An explanation

I realized that I should explain something related to this blog.

In order to help shut off the blog spam I had been starting to received, I decided to activate a new optional feature of Blogger. Namely, that in order to leave a comment, a person has to manually type into a form the content of a graphic that displays a series of letters.

I realize it might be seen as a nuisance, but I hope the need for it is understood.

(Side note on a totally different topic: I just ran the Blogger spell checker on what I had typed above, and it flagged "blog" and "Blogger"! That's hilarious!)