Where's my playlist???

I don't know how this happened but the playlist i always sync with my iphone has disappeared. when i sync my phone i can see all the other playlists in the music tab but the one i actually listen to is gone. it shows up in itunes and i can select it and play it, but it doesn't show up in the music tab????
i am running 10.6.1 on my MBP, itunes 9.0.2, and my iphone 3GS is OS 3.1.2. basically, i have the latest updates to everything, i first noticed the problem two days ago and this is the first time i have had to try to fix the problem but no luck.
i have tried changing some of the rules of the playlist (it's a smart playlist), renaming it, rebooting computer, resetting iphone... all without luck.

See this thread itunes 9.0.2 breaks dependent smart playlists. If your playlist makes any kind of reference to media kind, even if it's to exclude things, it may not show up on the list of items availible to sync.
If things are no clearer after looking at the thread feel free to post up your playlist rules and I'll see if I can make any sense of it. In the meantime the fastest workaround is to create a non-smart playlist and copy the contents of your smart playlist into it...
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