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Things that will never be...
Aug 18, 2005 | 9:13PM

A few hours ago, I wrote (what I thought) was a witty and astute post about my visit today to the acupuncturist.  I devoted much attention to my choice of words and was painstakingly careful with my grammar and punctuation.  It took me upwards of half an hour to write my two paragraph entry, though this is probably because I was simultaneously watching a gripping TiVoed episode of Law and Order, SVU.  Anyway, when I finally felt my words and commas and yes, even a few semicolons had eloquently expressed the revelations I incurred during my afternoon endeavor, I hit "post to blog" and poof! my post was gone.  In an attempt to prove Einstein's defintion of insanity, I pushed "back" and "forward" over and over again, hoping that each time I would find that my words were in fact not lost forever in Internet purgatory.  However, my efforts were in vain.  I huffed away, stubbornly thinking "Well internet, if you don't want to post my brilliant words the first time, then you won't get to post them at all.  Nanny nanny poo poo!"  I then realized that I could glare all I wanted, but the computer was not going to change its position on the matter.  With the slumping posture of one admitting defeat, I emailed Lex, my go to guy for mediation any time the computer and I don't see eye to eye.  His explanation:  It was a .Net bug that would be fixed at some point.  And he was sorry.  Excellent.  So, unfortanutely for you, the world will never be enlightened by what I'm sure now were words that were destined to solve poverty and hunger, appease all warring nations, and lead to the discovery of scientific evidence that chocolate is actually the healthiest food in existence.  Such a shame.

 AND IN WHAT I'M SURE WAS FATE'S SAUCY ATTEMPT AT HUMOR, when I tried to post the above the first time, the same thing happened again!  Thankfully, I do learn from my mistakes and therefore copied my post into a Word doc before taking the plunge!  :o)

 

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krustykreme Read krustykreme Gold Member Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 12:05AM
 
Hey Lauren,

I think you blog is EVEN BETTER than Lex's!
deuce Read deuce Gold Member Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 2:40PM
 
He's lying. Lex did it.
Anneshart Read Anneshart Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 3:12PM
 
LOL gotta hate when that happens I too have learnt the hard way....start in word...and then copy to grab. But since I have been doing this...my posts have not gotten lost on the way. Funny as soon as you prepare for disaster the disaster diverts elsewhere.

Awww "net bugs" they really should exterminate here.
Abigail Read Abigail Gold Member Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 3:21PM
 
"...and lead to the discovery of scientific evidence that chocolate is actually the healthiest food in existence."

Whoa, whoa, whoa...surely you're not implying that it isn't?!? ;)
Cat70 Read Cat70 Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 5:21PM
 
Hi :),

Great diving into blog land.....lololo...yes I think we all have lost our blogs to pergatory...or some blog bug is devouring them...lolo.
I really enjoyed reading your blog hun.

Gentle thoughts
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Cat
lady_eaglehawk Read lady_eaglehawk Grabnormal
August 19, 2005 @ 11:13PM
 
Hi Lauren,

I see the Blog Monster is attacking Grab Staff as well. It is not a selective monster is it. LOL

I really like this post it is very cute!

LadyE
grabqabakp Read grabqabakp Gold Member Grabnormal
August 24, 2005 @ 5:29PM
 
By the way, Lauren - that particular bug is fixed now. You can thank Steve and your hubby.
dragonflyfritter Read dragonflyfritter Grabnormal
September 05, 2005 @ 9:32AM
 
lmao.. I love your blog. You're very funny, witty and incredibly articulate all at once.
take care

(yeesh would help if I could spell properly..anywhos.. will be back to read more of this very good blog :D)

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