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, September 25, 2023

Memes that made me laugh 178

Gathered from around the Internet over the past week. Click any image for a larger view.

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Sunday morning music

Last week we lost Roger Whittaker , one of my favorite singers and a staple of the "easy listening" circuit for the best part of...

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Saturday Snippet: A (very) young man goes to sea

John D. Widden was a sailor in the 19th century, starting at the most tender of ages in 1834 and retiring as a ship's captain in 1870....

Friday, September 22, 2023

"The Cluster B society"

That's what Christopher Rufo calls our present dysfunctional arrangement in America. He writes : You’re not imagining that the world...

If you use a period in your email address, be warned...

... it may be a security risk. By that, I mean an email address like "Firstname.Lastname@ISP.com", with a period in the prefix ...

When special snowflakes fight over who's more special

I had to laugh at this report from San Francisco. A group of demonstrators protested outside the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco's Fina...

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Following on from yesterday's article about the sexual revolution...

... here are two items of interest. Both deal with sensitive issues, and may be offensive to some readers, so I suggest you don't rea...

Perhaps the most over-the-top fight sequence I've ever seen

It's from the Indian movie " Baahubali 2: The Conclusion ", which has an incredibly convoluted plot that I won't attempt...

Pretty much

Found on MeWe. Click the image for a larger view. That gets it said. I suggest posting that picture in the teachers' lounge of every ...

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Rust in peace???

I'm reminded of the meeting between Josey Wales and Ten Bears in the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales". The Comanche chief tol...

"Body Count": the sexual revolution and the decay in meaningful relationships

I recently read an article in The Atlantic titled "Nobody Should Care About a Woman’s ‘Body Count’". The original is paywalled...

Azerbaijan vs Armenia: Here we go again - with a nasty twist in the tail

Looks like hostilities have erupted once again between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the former the aggressor (this time) and the latter the def...

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Bear heaven?

Alaskan wildlife reminds me very much of African wildlife - they do as they please , and don't give a damn if you don't like it! A...

The illegal alien invasion is destroying our country - deliberately

It's becoming more and more clear that the mass illegal migration across our southern border is being deliberately engineered to destr...

Get woke, go manatee???

I had to laugh at this headline at the Babylon Bee. It stems from a controversy over Dove's hiring of a Black Lives Matter activist as...

Monday, September 18, 2023

Some rules for commenting on this blog

I'm getting more and more comments here that I'm having to delete, rather than publish, because of several problems. Some directly...

Illegal aliens stoke xenophobia in Africa - and America

I was aware of a strong undercurrent of xenophobia in South Africa during my years there. I think part of it was due to strong tribal id...

Memes that made me laugh 177

Gathered around the Internet over the past week. Click any image for a larger view.

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Sunday morning music

It's time for something completely different. Instead of focusing on a particular composer, or piece of music, or genre, let's lo...

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