Tag Archives: Philosobaen

Modern Man

Posted on May 17, 2011 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Can you help me occupy my brain?”     –Black Sabbath, Paranoid, released October, 1970 Contemplating the at once ascendant and yet deteriorating state of the world we live in and TB’s ten-twenty on the celestial spectrum … Continue reading →

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A Satisfied Mind

Posted on March 15, 2011 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “How many times have you heard someone say, if I had his money I’d do things my way, But little they know it’s so hard to find, one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.” … Continue reading →

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It’s Cool

Posted on January 26, 2011 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Where do you want it?” –Billy Joe Shaver TB’s come to a conclusion, gradually I guess, over the last thirty years or so. Moma, Daddy, Teacher, Coach, Preacher and even my ARB’s were wrong about something … Continue reading →

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Losin’ Streaks

Posted on January 25, 2011 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “You can win, you can lose, or it can rain.” –Casey Stengel You ever had one? TB has damn sure known a losin’ streak or two. I had one that lasted over a decade. It took … Continue reading →

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear

Posted on October 5, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts…perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”     John Steinbeck TB read this article yesterday and I found it enlightening. It caught my eye because it referenced Stephen Colbert’s Rally to … Continue reading →

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TB, Hat Fashion, and Middle Age Angst

Posted on September 27, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “…excuse yourself from obsessing on the state of the economy, the meaning of life and the clash between science and religion…” TB’s Leo Free Will Astrology excerpt The local rag here in Jackson, MS, runs a feature … Continue reading →

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It’s Time

Posted on September 13, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Time is but the stream I go a fishin’ in.     Henry David Thoreau The universe, as in the royal universe, the editorial….it speaks to me sometimes in theme, and when it does, TB passes the theme … Continue reading →

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Does America Still Love an Underdog?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “If there’s one cultural quality we have, it’s that we always see ourselves as an underdog.” –Bill Gates When better to pose the question above? TB’s been thinking of a new feature, “Underdog of the Week.” … Continue reading →

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Competitive Travellin’

Posted on August 15, 2010 by travellinbaen

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

Posted on July 30, 2010 by travellinbaen

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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