Tag Archives: Progressive Ideas

Teaching

Posted on February 10, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I am a part of all that I have met.” –Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses My high school French teacher, Alice Hammond, retired this week after a twenty-eight year career. She alerted many of us via her Facebook … Continue reading →

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The Job Market–I Gotta Get a Good One

Posted on January 23, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”     –Aristotle Times are tough. Big corporations and hometown shops are losing money and shedding workers at an alarming pace. Keeping up with the latest bleak … Continue reading →

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Radicalbaen’s NCAA Football Proposal

Posted on January 6, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.”     –Mark Twain Consider this my application to become … Continue reading →

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Now, More Than Ever, We Need Change

Posted on January 5, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I think a change (a change) would do you good.”     –Sheryl Crow There is no question that 2008 was the greatest year the blog has ever known from both a financial and an … Continue reading →

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Innovative Ideas

Posted on November 26, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, … Continue reading →

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Sanctions For Joe Lieberman

Posted on November 18, 2008 by travellinbaen

Since the Dems are having trouble coming up with something appropriate, here’s a few sanctions my asshole runnin buddies put on one another through the years. 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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Obama Wins, TB’s Ten-Cent Analysis

Posted on November 5, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our … Continue reading →

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Anybody Else Sick of the Campaigns?

Posted on October 14, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day    “My friends, let’s get out of here. I’ve got a fridge full of beer at the house, if you can just help me find it.”     TB’s fictional John McCain, misquoted How long has this been going on? … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Bull Moose?

Posted on July 14, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a … Continue reading →

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