Bad Habit (blog restart)
That's right, the archives.
Yours truly got tripped up by a bad habit. I use a software tool in a manner that the authors thought would be extremely rare, and against which the user should forever be protected. As a result I have a great reflex for quickly clicking on the "Yes" response to "Do you really want to do this?" (Or some such -- if they ever make a computer game where that is the overarching skill required, I'll be a pro!)
So, after getting home tired tonight I thought I'd pop up the blog's hood and tweak it a bit. Big mistake. The "Delete Blog" button is not hard to click on (why isn't it red?); from there, reflex took over and the rest, as they say, is history. Note to self: get a different tool.
What's been lost?
The turmoil when the blog began, our search for a Rector, the Call, the particulars of the move, his installation and the consecration of the church. The new music, such as sung Evensong. The new Girls' Choir. Setting up a website. The classes, including "A Long Time To Get Through Ephesians" and the Wednesday evening class taught by the Rev Dr. Peter Toon. The requested story of how yours truly came to leave ECUSA 23 years ago to find a home in a Continuing church (that one's in a file somewhere). The writeup on our church in "The Mandate." A myriad little things about the daily or weekly activities of this church.
And all your comments.
3 Comments:
At 11:17 PM, Anonymous said…
Go to Google and search for your blog. When the results come up, click on the "Cached" link. A number of your old posts (sans photos, but you can't have everything) are still there. You can probably just copy & paste them into new entries. I don't think you can do that with the comments, though...
At 4:22 PM, Continuing Home said…
Thanks! I knew Google cached material but had never tried to look up cached info.
I have the originals of the photos at least, though there weren't many.
At 5:06 PM, Continuing Home said…
Argh! Then there's the case of my laptop. Four buttons up top near the screen, and one's the power button -- in the position that in my previous laptop was the WiFi button.
Repeatedly now I press the button to enable WiFi... and instead the laptop immediately goes into shutdown.
Can't win for losing...
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