and that has been known to happen. and this is what we call the googie dance... just keep doing what you are doing, and sometime down the road, you maybe collecting some blog income, and sitting on some beach somewhere in the world writing more content.
i lost my PR (went to zero) after changing to a slightly different domain name. i'm hoping it comes back soon
Dude, when you change your domain name, all your backlinks will be lost. You have to do all your hard work again to get it back...
Nice site and very simple look. Sorry to hear for loosing your PR and good luck mate to get it back your PR.