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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.

Why It’s Great to Be a Mississippi State Bulldog Fan…..today

Quote of the Day:    (click below, courtesy of Six Pack Speak) Jack Cristil, \”Wrap it in maroon and white!\” TB can describe in tearjerking comical detail the pain and misery that is the life of the Mississippi State Bulldog … Continue reading

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Gotta Get This Blog Back in Gear

Quote of the Day:     “I’m tired. I’ll get to it tomorrow.”     –Travellinbaen, after getting home from Atlanta TB’s been a little off my game lately. I’ve had a couple of posts I liked–I’m still cracking myself up … Continue reading

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Radicalbaen’s Ides Of March Salute to Brutus and His Progeny

Quote of the Day:     “A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March.”     –Brutus, to Julius Caesar, in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare As everyone knows, Brutus answered Caesar’s last words in the affirmative as he dealt the final and … Continue reading

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A Conversation About the U.S-Chinese Navy Encounter Earlier Today

Quote of the Day:      The Geek: You know, I’m getting input here that I’m reading as relatively hostile.  Samantha: Go to hell.  The Geek: VERY hostile.  —Sixteen Candles Click here for Link to News Report It seems there was … Continue reading

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The Zen of Elle

Quote of the Day:     “Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.”     —Buddha Some things we can learn from a two year old: … Continue reading

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A Virtual World Series of Pascagoula Champions

Quote of the Day:     “What if this weren’t a hypothetical question?”     –Unknown (the Great) Who wins a best of seven series between the 1983 Pascagoula Panthers Mississippi State Baseball Champs and the 1996 Panther Baseball Champs? … Continue reading

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Staring Blankly Into That Good Night

Quote of the Day:     “A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.”     –W.H. Davies, from Leisure I read today that fiscally conservative Republican United States Senators Thad Cochran and Roger … Continue reading

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An Old School Road Trip

Quote of the Day:     “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”     –Lao Tzu It is really amazing all the good a road trip can do. TB and the gang took … Continue reading

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Visit the Hall of Fame

I launched the new site today with bios on 4 of our inductees. I’ll get the rest up over the next few weeks. See the link on this page or go to http://www.jacksoncountysports.wordpress.com It’s a work in progress. Please comment … Continue reading

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Apologia of Pandora

Quote of the Day:     “Well, then, I will make my defence, and I will endeavor in the short time which is allowed to do away with this evil opinion of me which you have held for such a long time; and … Continue reading

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