As I (slowly but surely) update NKS, I am dazzled by the easy easy easy new widget-infused WordPress that makes my blog-writing job, well, easy ( <–see the italics, right there? I didn’t even bother with the html. Just clicked a button. Thssss):

When I have writer’s block, I check my junk mail. Or the spam on Not Keeping Score. On any given day, I get about 50 spam comments on my blog (russian mail-order wives, vicodin, porn, help-china-take-over-the-world) and for the most part, I “Mark All As Spam” and delete (yes, I know: there is a plug-in [...]

Junk mail is annoying. We’re all in agreement on this. But I’m willing to wager a hefty sum it’s because there is a kind of annoying violation of one’s inbox that occurs with messages titled “NAstY under age animal sexx” — am I wrong? I must give credit, however, to a recent bout of junk [...]