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!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

An ancient carol for Christmas night

Here's an Arabic Christmas carol that dates back to Byzantine influence in the first millennium after Christ. A translation of the lyr...

Christmas gifts for car guys

If there's a car enthusiast in your life, first of all, my sincere sympathies! Having said that, you might have wondered what to buy th...

Does Jesus appear in food, and if so, why?

I've written before about the face of Jesus being 'identified' in food or other objects. It never ceases to amaze me how ofte...

A Christmas display that's visible from space!

Long-term readers may remember that about two years ago, I wrote about Peter Terren , an Australian doctor who experiments in his free time ...

Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas in song

In honor of the season, here's Thomas Tallis' Spem In Alium from the 16th century, performed by the King's Singers. The backgro...

Another Christmas

So it's Christmas again . . . always a bittersweet time of year for me. I bend my knee in wonder at Christ's condescension in coming...

The Pope's message at Christmas

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today broadcast a Christmas Eve message on the BBC to listeners in the United Kingdom. Here's an excerp...

A church that gets it!

I've said on numerous occasions that as far as I'm concerned, religious faith isn't something you believe ; it's something ...

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Pre-Christmas music 2

Another one for your listening pleasure and thoughtful contemplation. The history of the piece, and the words, may be found here . Peter

Taking it all off . . . for journalism???

Via Dustbury , we learn of a journalist who - at the request of her editors - agreed to live nude for a week . Most people wake up in the mo...

For California, 'The Big One' may not be an earthquake

I was intrigued to read that the US Geological Survey believes that California may be threatened one day by a 'perfect storm', one ...

More on the FCC and 'net neutrality'

It seems several commenters to my article yesterday about the FCC's power grab over the Internet disagreed with my perspective, and tha...

I see AMVER is alive and well

I was pleased to read about a rescue at sea earlier this month, involving the US Coast Guard's AMVER network . The acronym stands for ...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Pre-Christmas music 1

In preparation for our celebration of the birth of a Savior, here's one of the most ancient Advent carols, and one of my personal favori...

The FCC and 'net neutrality'

Readers are doubtless familiar with the FCC's attempt this week to regulate the Internet - something which is patently outside the bound...

The lunatics are overrunning the asylum again . . .

The Telegraph reports that a French village fears being overrun by moonbats in hot pursuit of mythical UFO's, space aliens and other no...

Talk about a food obsession!

Via TJIC , we learn of Jeff Varasano's quest for the perfect New York-style pizza . Pizza is the most sensuous of foods. I get emails fr...

For CNN, political correctness clearly overrides the truth

CNN should be ashamed of themselves. In a report on Kobe Bryant's sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlines , they came up with this gem: ...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bike ramp FAIL!

I'm not sure who thought up this idea, but I bet they wish they hadn't! I guess the backflip worked for the bike, which flew off qui...

Doofus Of The Day #424

Today's award goes to the South Gloucestershire Council in England . South Gloucestershire Council has been criticised for installing wh...

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