So some of you may have noticed the site was down earlier this evening for about an hour. My sysadmin pulled the plug, so to speak, because those scum of the 'net were hammering our server so badly, Apache may as well have been under a true DoS attack. I am referring, of course, to comment spammers. So, henceforth, we're going to try comment registration. It's free, doesn't cost you anything but a few moments of time over at TypeKey. With your TypeKey login, you can comment on any site that supports the protocol. (Nearly all of these will be those that use Movable Type or TypePad.) I'm sorry it's come to this, but as with most things, a few bad apples ruin the whole barrel.