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Author Archives: travellinbaen
To Maine
Quote of the Day: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came … Continue reading
Thursday Pickin–Season Two, vol 1, (jackson 5, nikki 6)
Quote of the Day: “I ain’t here to give my opinion because I think I’m smarter than anybody else. I’m here to give my opinion because it rhymes.” –Todd Snider Before we start with the 2009 college football season, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sports
Tagged College Football, don't gamble its illegal unless your in Vegas, football, gambling, Good Tunes, Music, NCAA, SEC Football, Sports, Thursday Pickin
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Football Season At Last
Quote of the Day: “Time, as we age, is often damaging. But this was one of the Lord’s good days, resting for me forever in a kind of somnolent tenderness. I was thirteen and it was a golden, luminous November’s … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Sports
Tagged childhood, College Football, football, memory, Mississippi State, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NCAA, New Orleans Saints, NFL, SEC Football, Senior Bowl, Sports, Willie Morris
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Friday Questions–Presidential Edition
Quote of the Day: “It is better to be quotable than to be honest.” –Tom Stoppard I thought for this weekend’s questions I’d give you readers a break and let TB address some of those I’ve asked lately to the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged Blank Stares, conversations, Franklin Roosevelt, funny, Humor, President, questions, Ronald Reagan
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Can’t. Focus. (But Thursday Pickin Starts in One Week!)
Quote of the Day: “Umpires would be natural Republicans–dead to human feelings.” –George Will, from Men at Work (1990) TB stopped yesterday at the gas station to satisfy a craving for Hostess cupcakes. Nothing else would do. After I wolfishly … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Food, Humor, Life
Tagged baseball, color blindness, Dan Patrick, Food, funny, Humor, John McEnroe, naked gun, processed food, Skittles, Sports, umpires
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Birth. School. Work. Work. Work. Death
Quote of the Day: “Labor is prior to, and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the … Continue reading
Unrelated and Incomplete Things Pondered
Quote of the Day: “I’m a limousine ridin, jet flyin, kiss stealin, wheelin dealin son of a gun. Whooooo!” Ric Flair Did you know under the Obama administration if you and your spouse die the GOVERNMENT can decide who raises … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Philosobaen, Sports
Tagged Brett Favre, Democrats, football, FOX, living will, Michael Vick, NFL, President Obama, rasslin, Republicans, Sports, Ten Cent Analysis, track and field, Usain Bolt, will
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6 Questions That Go Well With Beer
Quote of the Weekend: “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but its better to be thoroughly sure.” –Czech proverb What aspect of American culture could you least live without–Professional and NCAA spectator sports, the Internet, Up … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life
Tagged beer, best African American comedians, cold beer, cool, Cracker, Good Tunes, questions
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Skeletons in the Closet
Quote of the Day: “I like boring things.” —Andy Warhol TB got a big kick out of this article yesterday about Andy Warhol and his accumulation of junk, the highlight of which is a signed nude poster of … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life
Tagged accumulator, Andy Warhol, don't pigeonhole me, funny, George Carlin, Humor, reruns, Steve Martin, stuff, Travellinbaen
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Ignorance, Tyranny and Health Insurance
Quote of the Day: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” –Act IV, Henry VI, William Shakespeare Today’s QOTD is TB’s all time favorite widely misunderstood quotation. The line was written not in commentary of lawyers filing … Continue reading
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