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About travellinbaen

I'm a 40 year old lawyer living in Ridgeland, Mississippi. I'm several years and a couple hundred miles removed from most of my old running buddies so I started the blog to provide an outlet for many of the observations and ideas that used to be the subjects of our late night/happy hour/halftime conversations and arguments.

Gone

Posted on July 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading. –Babe Ruth The boy stood in … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day From Oxford

Posted on July 3, 2010 by travellinbaen

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Rockin Out Old School

Posted on July 2, 2010 by travellinbaen

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Guns, Pigeonholes and Intellectual Honesty

Posted on June 29, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “It is the spirit, and not the form of  law that keeps justice alive.” –Earl Warren An interesting opinion was handed down yesterday by the United States Supreme Court. By a 5-4 margin, broken down along … Continue reading →

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You’re Damn Right, I’m Pissed

Posted on June 28, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at closing of  day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”     —Dylan Thomas About six weeks ago TB woke … Continue reading →

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Sorry

Posted on June 23, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: The eminent statesman, Joe Barton, speaking the truth as he sees it, indeed the truth of how 99% of the GOP sees it as well as probably half of the Democratic Party, has reminded us all … Continue reading →

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Goin Down t’the Crossroads

Posted on June 18, 2010 by travellinbaen

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Still Shackin Up

Posted on June 18, 2010 by travellinbaen

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Shackin Up Tonight

Posted on June 18, 2010 by travellinbaen

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Game 7

Posted on June 18, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.” –Red Auerbach Begrudging congrats to the Lakers. That was a helluva game last night. Ugly, but great. Those dudes on both teams were playing about … Continue reading →

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