I've given in. I have a good anti-spam plug-in called Akismet installed here; it very capably catches and segregates spam comments directed at this blog. But they tend to accumulate, and I have to check them daily to make sure there aren't any false positives. Lately, I've been getting well over 200 comment spams each day. Shoveling those turds is becoming tedious. Since I don't tend to receive a lot of comments anyway, I'm opting out. For now, anyway, I'm simply bypassing these petty little skirmishes by disabling comments completely.

If you're one of those rare individuals who actually wants to comment on one of these blog posts, send me an email. You'll find my email address under my photo. I'll post your email message to the blog myself.

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