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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.

Underdog of the Week, Paul Thorn

Quote of the Day: “The song says ‘Hank Williams was in the darkness when he sang I Saw the Light. I believe there’s good in everyone, I hope I’m doing this right’,” Thorn reflects. “I was talking to somebody the … Continue reading

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It’s Time

Quote of the Day: “Time is but the stream I go a fishin’ in.     Henry David Thoreau The universe, as in the royal universe, the editorial….it speaks to me sometimes in theme, and when it does, TB passes the theme … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III, Week 2

Quote of the Week: “ok I think that last post just earned me quote of the week.”     –BW Buzz It’s been a hard week here at the looms of the TBU. TB’s Mac is laid up with an early season … Continue reading

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Does America Still Love an Underdog?

Quote of the Day: “If there’s one cultural quality we have, it’s that we always see ourselves as an underdog.” –Bill Gates When better to pose the question above? TB’s been thinking of a new feature, “Underdog of the Week.” … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III (The Return of Thursday Pickin’)

Quote of the Day: “For those about to rock, we salute you.” –AC/DC Thursday Pickin’ is back. In the grand tradition of the great handicappers–Jimmy the Greek, Leonard Postosis, and of course Waldo–TB is here to help you get rich. … Continue reading

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Revelations

Quote of the Day: “Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. “In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and … Continue reading

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Roll Call

Quote of the Day: “After this had the king a large meeting, and very deep consultation with his council, about this land; how it was occupied, and by what sort of men.”     –Anglo Saxon Chronicle, on the order … Continue reading

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Alchemy Or Miracle? Why Isn’t This Bigger News?

Quote of the Day: “Do you believe in miracles?” –sportscaster Al Michaels An article in the Clarion Ledger newspaper on August 27, 2010, got TB’s attention and I can’t quite figure out why it hasn’t gotten press on a national … Continue reading

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Who Is the Craziest

Quote of the Day: “Where’s the church? Who took the steeple? Religion’s in the hands of some crazy-ass people.” –Jimmy Buffett Religion is dominating the news these days to an extent I have never seen. One in four Americans believes … Continue reading

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Chicago Diary

Quote of the Day: “Now one and one is two, two and two is four I’m heavy loaded baby, I’m booked, I gotta go Cryin’ baby, honey don’t you want to go? Back to the land of California1, to my … Continue reading

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