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, May 25, 2009

A hair-raising experience?

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I'm delighted to see some pictures from the World Beard and Moustache Competition , held in Anchorage, Alaska recently. Thanks to reade...

Scientology in court again

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I'm very pleased to see that France is charging the so-called 'Church' of Scientology with organized fraud . You can read all a...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Memorial Day: Remembering Beslan

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This Memorial Day , people all across the USA will be remembering those servicemen who have fallen in the service of their country, in wars ...
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You're growing your veggies in WHAT???

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I'm amazed to read of the latest idea in home cultivation . The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) asked visitors to Chelsea Flower Show ...
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The mile-high luxury club?

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The European Business Aviation Association's was held in Switzerland earlier this month. On show were models of the brand-new Boeing 78...
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North Texas property scam?

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I know I have a number of readers just across the border in North and North-East Texas. You folks might want to take note of a property sca...
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Now those are titanic tootsies!

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The Daily Mail reports on what it takes to trim an elephant's toenails . [Boy the elephant's] beauty treatment at Kiev Zoo, in the U...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Doofus Of The Day #215

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Today's Doofus is from Falmouth, Massachusetts . A Falmouth man was treated at Falmouth Hospital Wednesday after trying to catch a BB gu...
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What those text-message acronyms really mean

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If you've seen kids exchanging text messages, fingers and thumbs flying over the keypads of their mobile phones, you might wonder just w...
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The reality behind the great race

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Who can forget the epic chariot race in the 1959 film ' Ben-Hur '? The race took five weeks to film, on an elaborate set constructe...
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Chuck Norris - Croatian crime-fighter???

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Readers are doubtless aware of the Chuck Norris Facts lists that have been circulating on the Internet for about a year now. If not, che...
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'Virtual Schooling' gaining ground?

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I've been watching the growing phenomenon of 'Virtual Schooling' for a few years now. It's a combination of home-schooling...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Doofus Of The Day #214

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Today's Doofus is from Germany . A would-be gangster shot himself in the crutch when his gun went off half cocked in his pocket. Lukas N...
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A different look at our forces in Afghanistan

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Rapport Press has published a series of photographs titled ' Patrols In The Korengal '. They show the conditions under which some o...
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And just why is the bank surprised?

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I'm laughing at a report from New Zealand . Police in New Zealand are hunting a couple who disappeared after a bank accidentally paid te...
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Good for him - but the politicians won't learn . . .

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A New York State businessman has finally pulled the plug on the place after working out what it was costing him to live there. Politicians ...
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More about the dreaded lurgy

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Yesterday I mentioned that I'd been struck down by 'the dreaded lurgi'. I had a few inquiring e-mails about that. It seems tha...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Down with the dreaded lurgi

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Not much to write tonight - I've caught the dreaded lurgi from somewhere or other, and I've spent most of the day in bed. I'll s...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Is this really a good idea?

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We know that the Big Three US vehicle manufacturers, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, are in serious trouble right now. The first is in b...
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What people will do for fame!

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It seems people will go to almost any lengths to get their names in the Guiness Book of Records. A young man in Utah has just gone farther...
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