A comma splice is a sentence in which two independent clauses are joined by a comma with no conjunction. – Wikipedia.
It has also been the bane of my existence as a writer since high school. I still suck at commas; having had two English teachers for parents they STILL don’t let me get away with it. And since I suspect that they are two of the three people that might be reading this blog perhaps I should work on it.
Frankly I’m more interested in learning to splice ropes than commas these days. Consider it part of my wacky charm and style.