Category Archives: Life

Peaking too Soon

Posted on April 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      Wrigley: Who are you looking for?  Miles Massey: Tenzing Norgay.  Wrigley: Tenzing Norgay? That’s someone she slept with?  Miles Massey: I doubt it. Tenzing Norgay was the Sherpa that helped Edmund Hillary climb Mt. Everest.  … Continue reading →

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Trainstopping (the train story)

Posted on April 2, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”     –Abraham Lincoln TB was scheduled to pitch the next day; morning really, ten a.m. But it … Continue reading →

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Times Are Tough; Be Prepared

Posted on March 30, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      “When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em “Certainly I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it.”     —Teddy Roosevelt One of the risks of having … Continue reading →

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TB Responds to Outrageous Accusation, and Other Selected Moments

Posted on March 24, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      “Don’t tread on me.”     Early American motto appearing on the Gadsden Rattlesnake flag The keystone of TB’s entire philosophy on life, the universe and everything (to borrow a phrase) is that I … Continue reading →

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The Proud Larry’s Story

Posted on March 23, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      Could Man Be Drunk Forever       Could man be drunk for ever  With liquor, love, or fights,  Lief should I rouse at morning  And lief lie down of nights.   But men at … Continue reading →

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The Zen of Elle

Posted on March 9, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.”     —Buddha Some things we can learn from a two year old: … Continue reading →

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Staring Blankly Into That Good Night

Posted on March 3, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.”     –W.H. Davies, from Leisure I read today that fiscally conservative Republican United States Senators Thad Cochran and Roger … Continue reading →

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An Old School Road Trip

Posted on March 2, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”     –Lao Tzu It is really amazing all the good a road trip can do. TB and the gang took … Continue reading →

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Apologia of Pandora

Posted on February 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Well, then, I will make my defence, and I will endeavor in the short time which is allowed to do away with this evil opinion of me which you have held for such a long time; and … Continue reading →

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Spring Fever……catch it!

Posted on February 23, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “It’s spring fever….you don’t know quite what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”     –Mark Twain It seems like everyone I know … Continue reading →

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