Suppose you had signed up to do a giveaway on your blog. Suppose you told people that all they had to do to enter said giveaway was leave a comment on said blog. Suppose that multiple people commented, and you were happy, oh so happy.

And then suppose that your blog service screwed something up and half the comments disappeared.

Crap.

That's what's going on, currently, and I wanted to let you know, that just in case you are one of the people who commented, and then you checked back on the giveaway post to figure out how much competition you have for your $40, and you realize that your comment is not there, not there at all...that you shouldn't worry. I did not delete your comment. I am aware of your comment, because they get sent to my e-mail inbox even if they're not displaying on the blog right now. I have them all saved, even the ones that seem to have disappeared from the blog itself.

Blogger.com has this to say about the situation:

"We're currently working through multiple issues which are affecting the reliability of our comment system. We'll update this post as soon as we have more information to share.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime."

So. I have every hope that this thing will get fixed by the time the giveaway closes on Monday. And until then, please feel free to comment away, and have faith that *I* am reading your comments, even if they are invisible to the rest of the world.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime.