Category Archives: Life

It’s Time

Posted on September 13, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Time is but the stream I go a fishin’ in.     Henry David Thoreau The universe, as in the royal universe, the editorial….it speaks to me sometimes in theme, and when it does, TB passes the theme … Continue reading →

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Does America Still Love an Underdog?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “If there’s one cultural quality we have, it’s that we always see ourselves as an underdog.” –Bill Gates When better to pose the question above? TB’s been thinking of a new feature, “Underdog of the Week.” … Continue reading →

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Economic Patriotism

Posted on August 19, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” –Sam Walton TB remembers the commercials from years ago, … Continue reading →

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TB’s Love/Hate Relationship With the Rules

Posted on August 17, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Hell, there are no rules here–we’re trying to accomplish something.” –Thomas Edison TB found myself this rainy summer morn in a humorless large meeting room staring blankly at the surrounding Junior Leaguers, distracted professionals and a … Continue reading →

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Competitive Travellin’

Posted on August 15, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” –Pat Conroy TB was once accused by … Continue reading →

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Chasin’ Waterfalls

Posted on July 30, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “From a drop of  water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard one or the other.” –Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Under a week now. In spite … Continue reading →

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I Know Where I’m Going, I Think, But How in the Hell Exactly Did I Get Right Here?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “You may ask yourself, “how did I get here?” –Talking Heads TB comes to you after the longest hiatus in TBU history from a small cabin somewhere in the hinterlands of Stone County, Mississippi. As I … Continue reading →

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Malady of Reverie

Posted on July 8, 2010 by travellinbaen

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 →

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Gone

Posted on July 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading. –Babe Ruth The boy stood in … Continue reading →

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You’re Damn Right, I’m Pissed

Posted on June 28, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at closing of  day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”     —Dylan Thomas About six weeks ago TB woke … Continue reading →

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