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!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

That was a hell of a landing!

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Some amazing video footage has emerged of a very hard landing by an All Nippon Airways Boeing 767 in Japan yesterday .  It bounced so hard ...
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When the State dictates to religions - and spouses

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As readers are no doubt aware, the Danish government has just decided that it can issue orders to the Evangelical Lutheran Church - namely...
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Is President Obama an accessory to the crime of murder?

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Readers will be familiar with ' Operation Fast And Furious ', the gunrunning scandal which we've covered in these pages o...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Porcine coitus interruptus!

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This is why, despite the existence of so-called 'battery operated boyfriends', electricity is seldom considered a sex aid in and of...
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Chicago again

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A few days ago I asked ' Has Chicago become too dangerous to visit? '  It looks as if others have been picking up on developments t...
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The history of the fork

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Slate has a very interesting article on this most basic of eatin' irons - or, at least, what I had thought was the most basic of them....
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"Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA"

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That's the title of an article at Forbes by Steve Denning , the first in a series examining the state of the US manufacturing economy. ...
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Blogging and writing

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Many thanks to everyone who's commented at my post last night about ' Re-evaluating this blog '.  I appreciate all the input, a...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I wanna play!

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I think that's what this dog is indicating, anyway! Peter
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What produced that grin?

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If you want to know what plastered this grin all over this face: click over to Miss D.'s place and let her tell you about it . ...
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Re-evaluating this blog

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I enjoy blogging, but lately I've been thinking about what I'm doing here.  I'd like to ask for your help, dear readers, in re-...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

BASE jumping off Baffin Island

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We've looked at BASE jumping and wingsuit flying on several previous occasions.  Here's an older video clip that I've only ju...
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"We should thank God that such men lived"

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The title of this post is taken from a well-known quotation by General George S. Patton .  It expresses my sentiments when I read about an...
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More about derivatives

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I mentioned the danger posed by derivatives to the world financial system in an article a couple of weeks ago.  I've since had a few e...
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Doofus Of The Day #609

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Today's award goes to a group of animal rights activists in Beijing, China . Thousands of snakes released into the wild by animal ri...
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The end of a military-industrial era

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From England comes the news of the closure of the final factory in the former Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing and munitions empire, estab...

Oh noes! Crusader tomatoes!

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A tip o' the hat to reader D. M. for forwarding the link to this article.  The 'NOW Lebanon' blog reports : A Salafist grou...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

I guess that's one way to do it!

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I always thought that falling off one's motorcycle in the middle of a race meant that one's race was over.  Apparently I was wrong....
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A new vision for higher education?

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We've spoken before about the growing ' democratization ' of education , particularly with the advent of Internet-based cour...
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Banking: the old is new again - and popular!

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I was surprised - and amused - to see that an old-fashioned method of banking is making a comeback in England.  The Telegraph reports : ...
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