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     <h2 style="font-weight: bold">Hello, fellow human!</h2>
+    <p>Welcome! I'm glad you are here.</p>
     <p>
-      Welcome! Just a quick message... Like you, I have many areas of interests,
-      and in this site you will find posts on varying topics that are not always
-      confined to my professional life.
+      Like you, I have many areas of interests, and in this site you will find
+      posts on varying topics that are not always confined to my professional
+      life.
     </p>
     <p>
       There really is no central theme on this blog -- even the writing