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Over the past couple of months I’ve been thinking I really need to overhaul my categories on this blog and replace them with tags. Tags match my mental habits better (aka: I do love me data about data) and would help with one-off posts, etc. However, I wasn’t looking forward to dealing with another WordPress plugin, etc. Today I decided to bite the bullet and just do it. I fired up Google and the first thing I notice is that, guess what? WordPress just added in tag functionality with version 2.3, released 5 days ago. I’m out of it for a while and suddenly everyone gets delusions of grandeur. Of course, it’s not just that simple. If you’re using a custom theme, you’re going to have to make some (easy) changes.

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Arrr! It do be Talk Like a Pirate Day and as such the cats are wearing eye-patches and I be swillin’ rum. To prepare this fine cocktail you’ll be needing to first pirate a fine merchant vessel, preferably one with rum, sugar cane and spices.

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If you’re one of those living in an area with actual seasons, fall may be starting to creep your way. I’m one of many who think fall is simply a delightful time of year: the heat of summer seeps away and a certain crispness fills the air. Things are less dramatic here, but I’m extremely grateful to wave goodbye to the late-August heat wave.

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How have I not heard of this already? According to Avenue Vine, on August 27th of this year, the US Senate passed a resolution to officially declare September 2007 “National Bourbon Heritage Month.” While that might not sound too official, it certainly seems good enough for me!

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