Yes, for some reason the comments are out of service again. The percentage of my blogging time that I spend on spam and site maintenance just keeps rising.
UPDATE: It appears that the comments were shut down by Host Matters precisely because the waves of spam attacks were overwhelming the server. Really, no punishment is too harsh for spammers…I’ve been told I now need to upgrade to another version of Movable Type, as if I have nothing better to do with my time than tinker with the behind-the-scenes technical stuff, most of which I don’t understand anyway.