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Right, so this is the first post on the new 2HT site that I’m writing myself. So far, so good. Love, love, love the new design and can’t thank Karen enough.
There are bound to be some kinks to work out. Some of the posts that were imported from the old 2HT site wound up being all wonky format-wise. Weird line breaks in the middle of sentences, etc. I’m not about to go checking every post, of course. There are other fish to fry, at least on the front burner.
I’m digging Wordpress thus far. As far as the post-writing goes, it’s pretty easy to use. I’m sure there will be some moderate swearing going on as I wonder “how do I do this?” but I’m not all that concerned about it.
And the header with the pipe-smoking? Well, there’s the 2HT history for you. When Hilly came up with my original header graphic, she brilliantly picked the smoking guy, since I told her I wanted to somehow utilize the molecular structure for tryptophan in the graphic. (Thanks to Dave for that idea, btw.) Get it? SecondHand smoke? SecondHand Tryptophan? Yeah, that’s probably not the explanation you were hoping for, but that’s basically the story about that.
Plus, yeah, I currently smoke. I’m quitting (again) but not until my huge social endeavors at TequilaCon. Can’t do it. I know, I know. Shoot me.
The next thing I want to talk about is Lisa (Clusterfook). In case you haven’t heard, Lisa recently announced that she has cancer. Again. I’ve only recently discovered Lisa, yet this is still heartbreaking news for me. She’s beaten cancer twice before and that takes a toll not only on her, but the entire family.
Miss Ann Thrope (another new one for me) has organized a big fundraiser to help send Lisa and her family on a Disneyland vacation. They’re looking to raise thousands of dollars to make this happen. I just talked about all the bloggity goodness out there, how bloggers rally together for each other at a moment’s notice. This is one of those times.
I’m not rolling in dough, that’s for sure, but I do chip in when I can. Hope you will, too.
And there are lots of prizes available, so when you check out Miss Ann Thrope’s page, you can see all the lovely things that people have chipped in.
Finally, it’s April and time for the 2008 Grassroots Blogger Book Marketing Campaign, organized by the beloved Kapgar. This month, bloggers everywhere are going to discuss sex in order to promote Carly’s book, “Sexology.”
I signed up immediately, without even knowing what the deal was. I mean, it’s SEX. Come on! Better yet, this entire affair will be helping raise money for RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network). There’s the Sexology graphic in my sidebar and you should click on it to see Kevin’s page about the project.
Here’s a description of RAINN, as seen on Kevin’s project page:
About RAINN:
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline with a nationwide partnership of more than 1,100 local rape treatment hotlines, providing victims of sexual assault with free, confidential services around the clock. The hotline helped 137,039 sexual assault victims in 2005 and has helped more than one million since it began in 1994. RAINN’s goal is to expand its hotline services with the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, which will be the nation’s first secure web-based hotline that provides live, secure and completely confidential help to victims 24/7 through an interface as intuitive as instant messaging. RAINN educates more than 120 million Americans each year about sexual assault. RAINN also publicizes the hotline’s free, confidential services; educates the public about sexual assault; and leads national efforts to improve services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice. RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization and has been ranked as one of America’s 100 Best Charities by Worth Magazine.
There are prizes galore and I think you can sign up thru the 15th of the month. And you can view the list of participants here. Because of all the changes here at 2HT, I plan on making my first GBBMC post tomorrow.
I’m pretty jazzed about this. It was two years ago that 40 or so of us bloggers signed up for the first GBBMC with the Lost Blogs Project. In fact, that’s when I met Kevin and Dave and Sandra and a ton of other bloggers. I’ll be going through the participants page and adding all of them to my feedreader (those that aren’t already in there). Actually, I still have a “Lost Bloggers” folder in the feedreader.
You’ll see donation links for RAINN in every post this month. I’d love it if you’d donate through 2HT, of course, but donate any way you can. (Especially if you mention me when you donate.)
What I DO ask if you donate is that you use the NOTE section on the donation page. Please mention specifically that you’re donating on behalf of the GBBMC2008 project. Also, if you don’t mind, list my name and blog address (secondhandkarl.com) in the note. That way they can more easily keep track of all the money that comes in during the month of April.
Frankly, this is something I feel very strongly about, having my own personal shit experience. But that’s for another day.
Thanks! You all rock to the nth degree.
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Dude! Digging the new site. My RSS feed is updated and you’re good to go. Maybe making the header image a link to the home page would be my only suggestion or criticism. But overall the new place rocks.
I’m a little jealous…but I LOVE the new look! It’s about time you lived up to all the hype!
I plan on contributing to both of the causes you mentioned, just waiting for pay day!
You really do rock my world. Just when I think I have you figured out, you surprise me.
FYI, that Chanti-X stuff works great. I’ve been smoke free for about three weeks now. And the medication was my ninth and final try. Thank god the Mr. will kiss me again.
Oh, I just love the new look! I also want to express my sincere gratitude to you and the rest of the blogging community for everything you are doing. I’m completely overwhelmed by everyone’s kindness. There just aren’t enough words to express how I feel. Thank you.
I LOVE the new look. Karen is very talented and you were really smart to have her do it for you.
I don’t even know Lisa and it broke my heart when I read about her story this morning. I am definitely sorting through our finances to find something to donate. I creatively budget all the time to find extra money for useless things, so helping someone worthy of it is definitely in my plans!
Thank you for alerting me to both Lisa’s situation and to RAINN. I was completely unaware that RAINN existed and I can’t wait to help out.
TSM - I surprised you? What did I do? ha.
Lisa - You’re more than welcome. Us bloggers need to stick together.
Tori - thanks. Glad I could turn you on to Lisa’s story.
Lady Jaye - you’re welcome. I hadn’t heard of RAINN, either.
Karl, I’m looooving the new digs, babe! It seems that there is so much sadness in the blogosphere right now. My heart breaks for everyone
I love love love the new design! I love chocolate brown and Tiffney blue
What was the transition to Wordpress OK? Did you lose your permalinks? Were you originally on Typepad? Anyway, looks great!
I like the design. It’s mahvelous.
Thanks for popping over to my radio show last night!
btw your short stat plugin is throwing errors below your footer.
The K-Man! Stylin’ and Profilin’! Nicesshhh!
…and beautiful job to you too K. Sugarbritches. ; )
Glad to have you on board, Karl.
Kali - Yes, I was on Typepad. The move was relatively painless for me, since I hired someone to do it for me. I do think there are probably lots of broken links from old posts, but I’m not so worried about that right now.
Jester - had a blast last night. Will definitely be tuning in again. Thanks for the heads-up on the gobbledy-gook. Still working out the kinks. I don’t see it in Firefox, though. Have to look in IE, I suppose. I mean, technically, it IS still on my computer. I just never use it.
John - thanks!
Carly - Glad to be on board. Your blog is new to me and I haven’t read the book. But it’s for a very worthy cause.
Unfortunately I just made a HUGE donation to the federal government, but once I have some funds in my account again, I’ll be happy to help out!