enter… oh, yeah - thanks, Wikipedia.

But I digress . . .

Thought for Today

Thanks to Wikipedia, the many free associations still rattling around in our heads from college have become the seeds of Knowledge.

Yes! Those long years of multiple choice tests were worth it after all... Wire mesh monkey! Stanley Milgram! Tricorder!

Up Next, Back to Seriousness – What makes forgiveness so hard?

23 Comments:

Blogger Vincent said...
So that is why the titles have seemed so contrived lately - a spirit of this and a spirit of that? If I were your webmaster I would advise you to put the content that pleases you & never mind the search engines.
2:28 AM  

Blogger crystal said...
I remember the wire mesh monkey - eeek. I'm told that what you put in your post title really does have a lot to dowith hits. Every now and then I try to work something about sex into a title :-)
3:35 AM  

Blogger vishesh said...
lol...i believe to a person who really wants to read,the title isn't important..but what his intuition tells him to...:)
11:43 AM  

Blogger Paul said...
VINCENT: That's why you're not my webmaster, lol!

CRYSTAL: I hadn't noticed that aspect of your blog, will have to look more closely at the titles...

But that wire mesh monkey study was invaluable! It allowed the scientific community to recognize that baby monkeys do better when raised by actual monkeys rather than wire mesh screening. I mean, sure, anyone could have CONJECTURED such a thing, but to prove it empirically - that's hard science right there.

I wonder if they've ever experimented with using wire mesh monkeys instead of webmasters.

VISHESH: So then, I see that you and Vincent are about equally qualified to be my web master. This is not meant disparagingly; I'm pretty sure either of you would work better than a wire mesh monkey.
1:12 PM  

Blogger Vincent said...
I don't feel disparaged, just relieved!
3:41 PM  

Blogger gollygee said...
That rules. I think from now on you should title the posts whatever you want, and then just type the buzzwords underneath the title, maybe with a star with a reference to this particular post for the new readers. :D
11:14 PM  

Blogger Paul said...
VINCENT: That's why I said "better than a wire mesh monkey" - to avoid any feelings of disparagement. It's part of the sensitivity training you receive as a counselor...

GOLLYGEE: That would be so pragmatic if only it were really practical... I think I have to place you in the same category as Vincent and Vishesh for web advisor, lol...
11:33 AM  

Blogger mistipurple said...
ah, it's all about the search engines these days. since i've been doing paid posts for a company, and some sponsored ones here and there, i know the perpectual need to get those keywords in.
let's throw some here too. Religion, Spirituality, God, Faith, Interfaith.
there.
unless your comments are 'nofollow', then it won't be of any use when i throw them here.

you would forgive me for messing up your comment box eh? that's unconditional forgiveness, you sweet lover boy. and yahoo singles should have hit you long ago. if i were living nearer, i'll want to date you.
1:17 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wow this is new to me.. never knew you have to care for the titles....Its lovely to read about you / of but most of all, to get your deep thought.. I also would like to thank you on your view on tears, which made look through tears from different angal...

Stay in your high spirit

Nasra
5:05 PM  

Blogger hazzbuzz said...
"Webmaster" I haven't heard that word before, sounds like an evil power hungry dictator from Spiderman Three who hypnotises unsuspecting bloggers while wearing a white coat and looking like an avuncular scientist.
5:08 PM  

Blogger Paul said...
MISTI, NASRA, HAZZBUZZ: This is a blogging first for me; maybe it's a first-ever: three consecutive comments referring to stuff I said on the different commenters' blogs so that nobody knows what anyone else is talking about!

However, considering the "topic" of my post, I can't say I don't deserve it...

MISTI - Thanks for those five words, I hope they help. Yeah, Yahoo singles - they just don't know what they're missing.

But if you lived nearer you'd only want to live further. I'd be hitting on you to take my trash to the curb, wash my eyeglasses, pick up prescriptions - you know how men can be...

NASRA - And your post reminded me of how things normally are. Sounds like you may need a "webmeister" yourself - I know nothing in this area but I guess there are a lot of tricks.

HAZZBUZZ - That's acually a pretty good description of my sister, at least some days - minus the word avuncular. There must be an equivalent, but I'm clueless.

Auntish??
5:52 PM  

Blogger Hayden said...
worms? worms? nice red composting worms?

(sorry I'm out of order and not part of the consecutive three. but at least I did write the above before I went back and read comments, so it does count.)
10:06 PM  

Blogger mistipurple said...
and know what? i'd gladly do all that. ya, yahoo singles don't know what they're missing too. heh.
12:33 AM  

Blogger Paul said...
HAYDEN: Oh, it counts... So does Misti's...

MISTI: It's true, yahoo singles should change their focus from romantic entanglements - who really needs that - to single people volunteering to assist the severely disabled and elderly. They'd just need to tweak their concept a little bit...
10:20 AM  

Blogger Hayden said...
well, if there is a "comments crawler" instead of just an ordinary web crawler (no relationship, of course, to the regal compost crawler) I'm guessing you just harvested a lot of hits from wackazoids in many different categories, LOL!

do you have the ability to track your visitors back to their original search? Could be entertaining...
5:50 PM  

Blogger Donnnn said...
Der Reichstag zu Worms..that would be a "V" is remembered because Herr Luther ate their lunch!

"Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen."
"Here, I stand. I can do nothing else. God help me. Amen."

I love doing titles..they should be memorable and enticing...I still don't know how or why people find Blogs that way.

Ich mag titles..they tun sollte denkwürdig sein und verleitend... weiß ich noch nicht wie oder, warum Leute Blogs finden, das Weise....or if you want to try French...

J'aime faire titles..they devrais être mémorable et attirant... je ne sais toujours pas comment ou pourquoi les gens trouvent Blogs qui manière.

Behold the miracle of Babel Fish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

ya gotta love it..even if the translations are a bit wonky.
12:53 AM  

Blogger Paul said...
HAYDEN: I did do Creepy Crawlers as a kid if that counts for something. But Plastigoop is about as high tech as I get.

Fortunately there's sis...

DONN: So now I know where to turn when it's time for my book to come out in translation...
2:37 PM  

Blogger Pecos Blue said...
That stinks! I am curious have you read Eat, Pray, Love? What did you think if you did?
10:25 PM  

Blogger Paul said...
PECOS BLUE: No, but they do make good title words...
12:07 PM  

Blogger Donn said...
Oh Boy....
WHAT'S WITH ALL OF THE YELLING!

I sure hope that he doesn't try to 'make a wide magenate field with his channelised cosmic energy' over at my place..
especially on a Monday.
4:51 PM  

Blogger Paul said...
DONN: I saw this same spam on another blog earlier today.

I can't imagine how people think this kind of thing helps their cause. I think this is the first all-caps spam I ever get, which to me screams DON'T READ ME, so I didn't prior to the deleting which I'm about to do...
5:11 PM  

Blogger Vincent said...
A propos cunning means to attract visitors to the blog, as Hayden said "I'm guessing you just harvested a lot of hits from wackazoids in many different categories, LOL!"

No need for guessing any more!
3:16 AM  

Blogger Paul said...
VINCENT: Just the word "wackazoid" makes me want to do a blog that would live up to that word, and not just one post...

Too much "inspiration," too little time I guess - most likely a good thing...
12:38 PM  

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