upgraded!

Sorry for the brief interruption of service. Things should be back to normal, now. I've upgraded to the newest version of the Movable Type publishing platform, and even installed it on my server myself. A brief panic when permissions were not yet set correctly, and I was betwixt and between versions, but (fingers crossed) everything seems to be working as expected. Hooray. Comments should be working again. They may require an extra step of signing in - this is to discourage spam - but once you've signed up for the free TypeKey service, the blog should accept your comments without delay. (If you don't want to sign up for the TypeKey service, that's o.k., too. I can approve your comments and they will be posted after approval.) Thank you all for your patience.