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, December 26, 2011

Colorful cows

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I had no idea that painted cows were a form of cultural expression! The Daily Mail reports : With their intricate patterns and bright colou...

Feed me, Seymour!

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Shades of Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors - albeit on a smaller scale (for now!). The Independent reports : A rat-eating plant has b...
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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Post-Christmas-dinner recovery in progress

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*Urp* Miss D. and I had fun preparing Christmas dinner together. We enjoyed a decent-size turkey, roasted in an oven bag (which kept the m...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas 2011

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And so it's Christmas again. Once again, some of us recall the reason for the season . . . our desperate need for a Savior, without whom...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

A different take on the cello

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Following yesterday's post about ' Cello Wars ', reader Emily C. e-mailed me the link to the video clip below. It shows two cel...
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Emergency preparations, Part 4: A useful reality check

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(Other articles in this series are listed in the sidebar, or you can click here to display them all in reverse chronological order.) Miss D...
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Looking for last-minute Christmas gifts?

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Since tomorrow is the last shopping day before the big one, here are a few suggestions that might tickle your fancy (or something else . . ....
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A lousy way to start the Christmas weekend

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I'm frankly appalled at the disgusting behavior of so many shoppers trying to get their hands on a limited-edition shoe released this mo...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Cello Wars!

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I had to smile at this 'light saber duel' on cellos, starring Steven Sharp Nelson and Al Van Der Beek (both members of The Piano Gu...
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A shiny (and expensive) start to the New Year

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A Hong Kong jewellery manufacturer, Chow Tai Fook, is offering a carefully-crafted golden dragon as part of its collection ushering in the Y...
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This looks very promising!

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Director Peter Jackson has just released the first trailer for his new two-part movie, The Hobbit , the first half of which will be release...
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The US Coast Guard's cutters are showing their age

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I've known for some time about the proposed refurbishment of many of the US Coast Guard 's cutters, to extend their service lives fr...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

A very clever cross-cultural advertisement

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It seems that Volkswagen's China subsidiary wanted to involve Chinese motorists in developing its (and their) vision of what future cars...

An intercepted Santa?

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Fellow blogger and friend JPG e-mailed me with a link to a Web site containing a number of pictures of an 'encounter' between Sant...
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Don't eat Rudolf!

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It is to laugh . . . The animal-rights crowd have got their knickers in a twist over a British supermarket that's selling reindeer pâté ...
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The Airborne Laser Testbed is grounded at last

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Readers are probably familiar with Boeing's YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed project, conducted under the auspices of the Missile Defense A...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

That's a brown-trouser moment if ever I saw one!

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The link to this video clip was sent to me via e-mail. Talk about a close call! I'm don't think I could have carried on driving aft...
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Politicians wasting our money - again!

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Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma (whom we've met in these pages before) has released a new report. His Web site states : U.S. Senator T...
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Feel-good story of the week

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I'm a sucker for news like this . Marine Scott Wood died four weeks ago after suffering injuries during combat in Iraq. Before his buria...
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Emergency preparations, Part 3: Get real!

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(Other articles in this series are listed in the sidebar, or you can click here to display them all in reverse chronological order.) When m...
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