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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.

A Little CCR for Thursday

Posted on January 22, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.”     –Waylon Jennings Here’s a good tune to get you ready for the weekend. I’m sending out a long distance … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 20, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.”     –former President George W. Bush (blank stare) Barack Obama was sworn in as President of … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Jim Plunkett Tonight

Posted on January 19, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day   “Dan Patrick: What are you playing for now? Kurt Warner: I’m playing because I still love the game. And I’m really playing for another chance at a championship. Editor’s Note–This exchange was from an interview on Dan Patrick’s … Continue reading →

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Commonwealth of Massachussetts vs Roy Smith vs The Boston Strangler

Posted on January 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of  facts and evidence.”     —John Adams, from his Argument in … Continue reading →

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Cross Country, the Suck Stops Here

Posted on January 15, 2009 by travellinbaen

I miss Cross Country XM 12. Sirius Outlaw Country is ok, and I’m developing a taste for Elizabeth Cook’s morning show, but it just ain’t the same. There won’t be too much Thursday pickin for awhile, but I’m pretty much … Continue reading →

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Russian Spy Predicts US Civil War in 2010–TB Reacts

Posted on January 13, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “American will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”        –Abraham Lincoln Editor’s note–Click here for a link to … Continue reading →

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A Hillbilly Ski Trip Conversation

Posted on January 9, 2009 by travellinbaen

TB was in (on?) Beech Mountain over New Year’s, as you already know if you follow the blog. As always, I was on the lookout for a conversation worth recapturing in print. On our last evening, FlyinJ and I ordered … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Skiin’ in North Carolina

Posted on January 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Is that banjo music I hear?”     –ubiquitous Appalachian T-shirt slogan Our mantra for weeks was “this is NOT a ski trip.” It was a trip to a mutually accessible area to spend the holidays with family. … Continue reading →

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Radicalbaen’s NCAA Football Proposal

Posted on January 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.”     –Mark Twain Consider this my application to become … Continue reading →

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Now, More Than Ever, We Need Change

Posted on January 5, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I think a change (a change) would do you good.”     –Sheryl Crow There is no question that 2008 was the greatest year the blog has ever known from both a financial and an … Continue reading →

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