Misc.

We're turning off comments. We've allowed them for over twelve years now, so we have a proven track record of allowing both the friendly and the godless to disagree with us—and responding with equanimity. No one who knows the history of comments on Baylyblog can honestly accuse us of squelching disagreement. We don't even delete vicious slander!

But time. It's so time-consuming to respond, and generally speaking those who come here to scoff, preen, and parade their godlessness still must be responded to if we're to protect God's sheep.

It's also true that the Reformed celebrities never allow comments; and the few who do almost never deign to respond to criticisms or requests for clarifications themselves. The absence of comments on famous Reformed men's marketing sites is a big part of the reason we never...

I've recommended a lot of things on this blog, from books to cars. It's been quite a while since I posted on a product I wasn't happy with, but now's the time. I've always bought Delta faucets because of their lifetime warranty. If your faucet breaks, it used to be you could call them and they would send the part you needed with instructions on how to install it. Bingo!

Not any more, so I recommend you stay away from Delta faucets with the Touch2O® Technology. Delta won't fix them and you'll end up paying somewhere between $175 retail and $80 discounted to Delta to send you the (second, third, or fourth) solenoid you need to get your faucet working again....

Thanks to everyone who has persevered through difficulties in posting comments. We've finally made the switch to a new system. Many of you are probably familiar with Disqus, which is used many places throughout the web. We hope you have a much better experience commenting now. 

Previous comments are still being migrated, and you can expect things to slowly settle into place. Thanks for your patience.

Please email me if you have any problems.

None of us is perfect—not by a very long shot and least of all I. So it's helpful to hear one reader's comments lamenting the quality of our words on Baylyblog. Let those with ears to hear...

I'm afraid at times, though I must confess this is conjecture, that there are a close circle of regular commenters who think the rest of us fools. Maybe I am a fool, but what I wanted was...

Some of you will remember a person who identified himself as "Jim Jones" in his June 26th comment under the post, Obergefell v. Hodges: three of the five.... His comment consisted solely of posting another man's attack upon the inspiration of Scripture. We don't allow attacks upon Scripture on this blog, but it's a rule that's applied more with those who claim to be believers than those who make no claim of faith. So I left the comment up, but wrote the man privately asking him to verify his real first and last name.

This is to report that yesterday I finally heard back from him. He refused my request and began his e-mail response with this single-word paragraph: "laughing." I report this here because this is the character of the godless. They hide themselves and then mock. The surprising thing with this man (or woman) is that my e-mail to him using the e-mail address he had filled out in his comment form wasn't returned with a fatal error. That's the pattern with scoffers: they lie about their names and use a false e-mail address.

Is anyone willing to transcribe some videos that would be useful for the purposes of this blog? If you're interested, I can explain more and send you the video links. Just let me know, and thanks.

Join us in praising God that our Kickstarter campaign to fund Endwright Road Community Garden was successful. A warm "thank you" to each of you who contributed. The final tally was $11,710 ($710 over the goal) with 97 backers. If you wish, keep up with the work at the Garden's FB page.

If you've not heard of ODT Maps, check them out. Here's a list they sent out a little while ago:

STATE OF THE VILLAGE REPORT - 2014 

If the world were a village of only 100 people, there would be:
     60 Asians,
    16 Africans, 
    10 Europeans, 
      8 people from Central & South America, Mexico & the Caribbean, 
      5 from the USA and Canada, and
      1 person from Australia or New Zealand

After paying once too many times to have a carburetor cleaned or rebuilt, I made a commitment I have not swerved from since. I never—and I mean never—put gas in a gas can without first pouring in an ounce or two (depending on the size of the gas can) regular or marine-grade Staybil. Ethanol is destroying the small engines in our garages and, unless you have a gas station nearby that sells ethanol-free gas, you must treat your gas.

The Minneapolis StarTribune reports...