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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.

The Day the 240Z Died (and almost took TB with it)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by travellinbaen

We decided during the first few minutes of “Cheers”, I imagine, that it was a good night to go to Mack’s Supper Club. It was not a particularly difficult decision, nor hotly debated, just one of those where somebody might’ve … Continue reading →

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Saturday Football Thread

Posted on October 10, 2009 by travellinbaen

TB’s in Oxford where the Bama-Ole Miss game will be played this afternoon. My Bullies play at 11 30 so I’m gonna try and watch as much of that debacle as I can while getting in a bit of tailgaiting. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin Week 6 Season II

Posted on October 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I think I came in a little hot.” –Fig E, describing his recent encounter with Baseball Legend Eddie Murray Last week’s Thursday Pickin was impressive. This week, even better. If any of you are in Vegas, … Continue reading →

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Goin Ridin

Posted on October 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Buy the ticket. Take the ride.” –Hunter S. Thompson It’s 77 and sunny today in Ridgeland, the kind of day that usually makes TB want to be outside fishing, hiking, biking or the like. But today … Continue reading →

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Reinventing Football With Modern Day Politicos

Posted on October 5, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think its important. –Eugene McCarthy What drives TB batty about political discourse is … Continue reading →

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Saturday Football Open Thread

Posted on October 3, 2009 by travellinbaen

TB’s watching Clemson-Maryland, Bama-UK and Wisc-Minn right now. Need to win early to make the late games fun. I do hate pulling for Bama, but they need to roll. Clemson just scored to go up 9-0 pending PAT, and Wisc … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin Season II, Week 5

Posted on October 1, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day: All of these gems appeared in last week’s Thursday Pickin commentary, and deserve to be honored by seeing them once again. “I have often felt that if we could track those LSU fans down and just … Continue reading →

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100 Reasons Why College Football Rules (60-41)

Posted on September 30, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Wrap it in maroon and white.” –Jack Cristil 60.  Desmond Howard strikin the Heisman pose 59.  The Option 58.  Howard’s Rock 57.  The Ramblin Wreck 56.  Joe Paterno coached against Bear Bryant who coached against Bud … Continue reading →

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The National Parks

Posted on September 29, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “The mountains are calling and I must go.” –John Muir TB has been looking forward to Ken Burns’ series on the National Parks ever since hearing of it several months ago. I didn’t really know what … Continue reading →

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Saturday Football Open Thread

Posted on September 26, 2009 by travellinbaen

Anybody watching the Tube today? I’m sitting here with my ESPN360 feed and flipping back and forth between State-LSU and Southern Miss-Kansas during the commercials. If you get online, just consider this a virtual Del Norte Circle gameday experience. Less … Continue reading →

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