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, September 22, 2014

Doofus Of The Day #789

Today's award is jointly and severally conferred upon all the idiots who fell for the so-called 'iPhone Wave hoax'. Britain...

If you get vertigo, don't watch this

Recognize this building? It's the 100-floor John Hancock Center in Chicago. The video clip below shows workers on top of the W...

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Making an old hangar into a home

I was interested to read how a young married couple transformed part of an old aircraft hangar into a home (with offices for one of their ...

Qatar and Islamic extremism

I mentioned last week that Qatar was under pressure from moderate Muslim neighbors to back off its support for Islamic fundamentalist extr...

Even the mainstream media are beginning to get it

It's no longer just an 'alarmist fringe' that's predicting economic disaster - even the mainstream media are beginning to s...

Jobs for the boys - a 'brothel investigator'

I was amazed to read that Sydney, Australia has what must be one of the most unusual - and sought-after - jobs in the world. The Syd...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

This is so over the top it's hilarious!

We've featured Ken Block's Gymkhana motorsport videos here before. Now, from the same stable, here's ' Ballistic BJ Baldw...

Why can't all our politicians answer these questions?

DaddyBear , fellow blogger and friend to Miss D. and myself in both cyber- and meatspace, has come up with a series of questions for polit...

After a month, how's Kindle Unlimited playing out?

After the launch of Amazon.com's new Kindle Unlimited (KU) subscription library , I waited to see how it would progress, then in the mi...

Rush hour, choreographed

Someone had way too much fun setting this up . . . Peter

Friday, September 19, 2014

Not your average back seat driver . . .

I came across an article at Jalopnik titled ' The Ten Most Vulgar Cars Ever Made '. Vulgar they most certainly are . . . particula...

There's no room for people like this in our society

WARNING: If a blunt discussion of pedophilia might offend you, please don't read any further. A few years ago I wrote about a semi...

Doofus Of The Day #788

Today's award goes to North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. This anti-gun group appears to regard all victims of shootings as 'v...

A great piece of flying

Watch this DC-10 water bomber from 10 Tanker dive straight down a ridgeline to drop its load of fire retardant, then firewall the throttl...

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Some interesting declassified CIA reports

The Central Intelligence Agency has declassified a number of reports from its in-house journal, ' Studies in Intelligence '. The ...

Doofus Of The Day #787

Courtesy of a link at Wirecutter's place, today's award goes to a 16-year-old teen in Boise, Idaho . A car full of teenagers cr...

Ferrets!

What happens when two ferrets are introduced to a box full of packing peanuts ? Miss D. and I were giggling like mad at the thought ...

Debt and what it means to YOU PERSONALLY

I've written many times before about the problem of debt, and how it threatens our joint and several individual, corporate and nationa...

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Apple, security, and control of your life

Wired magazine tries to explain ' Why Apple Devices Will Soon Rule Every Aspect of Your Life '. The biggest thing Apple showed o...

"The Dying Russians"

That's the title of a very interesting article in the New York Review of Books. Here's a brief excerpt to whet your appetite. ...

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