11-26-18 Mon TSCI
"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson That's a good motto to try to live by because gratitude needs practice to become a habit and once it becomes habitual it changes your disposition. A virtuous feedback...
11-07-18 Wed TSCI
Yesterday was the '18 midterm election. I watched the returns and suffered from vote-envy. It is so frustrating that I didn't get to vote for Obama either time, then I couldn't vote against Trump (not that my vote would have changed the outcome here in red-state...
10-23-18 TSCI
Status update on my one man battle against collective punishment here at TSCI. *chuckle* I received a response to my Informal Grievance (the text of which is in my 27-09-18 post). The response was verbatim the same boilerplate copy I received as to my first grievance...
10-15-18 TSCI
WOOHOO! Today I received notice that my transfer to LCC (Lincoln Correctional Center) was approved. Actually, at the last Toastmasters' meeting last Thursday the guys from A/B congratulated me on getting my "bus ticket" but I hadn't received notice. As it turns out,...
Robert’s Beadwork Photos
Photos of all the beadwork and jewelry Robert has made so far can now be seen in the Beadwork Gallery.
09-27-18 Fri TSCI
I had my annual reclassification this past weekend and the case manager (Domino) put me in for a transfer to LCC (Lincoln Correctional Center out on West Van Dorn). I had been trying to meet with the Unit Manager (Oltroge) for over 3 months to discuss my...
09-03-18 Mon TSCI
It's been 2 weeks and I'm over the disappointment but still a bit frustrated. At the Defy graduation and business pitch competition on the 20th I not only didn't win, or make it to the final round, I didn't even make it past the first round. In the first round we were...
08-13-18 Mon TSCI
I gave another speech at the last Toastmasters' meeting last month. This one was on Qi Gong, a Chinese breathing/warm up exercise. The speech was titled "Chillin' with Qi Gong." I was a little worried that when I demonstrated the sound you should make when exhaling...
07-13-18 Fri TSCI
Happy Friday the 13th! I haven't written in a while so I have a lot of notes of topics to talk about. Recently one of the things I've been spending a large portion of my time on is bead weaving. My hobby order finally arrived and even though I had some beads in an...
06-08-18 Fri TSCI
It has been almost a month since I wrote a post but I've been saving up so I've got lots to write about. *smile* I have been doing 1.5 hrs of yin yoga now for over 1.5 yrs and this last month I realized one benefit. The damage I did to my Achilles tendon while in...