Monthly Archives: June 2008

Pot Luck

Posted on June 17, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “The best way to forget one’s self is to look at the world with attention and love.”     Red Auerbach The Boston Celtics are just a few minutes away from becoming NBA … Continue reading →

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Things Learned From Dad….of slightly lesser import

Posted on June 15, 2008 by travellinbaen

When you’re on vacation, ice cream joints are a good place to go for supper. Always get the end seat on the pew at church–then you can slump back, and to the left. The words “reckon”, “bursitis”, and the phrase … Continue reading →

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Blonde Joke

Posted on June 13, 2008 by travellinbaen

A blonde just texted me and asked, “What does IDK stand for?” I said, “I don’t know.” She replied, “OMG, nobody does!” Thanks to Jessie Lou McFaul for this submission.  I promised to publish it today.  Keep singing and writing … Continue reading →

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Things that Piss Me Off

Posted on June 13, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:    “Be not disturbed at trifles, or accidents common or unavoidable.”   — Benjamin Franklin It’s Friday afternoon, and I feel great.  But this was a week in which I found myself disproportionately angry about several … Continue reading →

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Road trippin through Arkansas

Posted on June 12, 2008 by travellinbaen

I had to go out of town for a few days and drove through the southern Mississippi Delta and eastern Arkansas in route to Little Rock.  Little Rock seems like a really cool town–definitely nicer than any city in Mississippi. … Continue reading →

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Easiest, Most Overpaid Job in the World

Posted on June 8, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The easiest job in the world is the drummer in a country band.”   –Supercynic http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/07/alabama.drummer.ap/index.html I linked this on the page for posterity and in case what is above doesn’t work right.  The … Continue reading →

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Multi-tasking, or How to Make Issue Worlds Collide

Posted on June 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Advice for Obama, continued…. Groceries and prison overcrowding:  they go together like peas and a box of chocolates.  Stay with me.  People hate high cereal prices and they hate crime.  Bonus hatred for illegal immigrants.  We are going to set up a program to provide … Continue reading →

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Travellinbaen’s Political Consulting Service

Posted on June 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:       “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.  The credit belongs to the … Continue reading →

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Free Advice for Obama

Posted on June 4, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “A lot of people like that re-form. Maybe we should get us some.”  —Junior to Pappy O’Daniel, O’ Brother Where Art Thou It’s an historic moment in time for Barack Obama, and really for … Continue reading →

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Class Reunion

Posted on June 3, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day:   “Ah, how good it feels!  The hand of an old friend.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow                                     ” Friendship is unnecesary, like philosopy, … Continue reading →

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