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, February 21, 2013

Warning - TSA thugs at work!

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Once again the TSA proves that its only real function in life is to provide ' security theater ' - in this case , a horror story! ...
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"China's overloaded delivery vehicles"

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That's the title of a photographic essay in the Telegraph.  Having spent a great deal of time in the Third World, I'm accustomed t...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A day on the road

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I had an interesting (albeit tiring) day today.  I drove to Memphis, where I met two online friends of long standing (and the wife of one o...
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Amazon.com is NOT anti-gun!

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I've been getting more and more annoyed by semi-informed bloggers and other commentators who are jumping to conclusions, and claiming t...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hauntingly beautiful

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Courtesy of Ann Barnhardt's blog , which I referenced in the post below, here's Chanticleer 's rendition of Suo Gân , a Welsh l...
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Changes in Federal deposit insurance

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Just a heads-up to those who may have missed it:  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation changed its rules as of the end of last year. ...

On guns, character and America

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Two recent reports have highlighted aspects of the current gun-control debate in the USA in interesting ways. The first is from the icono...
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Solid evidence of Chinese cyber-espionage

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Readers may have noted a Reuters report identifying a Chinese military unit as probably involved in industrial and other cyber-espionage a...
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Cooking with . . . chainsaws???

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A new Russian cooking technique may make some Western chefs look to their laurels . . . NOT! Peter
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Inflation begins to bite harder

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That economic tsunami I warned about a few weeks ago?  It's getting closer. Fuel prices in the USA have increased steadily over the ...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

More lever-action rifle considerations

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Following my recent posts about lever-action rifles, I've had a few more queries come in from readers wanting to know whether a pisto...
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Epic historical photographs of heroism and tragedy

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Many readers will know of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition of 1910.  Now a series of photograph...
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About those dash-cam meteor videos from Russia

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I was surprised to see so many video clips on YouTube about that meteor over Russia last week.  Turns out that dash cameras are de rigueur...
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Great news for H. P. Lovecraft fans!

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Courtesy of a link at Dark Roasted Blend , we learn that fans of H. P. Lovecraft can now download a free copy of his collected works in f...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Safely home

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Miss D. and I arrived back home safely after a fun few days away.  She's already asleep, and I won't be long behind her.  Seven ho...
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US design, Soviet copy, Chinese development

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My mention last night of a Soviet-built, Iraqi-operated MiG-25 at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH led me back to an article at ACIG...
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Fun with meteors

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The explosion of a meteor over Russia two days ago has led to a rash of comments from users of Twitter.  Here are a couple of examples gat...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Fun at the USAF Museum, and on the road

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Miss D. and I have had a pleasant road trip so far.  We spent a couple of nights with relatives of hers in Dayton, taking the opportunity ...
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Boys and their (supersonic ping-pong ball) toys

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I'm hugely amused by the efforts of a Purdue University professor to use fun and games as a method of teaching physics.  Would you beli...
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Bureaucrats: You can't win for losing!

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The latest insane regulations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have me frothing at the mouth.  The Wall Street Jour...
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