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Bicycling Baen

Quote of the Day    “You ever take it off any sweet jumps?”     — Napoleon Dynamite I went for my inaugural ride today on my new bike.  Though I have ridden a bike approximately seven times since I turned fifteen, … Continue reading

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Things I’d Like Someone to Explain to Me

Why do people jump all over John McCain for saying he doesn’t know much about economics?  It’s one of the few things I applaud him for.  I’d much rather have the President be candid with himself about his strengths and … Continue reading

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Things Learned From Dad….of slightly lesser import

When you’re on vacation, ice cream joints are a good place to go for supper. Always get the end seat on the pew at church–then you can slump back, and to the left. The words “reckon”, “bursitis”, and the phrase … Continue reading

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Blonde Joke

A blonde just texted me and asked, “What does IDK stand for?” I said, “I don’t know.” She replied, “OMG, nobody does!” Thanks to Jessie Lou McFaul for this submission.  I promised to publish it today.  Keep singing and writing … Continue reading

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Easiest, Most Overpaid Job in the World

Quote of the Day     “The easiest job in the world is the drummer in a country band.”   –Supercynic http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/07/alabama.drummer.ap/index.html I linked this on the page for posterity and in case what is above doesn’t work right.  The … Continue reading

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Multi-tasking, or How to Make Issue Worlds Collide

Advice for Obama, continued…. Groceries and prison overcrowding:  they go together like peas and a box of chocolates.  Stay with me.  People hate high cereal prices and they hate crime.  Bonus hatred for illegal immigrants.  We are going to set up a program to provide … Continue reading

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Travellinbaen’s Political Consulting Service

Quote of the Day:       “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.  The credit belongs to the … Continue reading

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Free Advice for Obama

Quote of the Day:     “A lot of people like that re-form. Maybe we should get us some.”  —Junior to Pappy O’Daniel, O’ Brother Where Art Thou It’s an historic moment in time for Barack Obama, and really for … Continue reading

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Scott McClellan, the DNC, and John Adams

It’s been big news over the last week or so that former Bush mouthpiece Scott McClellan wrote a book including passages about the Administration’s propaganda and falsehood campaign with respect to creating support for the Iraq war, and other important … Continue reading

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Sittinathomebaen

Quote of the Day: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness   –Mark Twain It’s Saturday.  I actually went outside and cleaned up a bit on the patio and in the yard.  Sadly, only one with the most … Continue reading

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