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!

Friday, June 25, 2010

A psychic octopus???

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Now I've heard everything! The BBC reports : An octopus in a German aquarium who is said to be psychic has predicted the country's ...
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Doofus Of The Day #365

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Today's award goes to the US Environmental Protection Agency . Having watched the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico, dairy farmer Frank ...
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Blithering idiots, redux . . .

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the most recent pearl of wisdom to drop from the ass lips of a politician, following agreement between t...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

It's positively gull-ing!

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I'm amazed the cat let the bird get away with this . . . although considering their comparative sizes, it might have been an epic battle...
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Craftsmanship on show

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The 19th annual Woodenboat Show is to be held next weekend in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. I hope any readers of this blog who live nearby...
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A very lucky injury!

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A British soldier, shot in the lower abdomen in combat in Afghanistan, owes his life to the injury he sustained. The Daily Mail reports : S...
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What's the wurst that could happen?

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It seems that German white sausage, or Weisswurst , comes with its very own culturally prescribed rituals. The Austrian Times reports : A g...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

So much for live reporting!

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This reporter found out the hard way that demonstrating a technique to your audience can be . . . er . . . embarrassing (particularly when t...
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General McChrystal is gone, but the dilemma remains

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I've written before about the dilemma facing the USA and its allies in Afghanistan (there are five separate links there). It's...
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Doofus Of The Day #364

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Today's award is shared between the National Pork Board and their legal representatives, Messrs. Faegre & Benson LLP . ThinkGeek g...
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Statist pigeons come home to roost

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Time magazine's cover story for its issue of June 28, 2010, is headlined " The Broken States Of America ". It's a very lo...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

It's all HIS fault!

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Courtesy of member jfreak at the TradeMe forums , I came across this wonderful song by Helene Austin about childbirth, and who's to blam...
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Doofus Of The Day #363

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Today's winner comes from Washington DC . A tip o' the hat to reader P. M. H. who e-mailed me with a link to the story. A Southeast...
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Horsewhip her!

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I'm really angry - no, I'm furious! - to read of a British author's plans to 'sex up' the story of Anne Frank . The Te...
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What if a 'vegetative state' isn't?

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The Economist reports that doctors are finding ways to communicate with those thought to be in an irreversible coma or 'vegetative stat...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

The funniest protest sign in Russia?

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I'm highly amused to read of a protest mounted by a group of artists in St. Petersburg, Russia . In a piece of cutting political comment...

Bigger eyes for Big Brother?

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Back in June 2008 I wrote about imaging radar , and asked whether it was about to 'come of age' as a serious tool for all sorts of a...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Liquid Mountaineering???

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The makers of Hi-Tec sports shoes decided to create an advertising campaign around a non-existent sport, which they proceeded to invent. Th...
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Sort-of-flying machines?

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I note with glee that the Ukraine hosted the latest round of the Red Bull Flugtag competition last weekend. The aim of the event is for te...
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Comparative religion, outhouse style

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I was amused to find this list on the New Zealand TradeMe forum. I thought you might enjoy it too. Taoism: Sh*t happens, go with the flow...
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