Apparently I got off light with only one, non-pr0n spam comment on my blog. some people have had it much worse.

God damn spammers. And no mercy to the people who actually respond positively to their ads. If no one *ever* responded to spam (or telemarketers) they would die out due to the lack of success. It doesn't matter how much you screen and block them, so long as they manage to make some money off of their activities, they will continue.