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!

Friday, May 19, 2017

Wild night

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We had a pretty wild night here in northern Texas, and the weather outside is still very unsettled.  We've been warned to expect more s...
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Security warning for users of HP laptops

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If you use a HP laptop computer, or if friends and family use them, you or they may be affected by a security issue that's recently cro...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Hard at work

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I achieved something of a milestone today in our settling into our new home in Texas, even though it's taken me more than fifteen month...
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Captain Capitalism tells it like it is

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I'm sure many of my readers know the blog ' Captain Capitalism '.  It's written by Aaron Clarey, who has a somewhat cynical...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

How wake turbulence nearly killed a planeload of people

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Back in March I reported on the case of a Challenger business jet that was caught in the wake vortex of a mammoth Airbus A380 over the Ind...
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Yay! - and thank you all very much for your support!

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A few weeks ago I mentioned that, thanks to your support in their reader poll, I'd won the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance...
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Do we have a government, or a gaggle of pants-wetting hysterical kids?

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I'm getting more and more angry at politicians grandstanding to and for their electorate, and seriously damaging the USA and its instit...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Interesting news from the USAF

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Two interesting bits of news came to my notice over the past few days.  Despite spending billions of dollars on the bloated, overpriced, un...
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Fiddling while Rome burns?

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More and more, I'm seeing a major disconnect between economic reality on the ground, and the behavior of our politicians and investors ...
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Monday, May 15, 2017

Can anyone provide more details of this shooting?

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An attack late at night in a seemingly peaceful suburb . . . a home-owner who deploys an AR-15 rifle to deadly effect, shooting fast and ac...
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Doofus Of The Day #958

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Today's award goes to an over-credulous (and late) pastor in Zimbabwe . A pastor has been killed after he was eaten by three crocodi...
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Give a bureaucrat an inch . . .

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. . . and he'll take a yard - and he won't give it back, either.  Two news items caught my eye this morning to confirm that. Firs...
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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Sunday morning music

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I've mentioned Strawbs in these pages on more than one occasion.  They were (and still are, in semi-retirement) a British folk- and pr...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017

For those who like (?) recoil

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A tip o' the hat to Wirecutter for finding this one. You couldn't pay me enough to fire that gun with that load . . . I can...
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For lovers of grilled cheese sandwiches

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The New York Post has a great survey of the best grilled cheese sandwiches around the country .  The descriptions include some mouth-wateri...
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Friday, May 12, 2017

ISIS and US progressives - what's the difference?

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Vox points out : As he says :  "What, precisely, is the difference? There is no difference. It's just vandalizing history o...
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Should that be "Groooaaann!" or "Ribbit!"?

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Seen on Gab : Peter
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Thursday, May 11, 2017

If you're following me on Gab . . .

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. . . the new social medium that I mentioned a couple of days ago, please let me know here (or there) so that I can follow you in turn.  S...
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Never let a knife-wielding attacker get within range!

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In general, if you have to use violence to defend yourself, you may have to justify that in court.  If you use potentially or actually leth...
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Religion as virtual reality?

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That's how one observer sees it - and he believes it has implications for the future of humanity in a technological future without wor...
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