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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.

The Worst Egg Bowl Ever

Quote of the Day: “Waitus  tilia nextus anno domini caninus.” –official motto of The Mississippi State University (Sighhhhh…..) So many choices……. 1983, the wind blown kick. 1981 when the zebras stole one from us on a bogus pass interference in … Continue reading

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The Greatest Egg Bowl Ever

Quote of the Day: “And the Dawg Pound Rocks!”     Mike Tirico, ESPN play-by-play man 1999. It had been a long century for TB and all the Mississippi State Bulldog faithful. Scott Field, built over a suspected major ancient … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III, Week 12

Quote of the Week: “BW Buzz….talked with Huck?….Oh Baby……..(i would still carry Spurrier’s child in m descending colon if the Ol Ball Coach asked me to)” –Fig E It’s the Third Week edition of Thursday Pickin’ and so even a … Continue reading

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The (Third) Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Arguably)

Quote of the Day: “For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.” –Douglas Adams, patron Saint of the TBU, who I like to believe, would truly appreciate the sensible randomness of Third Week … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III, Week Eleven

Quote of the Week: “What the hell is MD ranting about?” –SmilyJ Let’s get the bad news out of the way fast. TB lost my POTW. I’m now 4-6 on the year and have to win out to remain bowl … Continue reading

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The Cam Newton Debacle

Quote of the Day: “It’s Auburn.” –Cecil Newton Rumors that Cam Newton, or rather his father Cecil Newton, received $200,000.00 to play football at Auburn have been swirling since December of 2009. As anyone who follows college football knows, the … Continue reading

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Douglas Adams May Be The Funniest Person of All Time

Quote of the Day: “A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” –William James TB’s going through another little bout of blog-block, and this is something you should be very thankful for. For today I reprint in its entirety … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III, Week 10

Quote of the Week: “On Thursday Pickin’ days, my children awake to find gifts under the TB tree.” –The Daily Wit I can’t think of a clever intro this week, feeling a little empty, so just stare blankly into this … Continue reading

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American Democracy in Action (a conversation)

Quote of the Day: As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will … Continue reading

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Rebel Black Bear

Under the entrance to Jellystone, errr Walk o Champions – Posted using MobyPicture.com

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