Month: February 2005

  • POSTCARDS FROM A SANDY PLACE #3 – “Yes, I’d like a half-caf, skim mocha

    Dear Readers of TLRG; While I have it on good authority that TLG would never be caught dead holding an assault rifle and wearing combat boots (in other words, she told me), she would certainly have felt quite at home in our sandy place the other morning. While there are many things that make this…

  • Corset Bound

    Songstress Joyce Grenfell once quipped that “happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night.” Being body bound seems to be very out of vogue these days, unless you’re the female lead in one of those erotic Asian art house thrillers where an ancient warrior unwraps your feet, gives you…

  • POSTCARDS FROM A SANDY PLACE #2 – “Laundry”

    As the inspired readers of my musings know, life in a desert encampment is full of both American soldiers and local folks who help keep us clean, fed and in good working order. In addition to recently experiencing their wonderful driving skills, I have had the pleasure of taking advantage of the laundry services offered…

  • All in the Family

    I must confess to not buying into the uber-hype of boob tube reality shows. Call me crazy but watching my fellow man eat mummified worms while being suspended over a boiling lava pit or peeking at a washed up B-List covergirl from 1983 getting her fourth round of nipple lifts is not my idea of…