Annoying Problem Hopefully Solved
I had been forced to turn off comments on my weblogs because of evil comment spammers who should be thrown into the Bog of Eternal Stench. They inundated all of my blogs, taking my work, efforts, and creations for themselves, by using them as a platform to spew stupid ads for cruft that nobody needs. In the bad old days, I would have to delete these things one by one, rebuilding all of the files of the website every time.
The wonderful people at Six Apart came up with a solution, but it was necessary to install a new version of their blog software, Movable Type. This was a daunting task, remembering how many things I had to tweak in order to make it work the first time. However, the spammers annoyed me SO much that I had to do something. I downloaded the new software, followed the directions, found something didn't work right, became confused, contacted tech support, and voila....a quick response that solved my problem. Hooray! So this is the new version. Comments are back ON. I get to review them before posting, so I can weed out the evil spam.
I am pleased. All is well with the world.