Hey insom, this reminds me of your tag of the week. How did that end up going? I saw lots of #crimestories but didn't see a new tag. (I'm kind of okay with that. Hate to be a spoiler but somewhat indifferent to tag of the week and think that it is most likely to achieve success with certain guidelines that aren't in place and that users might find restrictive. I think the broader the tag the better; I'm not likely to go look for something specifically for tag of the week but if I'm already aware of something on a given topic I will post it. So if you pick a specific tag or one that a lot of users aren't interested in I think sometimes the tag will fail in popularity after a few days. Just my thoughts of course.) What?!"I understand it's more like crapping a football than anything else," Dederich would say about childbirth in 1976
It should be noted that I filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI for Dederich's file but was told that he had none
It looks like thenewgreen won the #tagoftheweek last time so he can start a new one if he likes. I agree that broader tags are probably better. Tags on certain subjects / skills where people might be able to contribute resources or bookmarks they have on that subject might work. It would probably work better in the future when we have a larger population of people contributing. For example, a #writing tag of the week would get some good stuff because we have a fairly large population of active writers. A #design tag would most likely solely consist of a couple posts by veen and myself.
I agree with both of you. I used #etomology for the #tagoftheweek. _refugee_, is there good poetry about insects?
I have done some minor looking and not found anything inspiring, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The problem with insect poetry is I suspect much of it would be about a single insect as opposed to insects in general, so my usual search methods are very limited. I suspect I would find many results if I began searching for specific bugs such as cockroaches - I am proving my theory right; Sexton is quite well-regarded classically and was my first result but far from my only - or stickbugs - okay I'm cheating here I already knew about this poem - here's another cockroach poem that appears to have generated quite a bit of discussion. I shall have to blog about this. I've been a bit stymied on the blog as of late because I wrote a very opinionated piece (perhaps too opinionated) and asked for feedback from friends: one gave me feedback that was accurate, but the phrasing ruffled my feathers in such a way as to slightly tie my hands because I am obstinate, and the other promised to give me feedback if he felt I needed it and then didn't. As a result I put the piece on ice. So then I drafted a post about light-hearted food poems but in comparison to my opinion piece it has felt far too lightweight and insubstantial. Insects are a good diversion from Ogden Nash. I shall try to get it up this weekend maybe on Saturday so I can still participate in your #tagoftheweek.