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!

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Everything you wanted to know about castrating lambs, but were afraid to ask...

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  Here's a very entertaining TED talk from Mike Rowe , host of the " Dirty Jobs " TV series.  It's got some very funny mo...
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A World War I relic sees action again in Ukraine

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  I was amazed to learn that Maxim machine guns - a technology invented in the late 19th century, decades before World War I - are still in...
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Yes, it's a worry...

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  Yahoo News warns that the cost of care for the elderly is beyond many people's reach . A wave of Americans has been reaching retiremen...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Adventures with vacuum storage bags

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  I've begun the annual ritual of putting away winter blankets, coats, etc. until they're needed again.  This year I'm trying so...
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F.A.F.O. - plumbing edition

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  This incident happened a few weeks ago, and was well publicized at the time in the blogosphere:  but now the boss of the company concerned...
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Heh

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  From Titus Ministries on Gab .  Click the image for a larger view. I'm sure readers can suggest other hymns appropriate to particular ...
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Monday, March 20, 2023

It's astonishing how quickly you can be killed...

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  Click over to Bitter Centurion's place and watch the video he's posted there .  It shows an altercation between two idiots, one of...
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More shenanigans and skullduggery in the metals market

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  Readers may remember the chaos unleashed in the world nickel market last year when the London Metals Exchange  (LME) caved in to what was...
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Memes that made me laugh 151

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Sunday morning music

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  How about something a little (?!) different today? Few people these days have heard of Paweł Zadrożniak.  However, those of us who were ac...
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Saturday, March 18, 2023

Saturday Snippet: Not your average diner

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  Many long-term readers will know of Kelly Grayson , a.k.a. Ambulance Driver, a long-term friend of mine from Louisiana.  He published a co...
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Friday, March 17, 2023

Wise advice from General George S. Patton

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  Courtesy of a post and link on MeWe, I found these gems .  Click the image for a larger view. Good advice under many circumstances.  I...
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Is the current banking crisis the tip of the iceberg?

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  Charles Hugh Smith suggests that it is , because the underlying economic assumptions behind the banks' problems have not been resolved...
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Looks like Barney Frank was right - cryptocurrencies may be threatened

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  A couple of days ago I reported a comment by Barney Frank on the government takeover of Signature Bank in New York.  He said : A regulato...
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

New career?

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  From Stephan Pastis: Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the "Pearls Before Swine" Web page. Perhaps I need to recon...
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"The Southern Border Is a Hybrid War Zone"

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  That's the claim of Austin Bay at Strategy Page. The March 12 Incident On The Paso Del Norte Bridge confirms the U.S.-Mexico border i...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

A very happy Ides of March to my wife

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  Thirteen years ago today, Miss D. and I were married.  They've been good years, and we've grown together into a strongly mutually...
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A central government power grab over our money?

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  I urge you to take four and a half minutes to watch this clip of Tucker Carlson interviewing South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.  She's...
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Political correctness, crime and the rule of law

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  The catastrophic consequences of "woke" reasoning are making themselves felt in New York City policing - and elsewhere. Last mo...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Yes, it is...

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  Found on Gab (click the image for a larger view): Yes, it is obvious.  Whenever I hear an apologist for "trans" young people, I...
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