Category Archives: Philosobaen

Cross Country, the Suck Stops Here

Posted on January 15, 2009 by travellinbaen

I miss Cross Country XM 12. Sirius Outlaw Country is ok, and I’m developing a taste for Elizabeth Cook’s morning show, but it just ain’t the same. There won’t be too much Thursday pickin for awhile, but I’m pretty much … Continue reading →

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What y’all doin for New Year’s?

Posted on December 28, 2008 by travellinbaen

Have you asked or been asked yet? “What are y’all doin for New Year’s?” It is no simple, innocent question; to the contrary it is a query fraught with uncertainty, tinged with suspicion, steeped in desperation. Continue reading →

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Travellinbaen’s Wanderin Agaen

Posted on December 17, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I was trying to daydream but my mind kept wandering.”     –Stephen Wright TB Recommends: I was introduced to Stephen Wright’s humor in Coffee and Cigarettes a few years ago. TB recommends this movie highly. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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The Fly in the Ointment of Conservative Theory

Posted on October 27, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief.”     Alan Greenspan, last week Henry Waxman asked former Fed … Continue reading →

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Winning Debate Strategies

Posted on October 2, 2008 by travellinbaen

One of TB’s favorite books is The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis. Thanks to Greeg/Satan’s appearance last week, henceforth Screwtape on this page, and thanks to the inanity of the debate I was half-heartedly watching tonight, my mind travelled back … Continue reading →

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Mid-Life

Posted on September 9, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.”     Daniel Defoe By all rights I should be having a mid-life crisis.  After all, I’m thirty-eight.  But alas, circumstances are such that I’m … Continue reading →

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Cleansing the Soul

Posted on July 9, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day, Late night edition    “You do not have a soul.  You are a Soul.  You have a body.”   — C.S. Lewis Travellinbaen will never shy away from some political discussion, but lately politics has become more … Continue reading →

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