there's probably a better way to do this

gistfile1.js

/* replace faux text (sometimes html) into html with paragraphs - or whatever that thing wordpress does to their posts */
function paragraphs(story) {
  story = story.replace(/<pre>([\s\S]*)<\/pre>/g, function (m, content) {
    return '<pre>' + content.replace(/\n/g, 'iiiiii') + '</pre>';
  });
  return _(story.split('\n')).compact().map(function(par, i) {
    return par == '' || par.match(/^(<p(?:re)?>|\s+)/) ? par : '<p>' + par + '</p>';
  }).join('\n').replace(/<p><\/p>/g, '').replace(/(i{6})/g, '\n');
}