Have you thought about perhaps implementing alternative, SL-specific methods for commenting? SCD employs a post-specific embed for Plurk for comments, for example, and there seems to be quite the community of

SLers here...

That's got possibilities. It's just got to hold up at my server's end if thousands of people hammer at it anyway.

Bah, sorry that is restricting your ability to have discussion on your blog since the comments tend to be pretty good. But hope it does not keep you from continuing to share your insights!

I think I've still got some insights somewhere. I'm sure I had a box of them next to my desk...