And there was joy in Mudville – the mighty spammer did strike out. From the activity logs of Convinced She’s Write:

2004.09.07 19:49:18 211.18.204.253 MT-Blacklist comment denial on Convinced She’s Write: slots-w.com
2004.09.07 19:50:26 217.160.250.160 MT-Blacklist comment denial on Convinced She’s Write: .gb.com
2004.09.07 20:45:01 65.107.36.140 MT-Blacklist comment denial on Convinced She’s Write: slots-w.com

Thank you both to the author of MT-Blacklist (thank you, Jay Allen) and to my dear hubby for having installed it. And yes, my intent is to follow up that thank you with specific financial renumeration to Mr. Allen. Support your local spam savior!