A Small World Full of Spam

For the past few weeks, I've noticed that I've had a daily visitor to my blog from La Vista, Nebraska. This person originally found my blog through Project 2996 and continued to return. I hoped this reader would eventually leave a comment and introduce his/herself.

Well, my answer finally came when I posted about the movie Dances with Wolves. It turns out that La Vista, Nebraska must be Marc P. He's a guy that Marcia and I knew in college 20 years ago! What are the chances of someone I knew so long ago stumbling upon my blog? Especially, when I don't use any real names.

I marveled at the never ending surprises the internet throws at me. Then I got a little shaken up. I don't use real names on my blog because I originally wrote about my spinal fusion surgery and medical information was involved. Just so you know, the medical info was removed when I reached the one year anniversary for my surgery. My second reason for not using real names is because I post photos of my minor children. Enough said there, right? My final reason is because there's a not so nice person out in the world that I used to know. But that won't stop me from blogging.

Now about the spam... Ever since I removed the word verification from my comments I've received a lot of spam comments. I try to delete these as soon as they show up but it's a hassle. I don't want to put the word verification back on because it's a hassle for all of you. My other option was to remove the "Anonymous" comment since all the spam comes in under "Anonymous." In other words, if someone really wants to leave a comment, they'll have to register.

If this creates problems for anyone, please let me know. Thanks!

PS - Hey Marc!!!!