Tag Archives: Life

Competitive Travellin’

Quote of the Day: “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” –Pat Conroy TB was once accused by … Continue reading

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Chasin’ Waterfalls

Quote of the Day: “From a drop of  water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard one or the other.” –Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Under a week now. In spite … Continue reading

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I Know Where I’m Going, I Think, But How in the Hell Exactly Did I Get Right Here?

Quote of the Day: “You may ask yourself, “how did I get here?” –Talking Heads TB comes to you after the longest hiatus in TBU history from a small cabin somewhere in the hinterlands of Stone County, Mississippi. As I … Continue reading

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Malady of Reverie

Quote of the Day: “There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make us almost enamoured of death, or one of those nights of horror and misshapen joy, … Continue reading

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You’re Damn Right, I’m Pissed

Quote of the Day: “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at closing of  day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”     —Dylan Thomas About six weeks ago TB woke … Continue reading

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The Kiss

Quote of the Day: “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters … Continue reading

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School’s Almost Out

Quote of the Day: “Why don’t you say something righteous, and hopeful, for a change?” –Oddball It’s a strange thing. TB hasn’t been in school for almost fifteen years. The Little Scamp won’t start for a few months more. It … Continue reading

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Clyde

Quote of the Day: “Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, to celebrate the good days.” Egyptian Proverb For some reason today TB got to thinkin’ back to my law school days, specifically … Continue reading

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TB’s Anti-Dentite Manifesto

Quote of the Day: “Some tortures are physical, and some are mental, But the one that is both, is dental.” –Ogden Nash I hate those kitten posters tacked by the window or even worse on the ceiling that say things … Continue reading

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A Big Decision

Quote of the Day: “The secret of genius is to carry the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” –Aldous Huxley Have you heard the news yet? TB turns 40 this year. Surprisingly, I’m not the only … Continue reading

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