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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.

Do The Wrong Thing

Posted on July 13, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Sometimes you gotta say “what the f*%#” ” –Tom Cruise as Joel Goodman, Risky Business TB thinks its important on Sunday mornings to take my little girl to church. I also think its important to travel. … Continue reading →

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The First Annual Q and Z July Football Extravaganza Post

Posted on July 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day: “uggggggghhhhhh”     —Quail “Blank Stare” –Zeek –board/bored comments from sports fans and longtime friends of the blog on July 1, 2009 Did anybody besides TB find last week’s poll results interesting? Discounting the anomaly that … Continue reading →

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A Conversation in Little Rock

Posted on July 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “When people wear shoes that don’t fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.” –Billy Bob Thornton, probably my favorite Arkansan After leaving Hot Springs, TB and … Continue reading →

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TB Goes to Hot Springs

Posted on July 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anitidae on our hands.” –Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s … Continue reading →

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Don’t Tread on Me and Other Reflections on Independence Day

Posted on July 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which … Continue reading →

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Who Are You People Anyway?

Posted on July 1, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.” –Vice President Dan Quayle TB is loadin up the truck and gettin ready to head out for the long 4th of July … Continue reading →

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The Dude, The Duke and The Dupe

Posted on June 30, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.” John Wayne Today, I offer you the opportunity to sit in on a roundtable discussion among three of the greatest characters in all of fiction (and the realm … Continue reading →

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BS and The Art of Humor (the blank stare project, part I)

Posted on June 29, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.” –W.H. Davies, the official Travellinbaen blank stare QOTD Anyone who’s been around the blog for a few days knows of … Continue reading →

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A Haiku, A Limerick, Free Verse and Some Couplets (With TDW’s Randoms)

Posted on June 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “There is poetry as soon as we realize we possess nothing.”     —John Cage, 20th century American composer The Daily Wit, fresh off his resounding blog success as a result of the 15 random words … Continue reading →

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TB’s Exclusive Interview Series–Ben Franklin

Posted on June 24, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “No one can replace him Sir; I am only his successor.” Thomas Jefferson, in 1785 in response to a query from Msr. Vergennes, the French foreign minister, as to he being Dr. Franklin’s replacement As is … Continue reading →

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