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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.

For the Eighth Rant of Christmas, TB Gave to Me….

Quote of the Day: “Gluttony is not a secret vice.” –Orson Welles ….EIGHT pounds a’gainin’. 9 pm. Arrive at Moma’s. 9:15 pm. Chocolate pie. 7 am. Juice, cinnamon blintzes…..Cinnamon blintzes, are you kidding? 8:30 am. The usual. Biscuits, scrambled egg … Continue reading

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For the Seventh Rant of Xmas, TB Gave to Me….

Quote of the Day: “I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men … Continue reading

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For the Sixth Rant of Christmas, TB Gave to Me….

Quote of the Day: “Unbelievable. I do the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for these people and they freak-out. Well happy birthday Jesus, sorry your party’s so lame.” –Michael Scott (The Office) SIX Christmas Parties. Doesn’t anyone have better … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ III, Regular Season Wrap Up

Quote of the Week: Is it due to your sub par performance that we all must suffer? –Zeek It’s hard to believe another season of Thursday Pickin’ has come and gone. On second thought, it’s actually not hard to believe. … Continue reading

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For the Fifth Rant of Christmas, TB Gave to Me….

Quote of the Day: If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.     —JRR Tolkien ….FIVE. GOLD. ADS. (Before continuing, please be advised the following was written and … Continue reading

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For the Fourth Rant of Christmas, TB Gave to Me….

Quote of the Day: “We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns.” –Shakespeare, Henry IV …..FOUR freakin’ stitches. In the face. The second time this year. The Little Scamp is a pretty well-coordinated kid. But when she falls, by God … Continue reading

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For The Third and Second Rants of Christmas, TB Gave to Me…

Quote of the Day: “Batteries Not Included”     –ubiquitous ……THREE triple AAA’s. Are you kidding me? What’s wrong with good old-fashioned all-American AA’s, two or four at a time no matter the product? What is this, some kind of … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III,Week 14 (Friday edition)

Quotes of the Fortnight: “Just stalking.”     —Harmony “Looks like a dominating performance by the TB pickers.” –Sweet Well, another season of Thursday Pickin’ is almost in the books. It’s been a year to forget for ol’ TB, but … Continue reading

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On The First Rant of Christmas, TB Gave To Me….

Quote of the Day: “Bah! Humbug!”     –Ebenezer Scrooge ….a lounge in the mall ain’t no lounge….. Even if its at Saks. Listen up you little panty-waisted-skinny-jean-sportin-no-rimmed– glasses–wearin’ interior decorators…..I’ve had a long day walkin’ through your overly decorated … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III, Week XIII

Quote of the Week: “I’m late, but I’m not hungover any more. It was Third Week.” –Harmony “The truth is out there.” –Sweet Ok, it’s not only Thanksgiving Day, but the last week of the regular season of Thursday Pickin’. … Continue reading

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