A note about the comments —

Your comment will automatically be held for moderation if you include a URL, either in the URL field or in the body of the comment. Sometimes I’m not able to approve comments right away, so they might sit in the queue for a few hours, so if you want your comment to show up right away, avoid using URLs.

BTW, I appreciate the database suggestions; after I have time to think about it some more and try out some of these suggestions, I’ll post about it again. Do keep the ideas coming, if you have any…