Spam Comment Blocker

My apologies to anyone who's annoyed with the recent addition of word verification before you can leave a comment on this blog; I've deleted a few bits of spam from the comments section, and I frankly just didn't want to mess with it anymore - especially since I hear these things have a tendency to spiral out of control, and I really don't need another time-sucker in my life (I have plenty already). You can still leave comments, if you're a real person, you just have to jump through one last hoop. So, again, my apologies.