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, November 11, 2024

A fitting award for this Veterans Day

Whether we celebrate Veterans Day in the USA, or Armistice Day in most of the rest of the world, it's still an occasion to remember th...

Memes that made me laugh 235

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

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Sunday morning music

Here's an old favorite. Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake has become a staple of the concert and ballet repertoire, and is probably ...

Friday, November 8, 2024

"Ok, so we won, but when do we start building the camps?"

Carpe Donktum asks that question in a very funny thread on Twitter. Here's his original post, and some of the responses. There are m...

How drones/UAV's are changing the economics of warfare

Trent Telenko has an excellent thread discussing this subject, complete with plenty of images, links to other sources, and supporting mat...

Poor monkeys!

I had to laugh at this report from the BBC. Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infini...

Thursday, November 7, 2024

That's what happens when you rely on politically correct bureaucrats

Looks like Britain's Meteorological Office has been lying to the public . Shocking evidence has emerged that points to the U.K. Met O...

Not your average vegetarian dessert...

From ReverendAlan on Gab : Here is a picture of my latest Banana Bread loaf. I subbed ground beef for the banana. It won't surprise yo...

It's time to plan the prosecutions

Now that President Trump has been elected the next President of the United States, it's time to acknowledge the reality of the situati...

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Too soon?

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Are our brightest and best no more than mollycoddled pet monkeys?

I was mind-boggled to read about two universities' preparations to "help" their students on Election Day. Georgetown Univer...

Stand by for a very precarious two and a half months

As I write these words, at about 4.30AM on Wednesday morning, it looks as if President Trump has won a second term in office. He's wo...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Food for thought - but perhaps not digestion?

I've been enjoying two articles at the Telegraph in London, UK over a transatlantic food fight. First, Simon Parker wrote: " My ...

Making terrorism pay a handsome dividend

It seems that Houthi terrorists, backed by Iran, are making massive profits out of their blockade of the Bab-el-Mandeb and the sea areas...

A heartwarming animal saga

On a day when everybody's going to be blathering on about elections and voting and partisanship, I figured we could all do with someth...

Monday, November 4, 2024

German raccoon sausage???

I was intrigued to learn that first, Germany is being overrun with raccoons brought over there from America a century ago: and second, th...

Memes that made me laugh 234

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

Sunday, November 3, 2024

Sunday morning music

I've never been into so-called "techno" electronic dance music , and I'm unfamiliar with most of the artists and hits in...

Friday, November 1, 2024

No blogging today

We have to go down to the Metroplex (DFW), which is a five-hour return trip plus time spent down there. It won't leave any time for b...

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Blood tests on Halloween. Am I a glutton for punishment, or what?

I've just returned home after a long-drawn-out blood and urine test routine, in preparation for my kidney procedure on November 13th. ...

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