February 14, 2005 -- Reveille

Mon Feb 14, 11:13 AM by Kale Mosley

Reveille is a simple tune, usually played upon a bugle or trumpet. It’s the “up and at ‘em” song you hear in all the movies, as the troops are signaled out of their beds in the wee hours of the morning. It is traditionally played in a military post as the American flag is raised at the start of the day…

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March 11, 2000 -- On Cowboy Al

Sat Mar 11, 11:01 AM by Kale Mosley

Picture the ideal, stereotypical cowboy. Clean-shaven. Handsome. Big white hat. Six-four, two-twenty. The Marlboro man’s goody-goody brother. Now picture his scruffy sidekick, and you’ve got the guy walking my way…

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July 30, 1997 -- The Mattress Story

Wed Jul 30, 10:53 AM by Kale Mosley

I live in a tent. At the eastern edge of the Rockies, on a hilltop, to be precise. I have a cot for a bed, an Igloo cooler for a ‘fridge, a backpacker’s stove for a kitchen, and a hole by a tree for a toilet. The people to whom I mention this are far from impressed…

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August 28, 1996 -- On Living in a Tent

Wed Aug 28, 10:31 PM by Kale Mosley

I live in a tent. At the eastern edge of the Rockies, on a hilltop, to be precise. I have a cot for a bed, an Igloo cooler for a ‘fridge, a backpacker’s stove for a kitchen, and a hole by a tree for a toilet…

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