So there I was, drowning in comment spam, my poor little blog neglected out of an ill-informed, futile attempt to reduce the tide of spam coming from all the pharmacies of ill-repute out on the interwebs.  Desperate, I turned to my colleague Eliot Gelwan for help.  A prolific blogger himself, I knew I could turn to him for advice.  I was not disappointed, for Dr. Gelwan pointed me in the direction of WordPress’s own anti-spam plugin, a feature I had not noticed in my helplessness and n00bishness.  Now girded in the armor of Akismet, I feel rejuvenated.  I no longer have to login to my blog in fear.