Category Archives: Life

Missing in the Bermuda Triangle

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.”     –Douglas Adams On TB’s tombstone they will etch, “Here lies TB. Raconteur. Gadabout. Free thinker. Ne’er-do-well. … Continue reading →

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In Search Of…..

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “You know whats going on in that Bermuda Triangle? Down in the Bermuda Traingle Elvis needs boats. Elvis needs boats. Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats.” –Mojo Nixon Every kid at Eastlawn Elementary … Continue reading →

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The Fantastic Mr. TB

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “Mr. Fox: [sighs] Who am I, Kylie?  Kylie: Who how? What now? Mr. Fox: Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I’m saying this more as, like, existentialism, you … Continue reading →

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Twitter is Dead (a foreshadowing)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.”     -Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-President In all the TBU, there are only … Continue reading →

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Modern Man

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “Can you help me occupy my brain?”     –Black Sabbath, Paranoid, released October, 1970 Contemplating the at once ascendant and yet deteriorating state of the world we live in and TB’s ten-twenty on the celestial spectrum … Continue reading →

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A Story About Smily, Sort Of

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “Back when I was in the Navy they paid us once a month. First weekend, Jack Daniels. Second weekend, Budweiser, man. Third weekend, Pabst Blue Ribbon. Fourth weekend, Mad Dog. Then we’d get paid again and … Continue reading →

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TB’s a Rebel, Really

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.” Jim Jarmusch, independent filmmaker (Coffee and Cigarettes and others) TB don’t wear no helmet. I am an outlaw bicycler. The other riders twitch their heads, do … Continue reading →

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A Satisfied Mind

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “How many times have you heard someone say, if I had his money I’d do things my way, But little they know it’s so hard to find, one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.” … Continue reading →

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The Soundtrack of TB’s Life (The Early Years)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “At Haggerty’s and Swami’s Pacific Palisades San Onofre and Sunset Redondo Beach, L.A. All over La Jolla At Waiamea Bay, Everybody’s gone surfin’, Surfin’ USA….” –the Beach Boys In TB’s recent plea for help in the … Continue reading →

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Jack Cristil, Voice of the Bulldogs

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Quote of the Day: “Wrap it in Maroon and White.”     —Jack Cristil, signing off on a Bulldog victory TB was five years old, maybe four, the first time I remember hearing Jack Cristil on the radio. It was … Continue reading →

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