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!

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Quote of the day

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" I have always suspected that whoever came up with the notion that you lose most of your body heat through your head and wrists neve...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Ooh! A hissy-fit!

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If you'd like to see a classic example of how not to react to online reports or comments about you or your work, click over to this mo...
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Al Qaeda, ISIL and jihadist tactics in Syria

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I've come across several thought-provoking analyses of what's happening in the fundamentalist Islamic terrorist world at the moment...
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Disbelievin' Daddy

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Too cute! I wonder if she'll apologize for doubting him when she grows up?  I somehow doubt it . . . Peter
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An inevitable response to the robot revolution?

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We've spoken more than once in these pages about the danger posed by automation to the traditional job market, most recently earlier th...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

Friends

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I've been struck, yet again, by the bonds of friendship that connect Miss D. , myself and our circle of friends.  The most recent manif...
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NSFW facepalm

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I snorted tea through my nose when I found this pictorial variation on a well-known song lyric over at By Other Means.  It's not safe ...
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Doofus Of The Day #875

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This morning's award goes to an Italian woman . A middle-aged woman in Italy was forced to ask the fire brigade for help after she l...
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So much for Al Gore

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Remember Al Gore's claim that polar bears would drown because of global warming? Not so fast . Former Vice President Al Gore ...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Doofus Of The Day #874

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Today's award goes to a distillery in England . A group of hipster gin makers came close to creating chaos after they accidentally m...
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For a sneak peek . . .

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. . . at the corner of our new living-room in Texas, take a look at Old NFO's post this morning .  He helped Lawdog and another buddy t...
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Self-defense: fancy hardware is NOT the solution

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I've had occasion in recent weeks to correspond with several former students of mine, disabled individuals whom I taught to handle a fi...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

A brief road trip

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Miss D. and I are in Birmingham, Alabama tonight, visiting Joe , our favorite gunsmith.  Joe's been working on a few guns for me, and ...
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Flooring for an enclosed-porch "man cave"

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As part of our preparations for moving into our new home, we have a contractor fixing a few flaws and modifying a few features.  One of the...
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Truth, propaganda and political correctness

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Now and again two or three articles will come out that serendipitously reinforce and complement one another, each helping the other(s) to m...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

The Bra

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Inspired by another reader comment , here's cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell. Oops . . . Peter
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Doofus Of The Day #873

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One might say this report achieves the very Nirvana of Doofidity. An Oregon folk singer plans to leave next week to serenade the Islami...
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One way to deter bike thieves

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Not a bad idea, IMHO. Dare I say it?  "This is my shocked face . . . " Peter
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The Internet as a surveillance way of life

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Bruce Schneier, whom we've met several times in these pages, warns that the " Internet of Things " is becoming an ever-great...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

What an amazing actor!

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I note that Al Sharpton has criticized the Academy Award nominations for including too few people of color. Actually, I'm wondering ...
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