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!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

When Mr. Gummi Bear meets potassium chlorate . . .

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. . . the results look like this. Spectacular, aren't they? Wonder if the result is edible? (Not that I'm volunteering to taste it...
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Heavily loaded: Part 1 of 5

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Thanks to reader C. le M., we have a series of photographs of vehicles that are overloaded to an almost impossible extent. There are too ma...
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A novel way of cleaning up!

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I'm still trying to figure out what Lonnie Pinnix of Reidsville, North Carolina, was trying to achieve . According to the sheriff's ...
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Inflatable wings on a grenade???

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Back in June 2008 I did one of my Weekend Wings articles on inflatable aircraft . It was an interesting article to prepare, particularly be...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Making the Smart car even smarter!

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I'm sure most readers have heard of the Smart ForTwo , a tiny two-seat urban runabout. I'm astonished to learn that it's inspire...
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Doofus Of The Day #378

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Today's Doofus is from Italy . Maria Rizzo, 34, stopped to admire the spectacular view from the street above this house in Alassio in no...
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Expanding my vocabulary

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The Sun has published a list of what it calls ' Words for stuff there aren't words for '. It's rather fascinating. Some ex...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

The Bard of Rock, the Minstrel of Roll

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I've been having an argument via e-mail with a couple of friends over who, among modern rock musicians, can be compared to the bards and...
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Doofus Of The Day #377

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Today's (late) Doofus comes from South Carolina . A Summerville man celebrating his 23rd birthday died early Thursday after he apparentl...
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Move over, grammar!

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Via The Gormogons , we learn of David Malki 's latest contribution to civilization: a list of collective nouns for the supernatural. I ...

The end of the beer wars?

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I've written before about the Scottish brewery Brewdog and their over-the-top beers. Last year they released ' Tactical Nuclear Pen...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

History on the wing!

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Here's a great video, courtesy of Flight Global , showing one of the Boeing 787 prototypes leaving the Farnborough Air Show in England ...
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What's in a name?

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The residents of a peculiarly-named town in England have had to go to extremes to prevent its name-board from being continually stolen. The...
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Apple, lawsuits and dog poop

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Following the news of several interesting iPhone apps (see below), we learn of an Australian company that's had to rename its product a...
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Weird iPhone apps

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I've come across references to a few really strange-sounding applications ('apps') for Apple's iPhone . I thought you might...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It's off to the snail races!

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Here's a video clip of the breathtaking excitement! Er . . . yes, well, quite! The Telegraph reports : A snail called Sidney beat 200 c...
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It's udderly divine!

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I had to laugh at the expression on this cow's face. It's getting a rub-down from the latest thing in dairy farming. The Daily Mail...
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A funeral with eternal complications?

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A Romanian family have a difficult problem to deal with. The Austrian Times reports : Romania's fattest man, Cristian Capatanescu, 54, ...
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Fun with whales

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I'm sure many readers have seen the news report about a yacht in Table Bay , South Africa, that was struck by a breaching Southern right...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A long time ago, in a grocery store far far away . . .

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What happens when Star Wars meets organic fruit and vegetables? That's a pretty clever advertisement, all things considered. Peter
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