In case you were wondering...

In response to Tanya's comment on this post, I sort of changed my comment box accidentally.  After I noticed I could apparently comment on the one type, I decided to check things out on my own blog to see what type of setting I might have checked that might need changing.  So, I clicked on the Settings tab on my dashboard, then the comments section.  

The second bold statement/question looks like this:

My "original" setting was "Anyone," but seeing as that hasn't been working out so well, I changed it to registered users, thinking that might help fix the problem.  When  tested it on my blog, I noticed that the box had changed, but the only options for posting were to use the goo.gle account or OpenID.  There was no "anonymous" box.  This really didn't surprise me, but at the same time, I knew it wasn't exactly what my blogger buddies had.  So, I went back in and checked the "Anyone" button.  Upon a recheck, I noticed that my comment box now looked like I wanted it to, and people should be able to comment on my blog. 

[Incidentally, I'd love to know if you've tried since yesterday and were unable to so I can try something else.]

Hope this helps!  I'm not asking anyone to change anything just for me, but my friend asked and this is the easiest way I know of to help her out!