Thanks to Dan's query and Google's wonderful cache I believe most of the lost posts have been recovered and restored. After being forced to reread them through the recovery process, I almost wish I had never recovered them because they're pretty much rubbish. Anyway, it's possible I could recover johnnyconvo comments and perhaps even HollaBack comments, but I think I'll spare myself some sanity and just let it go.

In other news, I'm current currently proofreading my thesis, which means by my standards, it's completely written. Hopefully my committee's standards are as low as mine.