Sorry about that
Since I’ve had to start using Blogger’s comment system after Haloscan lost their minds, the incidence of comment spam is way up. I’ve enabled captchas (“word verification”) in order to try and tone it down. If that doesn’t work, then it’s moderation. Sorry for the inconvenience.
That's OK, I found that most comments worth others reading are from folks who don't mind at all the word verification.
It does reduce the trolls you don't know.