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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.

Always Looking For Answers

Posted on April 26, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you…they’re a little away from you.” –Barry Hannah TB doesn’t know why. And that’s the problem I suppose. So I keep looking. … Continue reading →

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Did Bill Maher Read TB Yesterday?….

Posted on April 24, 2010 by travellinbaen

Doubtful, but here he is from last night, April 23, 2010, making my chief point on American budget deficits, but a lot funnier. Unless you hate him. But even if you do, he makes a great point. And despite the … Continue reading →

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Hag, the Russians, and a Spot of Tea

Posted on April 22, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: The video ain’t much, but it’s a new release so I was happy to find this tune at all. Haggard’s still got it friends. I’ve been wondering when a musician would capture a sense of the … Continue reading →

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TB Goes to Southern Illinois….Really

Posted on April 19, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: ” Live as one of them, Kal-El, to discover where your strength and your power are needed. Always hold in your heart the pride of your special heritage. They can be a great people, Kal-El, if they … Continue reading →

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Clyde

Posted on April 15, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, to celebrate the good days.” Egyptian Proverb For some reason today TB got to thinkin’ back to my law school days, specifically … Continue reading →

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Deep Thoughts

Posted on April 14, 2010 by travellinbaen

It is an inviolable principle of Philosobaenism that rules are meant to be broken. I think “Dress Barn” is probably the worst name for a retail shop of all time. Yet they are ubiquitous. Honorable Mention to “Dry Creek Water … Continue reading →

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TB’s Anti-Dentite Manifesto

Posted on April 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Some tortures are physical, and some are mental, But the one that is both, is dental.” –Ogden Nash I hate those kitten posters tacked by the window or even worse on the ceiling that say things … Continue reading →

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The Butler (Bulldogs) Didn’t Do It

Posted on April 6, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”     —Napoleon Bonaparte Southerners more than any other group of Americans know how to take pride in glorious, gallant defeat. We have … Continue reading →

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The Man With The Golden Watch

Posted on April 2, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. –Ralph Waldo Emerson The early spring weather is so perfect right now, except for the unbearable pollen. I was … Continue reading →

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