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!

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Men are dipping their WHAT into WHAT???

Now and again one comes across something so egregiously stupid that one can't quite grasp it for a moment. One sits, reading the words...

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

More F-4 Phantoms at work and at play

This year the Japan Air Self-Defense Force will be retiring the last of its F-4 Phantom aircraft. It's one of the last Air Forces to...

"The problem with small self defense guns"

That's the title of an article in Shooting Illustrated . (It's also a topic I've addressed in these pages from time to time, ...

From Australia to California, wildfires are a Big Brother problem

An article about the current wildfire crisis in Australia brought back echoes of recent comments about the same issue in the USA. It is ...

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

When birth certificates become a public safety issue

The law of unintended consequences appears to have struck again, this time in Colorado , where anyone can apply to have their birth certif...

The epithet "soy boy" may have some basis in reality

I've often heard metrosexual males referred to disparagingly as " soy boys ". I've heard the same epithet applied to th...

The lighter side of the dysfunctional apocalypse

I had to laugh at this video prediction of everything that can (and will) go wrong when the dystopian apocalypse finally happens. It's...

Monday, January 20, 2020

So much for the evil, racist, bitter-clinger gun nuts of Richmond!

Photographs taken at today's demonstration against Second Amendment restrictions in Richmond, Virginia. All are sourced from various ...

The Virginia crisis: where's the evidence of wrongdoing?

I'm obliged to Daily Timewaster for posting this video comment on the lead-up to today's protest in Richmond, Virginia. The autho...

Coming to a boil in Virginia?

Many commenters, including myself , have urged caution in the weeks leading up to today's VCDL "Lobby Day" pro-Second-Amendme...

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Sunday morning music

Here's a work by a Finnish composer of whom I'd never heard until just the other day. It's the Third Symphony in F Major, Op. ...

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Saturday Snippet: "The Night Life of the Gods"

Thorne Smith was an American satirical author who flourished in the first half of last century. Two of his books were made into successfu...

Friday, January 17, 2020

"I'll take 'Unlikely Movie Titles' for $100, Alex"

I was doing some shopping on Amazon.com the other night. To my utter astonishment, one of my search terms returned not only goods for sale...

"There's more than one way to skin a cat" - illegal alien edition

The headline is an old saying from the 19th century that I still enjoy. It's still valid, in almost every walk of life. President Tr...

The Richmond protest: things are getting squirrelly out there

Last week I repeated a warning that's been sounded by many people whose judgment I respect. The " Lobby Day " in Richmond, ...

Thursday, January 16, 2020

The great inversion: "deplorables" versus intellectuals

Eric S. Raymond wrote a very thought-provoking article a few weeks ago, analyzing how socialist and Marxist ideology has moved its support...

"The future is stupid" - electric car edition

According to this meme (found on Gab ), it certainly looks that way! It's almost as good as a photograph I once saw of a non-hyb...

Can Airsoft and BB gun training translate to real firearms? You bet they can!

A few years ago, I recommended the use of BB and/or Airsoft handguns as an ultra-low-cost training resource , to improve skill with a real ...

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Remind me never to take that Nepalese bus . . .

Some driving experiences are not for the faint-hearted . . . including this one from Nepal. The driver and passengers seem to take it in t...

"Unsalvageable" humans?

An article in Taki's Magazine refers to some human beings as " The Unsalvageables ". Here's an excerpt. Some of you m...

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