Comment verification problem

I was trying to leave a comment on the latest post on Anne's Almost Quintessence when I was confronted by the Word Verification displayed above. Easy one, I thought, one that won't even mess with my low-grade dyslexia. I typed in the word "smenita" and hit the button - and got an error message telling me I had typed it in wrong.

OK, I thought, maybe the "m" is actually an "r" and an "n" smooshed together. Sometimes "rn" can look like "m". I tried that. Nothing doing.

I tried exiting and re-entering her site. Nope, same indecipherable word.

I tried leaving a comment on my site. Same word again.

OK. Either I have to log off, shut down my computer, come back online, and try to get a new word, or something is wrong with the verification system in general. If you're trying to leave a comment and can't, please send me an e-mail at the address listed in the right-hand column, right above "About the author."

FOLLOW-UP FROM BLOGGER:

Hello,

Thanks for letting us know about this. This weekend, a server issue was causing some problems with the word verification on blog comments. In some cases, this prevented comments from being created. The problem was fixed on Saturday evening (PST) so everything should now be working normally again. If you continue to have trouble, please clear your browser's cache and cookies, and that should solve it. Thanks for your patience.

Sincerely,
Blogger Support

I think we can now define the word "smenita" to mean "A word verification problem (CAPTCHA for you propellerhead technosnobs out there - Chris Pirillo, I'm lookin' at you) that cannot be resolved by rational means."