Category Archives: Mississippi

Football in Julypalooza (sponsored by Q and Z)

Posted on July 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “In the East, college football is a cultural exercise. On the West Coast, it is a tourist attraction. In the Midwest it is cannibalism. But in the South it is religion. And Saturday is the holy … Continue reading →

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The First Annual Q and Z July Football Extravaganza Post

Posted on July 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day: “uggggggghhhhhh”     —Quail “Blank Stare” –Zeek –board/bored comments from sports fans and longtime friends of the blog on July 1, 2009 Did anybody besides TB find last week’s poll results interesting? Discounting the anomaly that … Continue reading →

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Mississippi in Africa

Posted on May 28, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.”     –Liberian proverb TB finally got around to reading my friend-in-law Alan Huffman’s book Mississippi in Africa, and I’m glad I did. The title … Continue reading →

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Memories of Summer Nights

Posted on May 27, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Hold on a minute. Don’t get out. I’ve got a feelin its about to come on.”     –Larry to TB, having a psychic moment circa 1986 correctly anticipating his favorite “Fort” song being … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Mississippi

Posted on May 22, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “He must always be a stranger to the place he loves, and its people.”     –Willie Morris No, its not the name of a town, but if TB decides to write a novel … Continue reading →

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TB, REK, Double Decker and the Limelight

Posted on April 27, 2009 by travellinbaen

TB, as has been said before, ain’t no music critic. But I do like Robert Earl Keen and it just so happened he was playing a show at The Lyric in Oxford Friday night, so I went to watch it. … 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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Why It’s Great to Be a Mississippi State Bulldog Fan…..today

Posted on March 16, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:    (click below, courtesy of Six Pack Speak) Jack Cristil, \”Wrap it in maroon and white!\” TB can describe in tearjerking comical detail the pain and misery that is the life of the Mississippi State Bulldog … Continue reading →

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A Virtual World Series of Pascagoula Champions

Posted on March 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “What if this weren’t a hypothetical question?”     –Unknown (the Great) Who wins a best of seven series between the 1983 Pascagoula Panthers Mississippi State Baseball Champs and the 1996 Panther Baseball Champs? … 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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