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, November 20, 2017

Worn out

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Alma Boykin came down to stay with Miss D. and I over the weekend.  Old NFO , Lawdog and the lovely Phlegmmy joined us for the festivit...
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Give this article to the socialists in your life (if any)

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Aaron Clarey, a.k.a. Captain Capitalism, has written a very useful, easily understandable primer on why it's necessary for businesses t...
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Doofus Of The Day #985

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Doofi have been popping up all over the place lately.  I wonder if we'll hit #1,000 by the end of the year?  Be that as it may, today...
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First Sergeants and Second Lieutenants

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I received the link to this video from several readers.  Thanks to all of you!  The military veterans among my readers, irrespective of the...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Sunday morning music

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Here's an old classical favorite - the Canon in D by Pachelbel . Of course, there's also JerryC 's modern version . . ....
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Saturday, November 18, 2017

The danger of an UN-loaded gun

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In all the accounts of the Sutherland Springs church shooting  a couple of weeks ago, one element stood out for me. Stephen Willeford ....
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Here's a treat for fans of sword-and-sorcery fantasy

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I was pleasantly surprised to find the compete stories about Conan the Barbarian , written by Robert E. Howard , are now out of copyright. ...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

A reminder of our fund-raiser for Andi, with great prizes to be won

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I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago .  A group of Blogorado attendees, including yours truly, have come together to raise funds for ou...
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Don't just live your faith - eat it!

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I'm giggling at some of the reactions to a British bakery's Christmas advertisement . A British bakery chain has apologized afte...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Quote of the day

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From Borepatch , concerning the sex scandals surrounding current and prospective members of Congress and the Senate: Pretty wild - every...
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Doofus Of The Day #984

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Today's award goes to a particularly dumb criminal in Colorado .  A tip o' the hat to reader Jim H. for sending me the link. Whe...
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Artistry in wood, steel and brass

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I recently stumbled upon the Web site of Bill Shipman , a rifle-maker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He produces reproductions of 17th- and 1...
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The societal trap of debt

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Yes, I'm going to talk about debt yet again, because it's such a critical issue right now that our economy is teetering on the brin...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Doofus Of The Day #983

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Today's award goes jointly and severally to everyone at the University of Maryland who's behind, or endorses, this proposal . Th...
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Mind-boggling stunts behind the wheel

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This just makes me shake my head in disbelief. How he missed taking out some of those overhead wires, I'll never know! Pete...
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If you've never heard of the Coandă effect . . .

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. . . it's how this plane flies. The Coandă effect (named for its discoverer) is the way in which a jet of air (or, for that matter,...
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Fires, and fighting them

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I've had the misfortune to be caught in two building fires.  One was in a military barracks in South Africa, back in the 1970's.  O...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

How the Las Vegas shooting victims were saved

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There's a fascinating article at Emergency Physicians Monthly about the emergency medical response to the Las Vegas shooting, and how ...
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Judge Moore, sexual harassment allegations, and the state of society

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I'm sure my readers are familiar with the sexual harassment allegations against former Judge Roy Moore , a Republican Senatorial candid...
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Bringing "special snowflakes" down to earth

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An associate professor of law at Faulkner University, Alabama, lays down the law to his incoming class of millennial students . Before I...
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