Thanks to Jane for bravely using the contact form to comment! For those who missed it, here’s my reply to her on what happened to the comments:

“The comments thing is really a bummer. Spammers were hammering my little site mercilessly and sucking up my bandwidth in the process. Since my webhost has a habit of shutting down your site if you exceed your bandwidth limit, I had to take drastic action. But I miss the comments, so thank you for using the contact form!”

Those spammers. They’re bringin’ me down, man. I’m actually thinking it may be time to put a forum on the site for discussion, instead. If users are required to register to post, that should prevent spamming on any large scale.

Meanwhile, please feel free to comment via the Contact tab. Unless you want to tell me I’m going to burn in hell for crimes against literature. In which case please don’t, because for the last two days I’ve had the voice of Mike Myers ringing in my head. (Yes, I probably watched “So I Married an Ax Murderer” one too many times.) “Eeeee-villl. The froo-its of the de-villll.” And you know, once that happens you’re on the slippery slope to referring to somebody’s head as a planetoid and breaking into juvenile sniggers.

By the way, if you’ve never seen “So I Married an Ax Murderer”, you’re missing out on a classic. It’s got everything; bad poetry, true love, and tabloid journalism. Hysterically funny.

We’re having a blustery day here, actually one more of many. Tree limbs down and so on. Good day to stay in and write a book! Happy Thursday, all.