Unfortunately, the use of more elaborate commenting schemes was slowing down the blog.  So, we’re back to Blogger comments for now.  Unfortunately, that means many pearls of wisdom posted on the blog are not fully lost, but also may not be visible to the public.  If some one of your comments is gone and you…

I have enjoyed using Google Reader for keeping up to date with various blogs and other websites.  However, Google is apparently going to discontinue this product.  The heir apparent seems to be Feedly, which seems to be able to synch with Google Reader, and has nice apps for mobile devices.  I’m not certain what will…

I really appreciate the many readers of this blog, both friendly and unfriendly, in agreement and out of agreement, foreign and domestic. A lot of you have kindly put me in a blog roll or otherwise posted a link to my blog on your site. I have tried to reciprocate with a link back in…

Blogger seems to indicate that there is some new integration with Google+.  So, if you are one of the millions of people who use Google+, you should be able to get my blog posts in my Google+ stream, if you have appropriately included me in your circle(s).  We will see how that goes. To God…

Someone claiming to be my friend and writing from my friend’s account wrote: We’re writing this with tears.My family and i made a quick trip to Madrid Spain on a short vacation and we got mugged at the park of hotel where we stayed. Worse of it was that our bags, cash and credit cards…

Sitemeter informs me that since the beginning of records, this blog has received over 300,000 visits and over half a million page views.  I really appreciate those folks who have read and promoted this blog, and I hope that those half a million page views have been edifying to those who read.  I’m also appreciative…

Blogger had some significant service disruptions this past week, and it seems to have damaged a variety of blogs, including this one. From what I can see, the only casualties have been comments, but there may be posts missing as well (I’m told that such things happened to other bloggers). -TurretinFan To God be the…

I noticed that the number of folks who have “Followed” this blog using the Google “Follow” option has finally hit 200. Thanks very much to my readers! I hope that the blog serves your edification. May God receive all the glory. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8h_v_our_Q] I am … T U R R E T I N F A N Thanks, my fellow slaves! (cue single tear running down my cheek) To God be the Glory!

I’m not really sure whether Blogger or WordPress is a better blogging platform. In the short term, I’m going to continue blogging here and occasionally updating the WordPress blog. Unsurprising the other blog is at http://turretinfan.wordpress.com/ Feel free to use whichever you like, though most of my attention is on this blog for right now.…