Tag Archives: Oxford

The Worst Egg Bowl Ever

Posted on November 24, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Waitus  tilia nextus anno domini caninus.” –official motto of The Mississippi State University (Sighhhhh…..) So many choices……. 1983, the wind blown kick. 1981 when the zebras stole one from us on a bogus pass interference in … Continue reading →

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Clyde

Posted on April 15, 2010 by travellinbaen

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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The Walk of Shame

Posted on May 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “The only shame is to have none.”     –Blaise Pascal TB always gets good blog material on my frequent trips to Oxford. Sunday morning I was in charge of breakfast so I drove … 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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Another Weekend in Oxford

Posted on October 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “You can do that alllll night long.”   Larry, to Smily one night a long time ago. I’ll have to put that story in print pretty soon if I can do it justice. Travellinbaen sometimes feels like … Continue reading →

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The Mississippi Debate in a Bizarro Universe

Posted on September 25, 2008 by travellinbaen

Word of the Day     Truthiness–“truth that comes from the gut, not books” –Stephen Colbert; the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true rather than concepts or facts known to be true  –American Dialect Society TB … Continue reading →

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Travellinbaen Goes to Oxford

Posted on July 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.”    — William Faulkner Travellinbaen spent the 4th of July holiday weekend and a few other days recently in … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Writers

Posted on June 23, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “History has remembered kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”      — Willie Morris I had occasion to enjoy an overnight stay at the Alluvian Hotel … Continue reading →

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