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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.

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Posted on August 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain’t never gonna do it any different. I don’t care who likes it and who don’t.” –Buck Owens Let … Continue reading →

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Six Travellin Questions, another Rerun

Posted on August 14, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Myths which are believed in tend to become true.” George Orwell You are going to sea for a three hour tour. Instead of returning to port you will be stranded for a year (or six seasons … Continue reading →

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You Make The Call!

Posted on August 12, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Most loathsome events become humorous tales with the passage of time.” –Jimmy Buffett, from Tales From Margaritaville It has only taken ten days. Now, finally, TB can laugh about it. After much therapy. And the arrival … Continue reading →

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F.O.M.

Posted on August 11, 2009 by travellinbaen

Oh, ye spinsters of fate, I beseech you, make the thread of the SI cover jinx long and strong in 2009. Congrats to the Rebels and their fans here in the TB universe. Now I need to go puke. I … Continue reading →

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TB Salutes John Hughes

Posted on August 11, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when the got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.” –John Hughes If you were … Continue reading →

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A Cable Company Customer Service Conversation

Posted on August 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.”     —Howard Scott, 20th century scientist/engineer Maybe the government can’t do anything right, I don’t know. What I … Continue reading →

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Six Questions, One Rerun

Posted on August 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” –Pablo Picasso Last August we were in the midst of a Presidential Election, the Olympics were going on and the TB universe was in its infancy. There … Continue reading →

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If Political Consultants Became Marriage Counselors

Posted on August 4, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one–I can’t speak for you, but I’m on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.”   … Continue reading →

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TB Writes/You Decide

Posted on August 3, 2009 by travellinbaen

You may notice a new feature on the blog that started today. Readers can now rate each post and comment on a scale of 1-5 stars. You may not get the option to rate unless you click on the post … Continue reading →

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A Gallows Humor Tribute

Posted on August 3, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow.” –Mark Twain TB finds it easy to keep a positive attitude, an essential personal attribute, maybe the most essential. That is, I find it easy … Continue reading →

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