I am intimidated. I feel pressured by them.

I understand and agree with their usefulness in the world of ‘blog as archive’, but among the other parallel worlds of what a blog can be, I kind of like the ambiguity of posting without them. Does it really matter that you know exactly what day I said this? Or, how close this is, temporally, to the previous post? To the (hopefully) next one?

I mean, it might matter! I don’t actually know! I’m asking you!

Undecided. Is there a date on this post? Depending on when you are looking at it, there might be. Or there might not. I’m not sure if there is a third option.

“The only one among us not free to change their mind is the one who does not decide…”