I see this as a two (*independent*) part problem. #1) A way to use OpenID as a way for people to authenticate comments without needing an account. Since I don't want anyone to have the ability to create content (aside from the comments), it's silly for me to make an account for each of my readers - ...

If you're hip with databases, you could simply change the ID of your categories so it matches what you want. But, keep in mind, you'd need to start at a different number than "1". For instance, if you've got 5 categories and you want them ordered "d e b a c", what I would do is c...