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, February 16, 2015

Ice storm update

We're basically surrounded by ice here. The precipitation changed to alleged 'snow' this afternoon, but it sure looked (and so...

WARNING: upgrading to MS Office 365 may change document formatting

I've been a long-time user of MS Word (and Office) 2010. In order to share files with Miss D. and have access to other useful feature...

How a folk song changed modern mythology

I've enjoyed folk music ever since I can remember. I have an extensive collection of music from many of the 'folk rock' perfor...

What's that funny white stuff?

I was woken at 3.30 a.m. by our cat, pawing at my face, trying to tell me that someone was tapping at the window and would I please make th...

Sunday, February 15, 2015

I've had about enough of this winter

We're under a winter storm warning in central Tennessee; not as bad as it's going to get further north, but still no fun. They...

Ammo drought: here we go again . . .

On Friday it was announced that F Troop the BATFE intends to revoke its decades-old rule that M855 62gr. 5.56x45mm. ammunition is not ...

Semi-hopalong wascally wabbit?

The Austrian Times reports : Zookeepers who purchased five baby rabbits from a local market say they are baffled as to why one of them p...

Brigid could use our help

Brigid, who blogs over at Home On The Range , wrote a beautiful tribute to her late Labrador retriever. She called it ' The Book Of Ba...

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Tired writer's thoughts at the end of the day

I think I'm largely finished with the editing of the fifth and final version of the manuscript of 'Stand Against The Storm'. ...

Doofus Of The Day #814

Courtesy of The Lonely Libertarian , this quote wins an immediate Doofus award for the woman concerned. "I went into a Whole Foods ...

Friday, February 13, 2015

There doesn't seem to be an OSHA in Russia . . .

. . . at least, not judging by this video clip of steelworkers (including apprentices and trainees) working with multi-ton hammers in a fou...

Full marks to Sean Sorrentino . . .

. . . for uncovering what looks to be a massive campaign of sock-puppeting over a non-existent 'religious' controversy . CHAPE...

Shooting and self-defense roundup

A few articles caught my eye over the past few days relating to firearms and self-defense issues. I thought I'd throw the links up her...

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Big badaboom

(Those of you who remember the movie ' The Fifth Element ' will recognize the post title.) Students of military history will be f...

"How student debt reduces lifetime wealth"

That's the subtitle of a very interesting article at Demos. Here's an excerpt. Student debt has skyrocketed over the past deca...

Not your average "all hat and no cattle"

This made me laugh out loud. Someone mixed a cattle auctioneer's patter with a rap beat. I have to admit, I loathe rap with a ...

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

This man tells it like it is about the economy

Steve Ricchiuto is Managing Director of Mizuho Securities USA , the local arm of the Mizuho Financial Group in Japan. With assets of over...

"Bringing Criminals into the Stores Where You Shop"

Greg Ellifritz , who's a police officer, firearms instructor and blogger, has some interesting news on a new crime threat in some upmar...

Quote of the day

From Rev. Paul, in a post titled ' Differences Between North and South ': If you do settle in the South and bear children, don...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

So much for the Rule of Law

I take the concept of the Rule of Law pretty seriously. After all, I swore the Federal law enforcement oath of office : I [name] do so...

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