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!

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Sunday morning music

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  I'm sure many readers know the rock group Alter Bridge .  Formed in 2004 as a successor to Creed , it's become very popular among ...
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Saturday, June 24, 2023

Saturday Snippet: An old king and a military statesman

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  Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was one of the leading poets of the Victorian era, and was Poet Laureate of England from 1850 until his death in 18...
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Friday, June 23, 2023

Tucker Carlson on the gatekeepers, and why they're under threat

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  Tucker Carlson's latest video is well worth watching ( here ), or if you prefer, courtesy of Zero Hedge, read the transcript below. Th...
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Emergency preparations: Hygiene and sanitation

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  We've talked about a couple of aspects of emergency preparedness in blog posts this month: A few more thoughts on emergency preparedne...
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The Titan tragedy

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  I've refrained from saying anything to date about the loss of the Titan submersible, used to explore the wreck site of the SS Titanic...
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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Aircraft camouflage in history and today

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  The US Air Force has published a study of aircraft camouflage from World War II to the present day.  It's titled " Olive Drab, Ha...
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A physician examines the "transgender nightmare"

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  An interview from City Journal : Christopher Rufo: Please begin by setting the scene. What’s it like in a major children’s hospital in th...
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Unforeseen?

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  Yesterday's "Pearls Before Swine" strip had me laughing.  Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the cartoon's ...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Doofus Of The Day #1,108

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  I'm sure the lady concerned didn't find this incident amusing, but it made me laugh. The woman, in her 70s, had popped the oven o...
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Living in a crime-ridden society

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  Francis Porretto has some sage advice . With religion in decline – the aging of congregations everywhere would convince a man from Mars th...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

The incompetent society: lessons from South Africa

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  Recently I put up a couple of articles about the decline in competence in our society: "What happens when the competent opt out?...
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OK, that's just weird!

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  I was astonished to read that a California employer hired a fake "priest" to persuade its staff to confess "sins" agai...
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Quote of the day

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  On a Reddit thread titled " TIL That Historians Believe Cats Domesticated Themselves ", commenter ms_horseshoe wrote: If it were...
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Monday, June 19, 2023

True dat

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  From the fertile mind of Stephan Pastis.  Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the "Pearls Before Swine" Web page....

An intriguing variation on the "camp knife" or "small machete" theme

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  A couple of weeks ago we discussed machetes, camp knives, hatchets, axes and tomahawks in terms of their general utility.  Soon thereafte...
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Memes that made me laugh 164

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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, June 18, 2023

Sunday morning music

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  We've met Spanish classical guitarist Miguel Rincón several times before in these pages.  He's one of the top performers in his f...
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