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!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Quote of the day

From an article at the Kakistocracy blog: So a functioning brain is one that forms accurate models about what it will actually see next...

Monday, August 20, 2018

Doofus Of The Day #1,019

Today's award goes to the marketing genius (?) responsible for approving the photographs below. Courtesy of a link at Daily Timewast...

Afghanistan: yet another band-aid plan that won't work

I've written extensively about Afghanistan in these pages, mostly several years ago. Examples: Afghanistan General McChrystal...

Truth in (modern) relationships?

This cartoon from Stephan Pastis made me both laugh and think over the weekend. Click it to be taken to a larger version at the comic'...

Sunday, August 19, 2018

A special Sunday morning request

Normally I don't put up regular blog posts on Sundays, instead offering something in my "Sunday Morning Music" series . Howe...

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Synthetic drug overdoses: a national crisis, or the ultimate cure?

I was saddened, particularly as a retired pastor, to read of the mass overdose crisis in New Haven, Connecticut, a few days ago. This m...

Oh, lord, the memories . . .

The anonymous blogger at HMS Defiant made me laugh out loud this morning when he posted this video montage of the "wisdom" of t...

Heh

It's nice to encounter officials with a sense of humor now and then. The Kennebunk Police Department in Maine put out this press relea...

Voter fraud is real

For those who doubt that voter fraud is a problem in the USA, a lawsuit in Georgia has highlighted many issues that give cause for serious...

Friday, August 17, 2018

Dealing with a riot or political unrest

We've seen how demonstrations on both the left and right of US politics have led to increasing violence on our streets. For those of u...

The cashless society is meeting opposition again - this time from banks

We've discussed the so-called "cashless society" in these pages on prior occasions. I'm fundamentally opposed to it for ...

Thursday, August 16, 2018

If not Mormon, are they now Less-Mon?

I can understand the call by President Nelson for his denomination to use the name given to it by its founder , "The Church of Jesus C...

Sometimes the police can't win for losing

Calibre Press posted this video a few days ago. In an accompanying article , the author pointed out: Only one person should be ta...

Not just a moral or public relations crisis, but a criminal crisis

I didn't write more yesterday about the latest child sex abuse scandal - "scandal": what a pathetically inadequate word! - t...

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Pedophilia and the Catholic Church: It's time for action

I'm sure most of my readers have by now heard about the publication of a grand jury report in Pennsylvania . It investigated pedophile...

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

I approve this message

Shamelessly stolen from Daily Timewaster : Short, succinct, and to the point. Peter

Remembering the Vela Incident

Older readers may remember rumors of a nuclear explosion in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1979, which could not be verified at the time. Thi...

A different view of President Trump's election and the backlash against it

Courtesy of a link at Borepatch's place, I found four articles analyzing the history of the Trump "insurgent campaign" for t...

Chopsticks that give you an electric shock???

I'm a bit mind-boggled by what promises to be a genuine taste sensation - albeit not the sort of sensation I want anywhere near my mou...

Monday, August 13, 2018

Keeping his cool

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