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!

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Thoughts on the 2015 Hugo Awards

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This year's Hugo Awards were presented last night .  It's been a vicious, biased, socio-political-cultural-oriented campaign, and ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

The deadly danger of microbursts

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I'm obliged to an anonymous reader for sending me the link to the first video below. Microbursts pose a deadly danger to aircraft on...
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Doofus Of The Day #854

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Today's award goes to a construction worker in New York City .  A tip o' the hat to reader Snoggeramus for sending me the link. ...
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More than ever, I'm worried about small drone aircraft

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Last year, writing about the growing numbers of 'hobby drones' flying around, I said : What worries me most is that terrorists c...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

A new "Simon's Cat"!

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Time for some fun. Peter
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The last of the 'human torpedomen' has died

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One of the less-well-known units of World War II was Italy's Decima Flottiglia MAS .  It was extraordinarily successful for its size, w...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Politically correct, he ain't . . .

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I came into contact with Vox Day for the first time in connection with the Tor boycott for which I called a few months ago.  (It's sti...
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Beautiful!

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Courtesy of The Lonely Libertarian , we find this beautiful photograph of a woman tossing her long red hair in the sunshine. Click t...
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Fred on (not) Art

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Fred Reed hits another one out of the park - this time on modern art and art critics . Art is mostly fraud perpetrated by narcissistic a...
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What's it like to experience an economic collapse?

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I've been asked this question by a number of people after they've read one or more of my articles warning of economic difficulties ...
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Your feel-good story of the week

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I couldn't help a smile and a warm fuzzy feeling over this report . Georgia Bradley, 25, was on a beach [in Greece] alone when she w...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

World's most mollycoddled prisoners?

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I was astonished to read on Ferfal's blog that prisoners in Argentina are actually paid a salary by the state - one much higher than t...
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Even the experts are conflicted

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I've written so many times about the economic problems I see coming towards us that I'm sure many of my readers are bored with the ...
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Nightwish's latest album is different, and very interesting

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The symphonic metal group Nightwish from Finland have produced some interesting music over the years.  I've enjoyed some of their song...
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The Trump card in politics

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I've watched the fuss, fun and games over Donald Trump 's candidacy for the Presidency with bemused interest.  I find it hard to be...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Sexist "Heh!"

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Received via e-mail from Miss D. : Love the expression on the face of the demonstrator . . . Peter
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How to discombobulate the DMV

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Dr. Grumpy describes how he took his son to get a driving permit .  How did zombies get into the DMV, anyway? Peter
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Do you remember the film 'Chariots Of Fire'?

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The Chinese remember one of its principal characters as a hero. A British Olympic hero whose story was illustrated in the film Chariots...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

A very nice holster

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Readers will recall that a few weeks ago, I lucked into a minty Smith & Wesson Model 625 Mountain Gun in .45 Colt . It's int...
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When bees attack

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The Smithsonian Channel has released a video excerpt showing Africanized 'killer bees' attacking a film crew (which had carefully p...
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