And Here it Shall Remain

[taste_is_sweet]

Sometime in May, as many of you know, LJ went its usual periodic batshit and lost one of my posts. My particular server (named 'Chicken Tikka', because why the hell not, I suppose, though I would've preferred 'Shawrma') was one of the ones affected, and I lost a post.

Per your kind recommendation, I told the The LJ codemonkies PTB about it. They promised they'd do what they could to get the post back. Then I went on a trip to Florida with my family (my son insists on calling it a 'journey', which is adorable; we went on a journey to Florida). And when I came back, still no post. I fear it shall never show up in my 'recent entries' feed again.

So here it is, so at least it'll be scrollable: I'm turning 41 and a tad freaked out about it.

It's strange how the post is still there, in cyberspace, but I can only get to it by searching for the comments. It's like Schrodinger's Cat, only with less fur and more typing.

...Annnnd I just found out that the link I posted goes nowhere. So never mind.

It seems to be working now. Thank you to the commenters who encouraged me to keep editing the link. It finally seems to have stuck.

Comments

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

*whispers* I'm getting 'page not found' when I click your link... I think it's doomed.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Alas, I fear you're right. Thank you for checking.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

It's infuriating for you *kicks goat*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

It is annoying, I agree. :) But these things happen sometimes.

[(Anonymous)]

There's a quotation mark at the end of your link. That's why it doesn't work.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*waves*

If I delete the " at the end of the address, once I've stared the goat down, your post pops right up. How odd is that?

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

::waves back:: Very, very odd, but I tried editing the link again, and now it seems to work. I don't get it, but I'm not complaining. :)

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

When I hover over the link, without actually clicking it yet, it's got an extra %22 at the end (which is, presumably, address-speak for the quotation mark other folks have noticed). I don't know which of LJ's editors you use, though, or in which browser, so I don't know how complicated that would be to clean up.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you for letting me know. I edited the link yet again and this time it seems to have worked. Hopefully. :)

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

It now works for me, too. Good luck on having it stick!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)