Bayou Renaissance Man

The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

Monday, February 23, 2026

A very sad morning, and a fond farewell

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  Regular readers will know of Ashbutt, our farm kitten that we adopted back in 2016 . He would have celebrated his tenth birthday in the se...
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Memes that made me laugh 300

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  When I started this weekly collection, I never thought it would last this long - the equivalent of 6 years.  However, readers keep showing...
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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  As a child, I had several favorites among my parents' long-playing records, including two albums with martial songs by the Merrill Sta...
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Friday, February 20, 2026

"Pay up, peasant! Your betters need your taxes!"

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  Has any city made you feel really unwelcome?  I submit this booking from a New York City hotel certainly does that for me. What's nex...
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Corruption at the top of the health care industry

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  Yesterday we looked at how vaccine manufacturers may be vulnerable to lawsuits, even perhaps criminal charges, following the publication ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2026

Not just an open-source treasure hunt, but a COVID vaccine problem supersource

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  By now I'm sure readers are aware that last weekend, the Department of Health and Human Services released an open-source 11GB file con...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

The recoil must have been spectacular!!!

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  I've known of the Colt 1855 Sidehammer revolver shotgun for years.  It was used (in the rifle version) by some sharpshooter units ear...
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The algorithm is manipulating you

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  We've all read warnings and horror stories about how algorithms are analyzing our online behavior and trying to steer us to their prod...
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