I find myself with five toes in the panic pool. No matter what the day or hour, it always feels as if law enforcement is going to swoop down and
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The 8 Habits of Highly Criminal People … And their WardersThe 8 Habits of Highly Criminal People … And their Warders
When you come out of prison, you might be required to work through some “counseling” that purportedly help you correct the errors of your ways. I’ve been over some of
Things You Can Do to Protect Your Emotional IntelligenceThings You Can Do to Protect Your Emotional Intelligence
Before I went to prison, I probably would have rated myself a C- achiever in the realm of emotional intelligence. After 4+ years behind bars, I’m pretty positive I’ve slipped
Healthcare and Handcuffs: Ah Compassion!Healthcare and Handcuffs: Ah Compassion!
Getting out of prison raises some potentially problematic medical questions. For instance, if you are in a halfway house, are you required to have your own medical insurance or not?
Consplaining: It’s Like Mansplaining With No AuthorityConsplaining: It’s Like Mansplaining With No Authority
It occurs to me that every time I post here I’m engaging in potentially a very dismal practice: consplaining. That’s something, I think, like mansplaining but from a felon’s perspective.
The Pen and the PenThe Pen and the Pen
One of the good things about prison is getting to write letters. Not emails. Not texts. Letters. The old fashioned pen and ink kind. I sent bushels of them during
Welcome to the show, Chris CollinsWelcome to the show, Chris Collins
Judging from this article that my spouse showed me — https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/collins-abbreviated-federal-prison-sentence-was-hell/ — Chris Collins is mad. Yes, that Chris Collins: former US Congressman, Trump crony, convicted insider trader, FBI misleader,
Indigestion or a pinched nerve?Indigestion or a pinched nerve?
As you can imagine, prison beds are not comfortable. Comfortable is utterly the wrong concept for describing how they feel. Try putting a sleeping bag on your garage floor and
Sketching out the Scarlet LetterSketching out the Scarlet Letter
Sometimes in prison, and ofter after you are out, the criminal justice system pretends to care about “reforming” you. They might offer some rather feeble pass at offering you literacy,
Why this blog?Why this blog?
After you have done your prison time, you have never really done your time. That is to say, the past is never really the past; the past is always in