Blogger Comments Vagaries

During those rare times at home when I am not pondering library questions, I read several blogs that use Blogger, and I sometimes attempt to comment.  One of my most frequently visited blogs is Romantoes, written by an old college friend who now teaches English at West Virginia University.  (Oh, I am so proud of myself.  I figured out how to create that hyperlink without any help!)  The March 3, 2011 entry on Romantoes introduces readers to Phyllis Greene, now deceased, who began blogging at age 90.  What an inspiration to all of us!

Anyway. . .  when I comment on these blogs, I have varying levels of success.  Sometimes it lets me post right away; sometimes I have to sign into my gmail acount (I usually use my gmail account as my "identity"); sometimes I have to type in the word verification, sometimes not; and sometimes my darn comment just sits there in the comment box and won't go anywhere or - the worst - disappears altogether.  My kids play a lot of computer games, create their own blogs and web sites, and download who-knows-what, including malware, that has to be scrubbed from my computer.   Therefore, I figured these problems were related to my home computer.

Today, however, I have commented on several CDLC Learners' blogs within a short time span, and I have noticed the same phenomenon with my office computer.  Has anyone else experienced this?  Any ideas on why it is happening?