We've got comments!
Aha! I have managed to track down the lost comments and publish them. Whew! Look at that, people have been dropping by all this time, and I thought I was just talking to myself!
Thanks everybody, and especially thanks for your patience while I try to learn how to do this. Is there a "Blogging for Dummies" book published yet? If not, I think I would be an excellent test subject for the book's research!