Dear Readers

Oh, hey there readers.  Thanks for stopping by over 40,000 times.  Thank you especially to those who have left comments.

 

Tasty Spam

If all of my spam comments were like this one, I would just write my blog in such a way as to maximize spam comments.

Spam comment I just had to share

Blogger is pretty good at catching spam comments. I get an email every time someone comments, but many of the spam ones don't make it to the actual comments you readers see. Sometimes, it's clear how Blogger knew it was spam because of a link or some other telltale spam yuckiness.

Today, however, I got one that has no links or anything and is very complimentary but ultimately wacky:

"keep up the fantastic work , I read few blog posts on this web site and I conceive that your web blog is very interesting and has lots of fantastic information.
some really fantastic info , Sword lily I observed this."

Sword lily, I cannot figure out how Blogger knew that was spam.

We need to talk

We need to talk, dear readers. Well, not talk exactly. Talking actually been happening, and it's wonderful, but there's another way you can communicate with me. I know from my google analytics that people read this blog. I also know that from the blog comments I've gotten from a handful of you. Finally, I've gotten emails and facebook messages and had conversations IRL (as the kids say; the kids say that, right?) about the blog.

Of all the ways to say you like my blog or respond to something I've written, the best is a blog comment. That keeps my post and your response together. It also shows other people that you're reading my blog. Blogspot allows you to comment without creating an account.

The next time something you read here sparks a thought, gives you a laugh, makes you incredibly angry or leaves you questioning my sources, just take that step: leave a comment.

Thanks a hundred.