Category Archives: Philosobaen

Travellinbaen and the Wanderlust

Posted on May 20, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch … Continue reading →

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Questions That Keep Me Up at Night (the lesser list)

Posted on May 5, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “The Answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything…Is…Forty-two.”     –Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The mind of TB is seldom at rest. This doesn’t mean it is … Continue reading →

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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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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 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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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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Octo-outrage

Posted on February 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. … Continue reading →

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Stuff You Just Know If You Were Raised Right

Posted on January 28, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Everyone should just be quiet and uncomfortable. Avoid eye contact. Look pensive. Don’t trap me in your stupid convo where you say “I’m in the elevator so I might lose you.””     –Aubrey Leigh Goodwin, … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 20, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.”     –former President George W. Bush (blank stare) Barack Obama was sworn in as President of … Continue reading →

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