Category Archives: current events

The Imperfect Game

Posted on June 3, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Baseball fits America well because it expresses our longing for the rule of law while licensing our resentment of law givers.” –A. Bartlett Giametti Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers pitched one of the twenty-one greatest … Continue reading →

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Buy The Farm?

Posted on May 26, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Ohhh, Moma. Could this really be the end?” –Bob Dylan, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again The Oilpocalypse is upon us. War rages in Afghanistan. Terrorism and piracy fester and threaten. Hurricane season … Continue reading →

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Prepare Our Feeble Minds…

Posted on May 20, 2010 by travellinbaen

….For they are about to be b-lownnn. (You need to channel the voice of Jack Black while reading that title, fyi). Quote of the Day: Researchers were also able to maintain the fidelity of the long-distance teleportation at 89 percent— … Continue reading →

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BP, Money, and Gross Negligence

Posted on May 17, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “What did we do to deserve this?” BP CEO Tony Hayward If you haven’t seen the CBS 60 Minutes report and you care about the Gulf of Mexico, take the time to watch now. I know … Continue reading →

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School’s Almost Out

Posted on May 11, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Why don’t you say something righteous, and hopeful, for a change?” –Oddball It’s a strange thing. TB hasn’t been in school for almost fifteen years. The Little Scamp won’t start for a few months more. It … Continue reading →

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A Cinco de Mayo Tribute to France

Posted on May 5, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “History is a set of lies agreed upon.” Napoleon Bonaparte TB has diligently research-i-pedia’d the history of Cinco de Mayo today in order to enlighten and entertain myself and hopefully those of you travellin’ through the … Continue reading →

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Visual Poetry

Posted on May 3, 2010 by travellinbaen

Bonus Quote of the Day: “He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.” –Jonathan Swift Friend and frequent yet invisible citizen of the TBU “Little Boy” met up with TB at the tail end of Jazz Fest this … Continue reading →

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Sharks!

Posted on May 3, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “The sea is the sea. The old man is the old man. The boy is the boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks, no better or no worse.” –Ernest Hemingway TB’s … Continue reading →

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The Oil Spill

Posted on April 30, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” –John D. Rockefeller TB knows some of y’all have been waiting for this. Yes, I’m outraged. And now is where I launch into my anti-oil industry, … Continue reading →

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Always Looking For Answers

Posted on April 26, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you…they’re a little away from you.” –Barry Hannah TB doesn’t know why. And that’s the problem I suppose. So I keep looking. … Continue reading →

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