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, February 21, 2016

One of my mother's favorite comedies

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I was delighted this morning to find on YouTube a copy of ' The Ghost Goes West ', a 1935 black-and-white movie starring Robert Don...
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Obamacare and Medicaid: looting your estate after you die

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Courtesy of a link at Phlegmmy's place, we learn that Obamacare is forcing more and more people into the Medicaid program, and into a ...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Attack of the killer car wash!

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Oops . . . Peter
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Doofus Of The Day #885

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Courtesy of a link provided by Australian reader Snoggeramus, today's award goes to a bungling crook in Perth . A Perth man who lure...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Heh

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Shamelessly stolen borrowed from Bergheim Follies : There are more bibulous cartoons at the link . Peter
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And we pay them to have fun like this?

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These Marines are playing in the snow.  From the video's description: U.S. Marines M1A1 tank crews work with the Norwegian Telemark...
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New chess pieces?

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, better known by its initials SMBC, has some suggestions for new chess pieces .  Here's an example. ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Getting back into a routine

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Miss D. and I have been in our new home for two weeks today.  The living-room, dining area, kitchen and bathrooms are pretty much set up, ...
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Doofus Of The Day #884

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I mean no disrespect to Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church or as a man of faith . . . but he shot himself in both pontifical f...
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It's a cat-astrophe!

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Someone enjoys being scritched waaaaay too much . . . Peter
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Blue eyes, blue genes

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I was interested to read that those with blue eyes have something in common . Everyone with blue eyes alive today – from Angelina Jolie ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

"Yesterday Men" in US politics

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Via an e-mail list of which I'm a member, my attention was drawn to an article with the above title by 'thezman'.  I won't...
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Doofus Of The Day #883

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Today's award goes to a dumb crook in England . Serial offender Timothy Broad, 30, chose a pedal cycle as his getaway vehicle for th...
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Tom Rogneby's latest is a goodie

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Fellow blogger DaddyBear , better known as Tom Rogneby in meatspace and the world of books, has brought out a new collection of stories . ...
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'Basic Income' rears its head again

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It seems that Canada's Minister of Families, Children and Social Development is once again pushing the idea of a universal, guaranteed ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Something for naval history buffs

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I recently came across the Gun Plot web site.  It's a collection of histories and recollections of service in the Royal Australian Nav...
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A quadcopter with a bang

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We've all seen news articles about hobbyist quadcopter drones.  Now there's a military version with a bang. Israel Aerospace I...
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The problem with managers

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Jake Barnes, who blogs at The Oilfield Expat , has a very good article about the perils of selecting managers from among the ranks of tech...
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This may spell catastrophe for the international financial market

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We've discussed in the past ( most recently last month ) how governments are mandating "bail-in" provisions for banks in diff...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

The most entertaining rally "Oops!" moments of 2015

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Here's a two-part blooper video from the 2015 rally season. Lots of expensive machinery got turned into expensive repair bill...
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