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Category Archives: Books
Travellinbaen Travellin’ Agaen
Quote of the Day: What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. —Gabriel Garcia Marquez It seems to lean the direction of gluttony to be packin’ up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Travel
Tagged Bermuda, Bermuda photos, Books, Chicago, Gabriel García Márquez, gypsy, Melquiades, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Oprah, Sweet, Travel
6 Comments
Malady of Reverie
Quote of the Day: “There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make us almost enamoured of death, or one of those nights of horror and misshapen joy, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life, Writing
Tagged bon mot, Books, Life, malady of reverie, Oscar Wilde, Philosobaen, reading, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Teddy Roosevelt Revisited
Quote of the Day: “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.” Teddy Roosevelt TB mentioned here a while back that I was reading “The Imperial Cruise” by James … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History
Tagged History, James Bradley, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise
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Huckleberry Finn, Hero
Quote of the Day: “What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. –Mark Twain TB aspires to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Books, Huckleberry Finn, intellectual honesty, literature, Mark Twain, racism, Tom Sawyer
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Wise Words For the Weekend
Sometimes writing this blog is easy. I get four or five ideas lined up and go to town for a week or two. TB is slightly ashamed to admit I get a little pleased with myself. Lately this has not … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life, Writing
Tagged good stuff said by other people, quotes, weekend wisdom, writer's block
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Dan Brown Does It Again
Quote of the Day: “It is imagination that encircles planet Earth. Mere knowledge is limited.” –Albert Einstein TB loves Dan Brown’s books because they blow my mind. I’m a little past halfway through his latest, The Lost Symbol. Like his … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Philosobaen
Tagged ambiguity, Books, Dan Brown, mind blowing, Noetic Science, Philosobaen, philosophy, research-i-pedia, The Lost Symbol
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Mississippi in Africa
Quote of the Day: “Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.” –Liberian proverb TB finally got around to reading my friend-in-law Alan Huffman’s book Mississippi in Africa, and I’m glad I did. The title … Continue reading
On the Road
Quote of the Day “I had nothing to offer anyone except my own confusion.” –Jack Kerouac Somebody who sticks the word “travellin” on his name, to say nothing of a person who sets out to be well … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged asshole runnin buddies, Books, Friends, Jack Kerouac, literature, Moriarty, Novels, On the Road, Philosobaen, Sal Paradise
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