Category Archives: Life

The Great Uniter

Posted on December 10, 2008 by travellinbaen

Is there anything to unite people of the South, at least of Mississippi, more than the prospect of snow? Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Mississippi | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

A Father-Daughter Conversation

Posted on December 8, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other.”     –Sir Francis Bacon I submit for your entertainment today, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blank Stares, Humor, Life | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

Things That Give Me a Charge (the celestial list)

Posted on December 3, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      This picture and others of the same subject can be found here. TB takes great pleasure in staring up at the night sky. I touched on this back in June in “Things That Give Me a … Continue reading →

Posted in current events, Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Christmas Season

Posted on December 2, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Ralphie as Adult: [chuckling] Ho, ho, but no matter. Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved.   —A Christmas Story TB is an unabashed fan … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Life, Philosobaen | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Travellinbaen’s High Wealth Spending Consulting Service

Posted on December 1, 2008 by travellinbaen

Over the course of Third Week and Thanksgiving Holidays, TB had occasion to observe the spending habits of some wealthy folks. What I saw was as perplexing as it was astonishing. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Life, Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Innovative Ideas

Posted on November 26, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, … Continue reading →

Posted in current events, Humor, Life, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Disconnected Thoughts from Highway 49

Posted on November 25, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “We’d like to thank Pascagoula for participating in this year’s State Tournament and wish Laurel well in the World Series.”     –P.A. announcer in the 5th inning of the 1983 Dixie Youth Baseball State Tournament … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Life, Mississippi | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

A Short Story About Zeek

Posted on November 20, 2008 by travellinbaen

I have to tell this story on one of our blog contributors because of the little exchange between he, Larry and Sweet over in “Third Week Pickin.” We must have been about thirteen years old. Sweet, Zeek, Baen, Greeg, Waldo, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Life | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Travellinbaen’s New Holiday Discovery

Posted on November 17, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.”     —William Shakespeare, Henry IV Many of you upon reading this will have just dragged yourself in … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Life, Philosobaen, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MSU 6 Alabama 3

Posted on November 10, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      Click here  to hear the Great Jack Cristal TB was ten years old the last time Mississippi State played number one Alabama. I wasn’t in Jackson that day, unfortunately. But I remember exactly where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Mississippi, Sports, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments