HSP Notes: "Afterbirth?"

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

"Afterbirth?"

Sometimes things just don't quite turn out as simply as I'd hope.

All old entries from this blog's former life have now been "recovered" and "republished" so the archive links actually work. It was more work than I had expected. The "links" sections (at right) have also been updated and "dead" links killed.

In the process of this update, all comments under the "old" format were lost. When I started this blog, commenting wasn't part of the blogging interface-- we had to "import and install" a commenting utility from a third-party provider. Evidently, those comments didn't "translate" to the current format. Not as if there were ever more than a couple of comments per post... but still.

Anyway, if it's your first visit here, welcome! If you are here, reading these words, odds are you clicked on a link in my HSPBook signature line, or perhaps my aimoo HSP forum signature line, or maybe from a link at "Inner Reflections" or "HSP Connections." In any case, thanks for visiting!

If you have the time and inclination, there's some reasonably good "HSP life" info buried in the archives.

And I'd appreciate you leaving a comment to say hi, just so I know you've been here!

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Dirk the Feeble1:16 PM, January 24, 2006
Leaving a comment so you know I've been here. Though I didn't get here by any of those methods. I just clicked on "Next Blog" at the top of the page and got your's. Awesome, right?

This hereby obligates you to leave a return comment on my blog. In your face.
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leslee3:19 PM, January 24, 2006
Hi Peter. Nice blog. I put you in my Bloglines list so I can see when you add a new post.

I have two blogs (I think my Blogger profile doesn't show them because they're TypePad):
http://sensitive-traveler.typepad.com/blog/
and the one I post to regularly:
http://3rdhouseparty.typepad.com/blog/
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Holly9:01 PM, January 24, 2006
Hello Peter,
Fellow HSP here or femallow lol. I have just started a blog tonight. As you can tell I have such a way with words (laughing) Just figured out in the last few months that I was HSP. Looking forward to reading your blog. Holly
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