Usually I finish a post with a limerick. This time I’ll start with one from February 23, 2017: Since prison morale needs some bumps, I hope they convict a few
The Great Greeting Card ShakedownThe Great Greeting Card Shakedown
My spouse gave me a Valentine’s Day card today. One that you can get from the store. Of course it was beautiful and also personalized, but one of the major
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.
Henry Ford, Harvard, and Sing SingHenry Ford, Harvard, and Sing Sing
Politically it’s more than odd for me to cite Henry Ford on anything, but the fact that I can agree with a proto-fascist, anti-Semite Know-Nothing on at least a couple
Coping Mechanisms, Part 2Coping Mechanisms, Part 2
Just a little followup to the first Coping Mechanisms: It shakes me that I’ve now thought, “Gee, Where else would I normally be?” As if prison routine Were a norm
Coping MechanismsCoping Mechanisms
Therapists, inside and outside of prison, often have a line about adapting to your conditions and surroundings in a “prosocial” way. In my experience, I pretty sure that there are
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
The Last BreakfastThe Last Breakfast
This is an image of the last meal served at Alcatraz Federal Prison. It shows some continuity in the Bureau of Prisons’ menus over the past 58 years. However, in
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,