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Author Archives: travellinbaen
Shepard Smith and the Bottom Line
Many of you know Shepherd is in my extended family by marriage. I’m eternally grateful to him for his Katrina reporting and editorializing and I think it has been moments like those–cutting through the bullshit–that have led him to overwhelming … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Politics
Tagged current events, FOX, Politics, Shep Smith, Shepard Smith, torture, torture memo
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SECESSION!
Conversation/Legend of the Day: Southern Belle (with parasol twirling, at the outset of the Civil War)–General Beauregard, do you think we can whup them yankees? General Beauregard (resplendent in grey Confederate finery)– Honey child, don’t you worry your pretty little … Continue reading
Posted in current events, History, Humor, Politics
Tagged alternative future, Blank Stares, Civil War, conversations, CSA, economics, economy, FOX, Glenn Beck, hyperbole, irony, labor, lost cause, political humor, Robert E. Lee, secession, United States
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TB, the Sucker
Quote of the Day (vol. ii): “Every crowd has a silver lining.” –P.T. Barnum When one undertakes to maintain a blog of conversation, observation and instigation, an unspoken underlying assumption must be present in the writer’s mind … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Life
Tagged Blank Stares, Charlie Brown, Food, Fresh Market, Life, Lucy, mild humor, Peanuts, Peppermint Patty, sucker
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A Spring Afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery
Quote of the Day: “On fame’s eternal resting ground their silent tents are spread, and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.” –inscription on McClellan’s Gate, Arlington National Cemetery, from “Bivouac of the Dead” … Continue reading
Travellinbaen Goes to Washington
Quote of the Day: “It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Life, Politics
Tagged Blank Stares, D'Artagnan, dueling, FOX, high speed rail, Indiana sword fight, President Obama, railroads, sword fight, taxes, tea party, teabaggin, Washington D.C.
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Master Pickin
Quote of the Day: “Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.” –Bobby Jones By special request, here is a Thursday Pickin for The Masters being played today through Sunday. If you pick Tiger Woods … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged country club, golf, Good Tunes, pickin, Picks, The Masters, Thursday Pickin, Tiger Woods
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Ben Folds Live in Mobile, Alabama
Quote of the Day: “All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.” –Louis Armstrong TB ain’t no music critic. But if I was, I’d write all about how good the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music, People
Tagged Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, concerts, Good Tunes, Music, rock music, The Bitch Went Nuts
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Peaking too Soon
Quote of the Day: Wrigley: Who are you looking for? Miles Massey: Tenzing Norgay. Wrigley: Tenzing Norgay? That’s someone she slept with? Miles Massey: I doubt it. Tenzing Norgay was the Sherpa that helped Edmund Hillary climb Mt. Everest. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philosobaen
Tagged asshole runnin buddies, class of 1988, Friends, Pascagoula, peaking too soon, Philosobaen, Tenzing Norgay
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