About the comments section

I have said for years I wanted an open comments section. I don't really have the time nor desire to monitor all the comments, but wanted people to have a forum. I welcomed critics. I let people do what they want for the most part. My hope is and was that people would use their best judgement. That has worked at times and not at others. So now, I am changing it up. There are new settings and approvals. We will see how this works.

Comments update

I've heard from enough of you to know that posting comments is now cumbersome since I reinstated Blogger's  "word verification." Because I respect reader feedback and contributions, I have turned off the verification. However, this means I need your help.

Given the randomness of my schedule and other commitments, I cannot monitor the comments sections with any consistency. Therefore we could face spammers or comments that break the template code and impact the blog's display in some browsers. If this happens, please alert me via email or twitter. I will do my best to clean it up. If any of your comments get deleted, know that it was probably related to fixing things, not anything you wrote.

Thanks for your patience, you support and your lively opinions.