I think you mean "\ ". "~" is for when you want an inter-word space, and also do...

		nycticorax on Jan 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a ... I think you mean "\ ". "~" is for when you want an inter-word space, and also don't want TeX to break the line there.