The comments are not being counted on the main page; I need to fix this. I don't have many comments yet anyway, so it's not a problem.
On a related note: To post comments, you need to be on a list. If you want to post comments, send me an email at bwatson{at}chass{dot}utoronto{dot}ca (with, of course, @ for {at} and . for {dot}), and I'll send you the invitation.
UPDATE (29 June 2004): Fixed the comments problem. Next I'll probably re-work the comments links on the post pages; they work, but they're ugly.