Hello all:
Just FYI, I have installed a new spamfilter for the comments on this site.  I have to authorize all comments from new users, and I probably have to wipe out about 12-15 spam comments each day.  To keep this work to a minimum, I have installed a new filter that may ask you to verify a code to submit your comment – basically, this heads off the spambots.  I apologize for making comment submission a little bit harder (hopefully only a few extra seconds), but this will make life on the blog a bit easier for me.