Finally got my tags working. For weeks I've had George's plugin placed inside the posted div underneath the entry body. For weeks my pings haven't been reaching technorati.
Tonight, after browsing through my newsreader (Sage), I noticed that peripathetic's tags show up in their feed. I thought to myself, My tags don't show up in my feed. Then I had a second thought.
I quickly moved the <$MTTechnoratiTags$> around in the atom feed -- until it finally found a home right after:
<$MTEntryBody encode_xml="1"$> as <$MTTechnoratiTags encode_xml="1"$> -- about 5 lines from the bottom. That did the trick! Technorati got its first horkheimer tag -- which may be gone now - as it was simply a throwaway post. We'll tag this puppy horkheimer as well -- just to make sure I ain't crazy.
At first - I wasn't sure it had picked up - so I went on and downloaded the perlscript plugin and followed these instructions -- taking george's <$MTTechnoratiTags$> out of the posted div, but leaving it in the feed.
A moment later I checked. Horkheimer. Tag functionality.
Geekdom acheived.
[of course -- I finally upgraded to MT3+ -- though I don't think that was the key...perhaps technorati is just slowly rolling out the recognition - like google and gmail. WHO REALLY KNOWS?]

all this while his parents are away on a week's vacation.
Because it's not enough to find that last little piece of dignity. You have to smash it too.
Thanks.
you're supposed to readthat first comment while listening to DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince in your head. Parents Just don't Understand.
Oh-kay, here's the situation
My parents went away on a week's vacation and
They left the keys to the brand new Porsche
Would they mind?
Umm, well, of course not
I'll just take it for a little spin
And maybe show it off to a couple of friends
I'll just cruise it around the neighborhood
Well, maybe I shouldn't
Yeah, of course I should
Pay attention, here's the thick of the plot
I pulled up to the corner at the end of my block
That's when I saw this beautiful girlie girl walking
I picked up my car phone to perpetrate like I was talking
You should've seen this girl's bodily dimensions
I honked my horn just to get her attention
She said, "Was that for me?"
I said, "Yeah"
She said, "Why?"
I said, "Come on and take a ride with a helluva guy"
She said, "How do I know you're not sick?
You could be some deranged lunatic"
I said, "C'mon toots - my name is the Prince =
Beside, would a lunatic have a Porsche like this?"
She agreed and we were on our way
She was looking very good and so was I, I must say - word
nothing's funny today. sorry.
i promise i am not ignoring you work has just been utterly evil. but guess what? WHAT? i am quitting in April and i am flying to fiji and new zealand to travel for a month. alone. that's right.
good for you.
--- Pokanocka beachside
--- Hello?
--- Pokanocka beachside
--- FIJI AGAIN!!!
(voiceover) You're not dealing with AT&T.
Feel free to send me a postcard.