I decided to add an actual forum back to my site. It's still under construction, but you can view and join at http://judesplace.com/forum.
To cut down on SPAM bots joining, there are three levels of SPAM prevention, a Captcha, an adding equation as well as a text area that must be filled in with a reason for joining. I know that the bots are clever and can probably bypass the two preventions, but they shouldn't be able to come up with a good enough reason for joining. All new accounts with junk in this textarea will be immediately deleted. So be sure to put something legible, if you decide to join.