OK, having a blog means you get hit with spam, same as having an email address, or getting junk mail at home, or having telemarketers call you on any number you have. It’s just the way it is. I get that. Hell, the first time this site ever got hit with a spam comment I was actually a little bit excited, like, “Wow, my site is important enough to get spammed!”

Sure, that excitement wore out fast, and I’ve since gotten slightly better at blocking a lot of the comments that are obviously spam.

But this is REALLY pissing me off:

Now my “Nick” post is being hit pretty regularly, and my filters seem to be missing a lot of the fake comments.

These spambots want to peddle their male enhancement and sleazy sites and online casinos, fine, but keep it the hell off that post. I have 207 other posts to hit – spamming any of them is annoying, but spamming that one in particular really gets under my skin. Maybe that’s irrational. Maybe I should just understand that these things come in waves, and in a few weeks another random post will be getting all of the fake comments, but in the meantime, this is driving me crazy.

If anyone has any good ideas on how to block these bastards, I’m all ears – thanks.