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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.

Road trippin through Arkansas

Posted on June 12, 2008 by travellinbaen

I had to go out of town for a few days and drove through the southern Mississippi Delta and eastern Arkansas in route to Little Rock.  Little Rock seems like a really cool town–definitely nicer than any city in Mississippi. … Continue reading →

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Easiest, Most Overpaid Job in the World

Posted on June 8, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The easiest job in the world is the drummer in a country band.”   –Supercynic http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/07/alabama.drummer.ap/index.html I linked this on the page for posterity and in case what is above doesn’t work right.  The … Continue reading →

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Multi-tasking, or How to Make Issue Worlds Collide

Posted on June 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Advice for Obama, continued…. Groceries and prison overcrowding:  they go together like peas and a box of chocolates.  Stay with me.  People hate high cereal prices and they hate crime.  Bonus hatred for illegal immigrants.  We are going to set up a program to provide … Continue reading →

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Travellinbaen’s Political Consulting Service

Posted on June 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:       “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.  The credit belongs to the … Continue reading →

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Free Advice for Obama

Posted on June 4, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “A lot of people like that re-form. Maybe we should get us some.”  —Junior to Pappy O’Daniel, O’ Brother Where Art Thou It’s an historic moment in time for Barack Obama, and really for … Continue reading →

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Class Reunion

Posted on June 3, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day:   “Ah, how good it feels!  The hand of an old friend.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow                                     ” Friendship is unnecesary, like philosopy, … Continue reading →

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Scott McClellan, the DNC, and John Adams

Posted on June 2, 2008 by travellinbaen

It’s been big news over the last week or so that former Bush mouthpiece Scott McClellan wrote a book including passages about the Administration’s propaganda and falsehood campaign with respect to creating support for the Iraq war, and other important … Continue reading →

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Sittinathomebaen

Posted on May 31, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness   –Mark Twain It’s Saturday.  I actually went outside and cleaned up a bit on the patio and in the yard.  Sadly, only one with the most … Continue reading →

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A song I heard today

Posted on May 30, 2008 by travellinbaen

I am the farthest thing from “edgy” in any constellation of the universe of American pop culture.  I do listen to Channel 12, Cross-Country on XM, and though I have lobbied virtually everyone I have met for the last three … Continue reading →

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A good day

Posted on May 29, 2008 by travellinbaen

I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, but for some reason, today seemed like the day to start.  The number one reason for my procrastination has been a conviction that I will let this blog sit in the garage, … Continue reading →

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