13:23 - Oeps, I burped.

And what a burp it was! I certainly blew away all of the last seven months of posting, the template, and the six or so people who read our darling BS. I have to say, upon reflection, Blog --> blogger relationship is tenuous at best-- sometimes BS just took up too much of my time and I became too obsessed with checking the Site Meter. The first signs of spring hit Holland and I was starting fresh with so many other parts of my life that I decided BS had to go. But after deleting all seven months and a two week break, I realized that having the blog really did make me feel less isolated. Silly as it sounds, I loved going into work-- knowing no one would be awake for at least another six hours-- and reading the comments or knowing someone had been reading BS while I was sleeping. Sappy? Sure. True? Mais oui. So, without further ado, I will point out three differences the careful reader will find obvious… The Three Major Improvements to BS:

1. CAPITALIZATION. I GUESS IT'S NOT SO HARD TO HIT THE "SHIFT" KEY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
2. Nospacebarbetweenthelastwordandanexclaimationpointorquestionmark. This is a habit I'd picked up from my European colleagues sometime in 2003. I'm going to try to stop? Yes. But it still looks too clustered to me.
3. Lovely scripty blog format. I liked the black background quite a bit but a little change is good for everyone.
4. More links. With the old BS, I was never very good at keeping the sidebar updated. My Chinese New Year's Resolution is to make it just super. Super, I tell you.

So welcome back. A special post will be devoted to whoever first re-finds this because I'm not going to tell people about it and by now I know your IP addresses by heart, by God.

UPDATE: I am, in fact, busted.

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