Category Archives: Life

Gumbo

Posted on November 2, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” –Jane Austen The perfect recipe for a great Monday morning: the Bulldogs won this weekend, Halloween and the smiles it brought my little … Continue reading →

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Cookie Monster, Revisited

Posted on October 28, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Confess and be hanged.” –Christopher Marlowe This morning TB left home a little earlier than usual. I had a long drive and needed some extra time. There was a chocolate chip cookie left over from last … Continue reading →

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The Unvarnished Truth About How I (not TB) Got Famous One Time

Posted on October 22, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” –Napoleon Bonaparte From the age of 6 up through 16, this guy ….. ….was a pretty dang good baseball player. After that, well, lets just say I needed my … Continue reading →

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What Is There To Be Ashamed Of?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. –Jack Kerouac It came to my attention today that another decade is almost come and gone. It has been an … Continue reading →

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A Few Things to Chew On

Posted on October 16, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” –Jack Handy As I drove home from the office yesterday evening … Continue reading →

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The Day the 240Z Died (and almost took TB with it)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by travellinbaen

We decided during the first few minutes of “Cheers”, I imagine, that it was a good night to go to Mack’s Supper Club. It was not a particularly difficult decision, nor hotly debated, just one of those where somebody might’ve … Continue reading →

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Goin Ridin

Posted on October 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Buy the ticket. Take the ride.” –Hunter S. Thompson It’s 77 and sunny today in Ridgeland, the kind of day that usually makes TB want to be outside fishing, hiking, biking or the like. But today … Continue reading →

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Six Questions and an Unrelated But Awesome Colbert Clip

Posted on September 18, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “And that brings us to tonight’s word: Truthiness. Now I’m sure some of the word-police, the “wordanistas” over at Websters, are gonna say, “Hey, that’s not a word!” Well, anybody who knows me knows that I … Continue reading →

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Needles

Posted on September 15, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “As a child I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.” –Dave Barry I cannot recall the first time I had to get a shot. I do recall the screams of terror emanating … Continue reading →

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To Maine

Posted on September 4, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came … Continue reading →

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