Apparently far too many.

So I updated my blog the other day so regular people can actually post comments at my regular website. Before it was not clear how to post comments, and you had to have a WordPress username and password to do so.

Alas, now I find myself receiving comments on months-old posts. The comments are sometimes pretty innocuous. But why would someone bother to post something little more than a written “thumbs up” to something I wrote over a year ago?

I apologize to any of you who aren’t spambots who are merely trying to “stroke” me for something you read today that I wrote years ago. If you can’t differentiate yourself from a spambot, I won’t approve your comment.

I think I’ll go find out how difficult it is to insert one of those irritating bot-busting tests – you know, the twisted word pictures you usually have to type in to prove you’re a real person. I think blogger does that automatically, hence why I haven’t noticed the bot problem before now.

Tonight we were discussing Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day. I was pleased to realize that none of my forebears died during war, despite lots of participation in war. Thank goodness for talented fellow soldiers, advanced technology, and dumb luck.

To the families of those less fortunate in war than my forebears, thank you for the freedoms I have. I know the cost, even if I and mine haven’t personally been called upon to pay that price.

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