That annoying word verification thing...

A problem has arisen with unwelcome spam links posted as comments on this blog. They seem to be generated by an automated site, and some of them have had links to undesirable websites. They have increased in frequency to the point that I need to make some changes to attempt to keep these off. I have to delete each one individually as I find them, which is aggravating and time-consuming. I hate to have people using my website for this.

I've researched the problem, and have found that asking commenters for word verification will possibly prevent these automated abusers from doing their thing on my blog site. For those of you who choose to post a comment, it will just be one simple additional step in the process. Pleases bear with me, and please let me know if there is a problem posting this way...