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!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

He who has ears to hear, let him hear . . .

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The title is Biblical , but the wisdom to which this blog post refers is worldly. Specifically, I'm talking about an article Karl Denn...
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Quote of the day

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From Weer'd Beard , concerning the ATF 's involvement in cigarette smuggling activities in order to entrap criminals - following wh...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

How not to make it through the mud . . .

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Here's a Russian off-roading video that's just mind-boggling. Remind me not to go off-roading with either of them, would you...
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What will happen when economic calamity strikes?

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In his latest 'Things That Make You Go Hmmm...' newsletter , Grant Williams asks why no-one seemed to be worried over the latest sh...
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Remembering a Cold War triumph

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While searching for information about the Fulton Skyhook in connection with my current fiction project, I came across references to Projec...
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Sunday, October 20, 2013

World's worst movies?

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In comments from her readers on Sarah Hoyt's latest blog article, a movie was mentioned as being among the worst ever made. I couldn...
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Why raising the debt ceiling was bad for America

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I found an article in Fox Business that states simply and concisely why raising the debt ceiling was a bad thing for the USA. ... every...
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Welcome to my visitors from Reddit

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When I checked Sitemeter earlier today, I was astonished to find that this blog had received over 1,000 visits in a single hour.  (I normal...
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Just shut up and click 'Accept', dammit!

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I'm amused - but not surprised - to learn that customer agreements can be more complex and difficult to read than some of the most abst...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Sweet corruption

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I've written twice before about the scale of international fraud involving adulterated honey from the Far East.  Now it looks like at...
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Armies, combat - and lawyers

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It seems that political correctness has now invaded the battlefield by way of civilian lawyers and unelected bureaucrats. The Telegraph rep...
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Dietary supplements - too much of a good thing?

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I've long believed that the fad of stuffing oneself with all sorts of vitamins, minerals and other odds and sods might be doing more ha...
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Deep Purple covers by Blackmore's Night

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I've mentioned Blackmore's Night in these pages before. It's the Renaissance/folk rock group founded by Ritchie Blackmore , fo...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Ever heard of a 'Mondegreen'?

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I hadn't, until I came across the word this week while surfing the Web. Wikipedia defines it thus : A mondegreen is the mishearing o...
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May she rest in the peace she so richly deserves

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Readers of my book ' Walls, Wire, Bars and Souls ' will know that I served as a prison chaplain until a severe injury forced my med...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Epic of Gilgamesh and class discrimination

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I was very interested (but also saddened) to read how the discoverer of the Epic of Gilgamesh was denied at least some of the respect and ...

Facebook users, be warned . . .

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The Telegraph has published an interesting (and worrying) article about what hackers can learn about you from Facebook, and how they can u...
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Useful tips for Android, Google Search and Google Maps

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The Telegraph has published three articles that I've found useful. Android: 10 hidden features Google search: 15 hidden features ...
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Business names that are also puns

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A tip o' the hat to reader A. M. for sending me the link to this article .  It lists 30 businesses with names that are also puns - some...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

No-one's asking the important question anymore

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Earthbound Misfit wrote : How McDonalds, Burger King (and Wal-Mart) Pick Your Pocket, Even If You Never Spend a Dime There The short a...
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