Prison is months on end of numbing boredom and routine...and then all of a sudden there is a flurry of activity. *chuckle*   Today my cellie, Robert aka Pelon, left for work-release in Lincoln (CCCL). I am sad to see him go because he was a perfect cellie. He was...

I have recently discovered an excellent way to slow myself down while practicing taiji. Last week I went to yard with the intent to do some taiji but there were several guys playing basketball on the half-court which is where I usually do my practice because it's...

WOOHOO! Today I finished Dark Money by Jane Mayer. It was a thick and detailed account of how the ultra rich have managed to subvert democracy and control much of politics today. It is a depressing read but pretty damn necessary for anyone who cares about the future...

Today I got my hobby order...and it only took 2 months to arrive. Apparently they were holding my order because a compass/ruler I had ordered was out of stock and wouldn't be available till Sept. Luckily, I was able to convince the guy in charge of hobby order to call...

This morning we went to yard particularly early, at 7:40 AM. It was a clear, sunny morning and pleasantly cool. Cool, and humid, enough that the grass was wet from dew. As I started doing my regular taiji on the half basketball court I began to notice the dewdrops on...

I received a response this week to a kite I sent to the warden on 7/6. I wrote suggesting that they make some arrangement for the solar eclipse on the 21st of Aug. Normally, only 1/3 of our whole housing unit would have yard time at the time of the eclipse, either...

Yesterday I actually got to start participating in a program. It isn't a required program for parole, it isn't a clinical program nor is it even a cognitive-behavioral program, it is just a program run by the education staff to attempt to address criminal thinking,...

It's been nearly 4 months that I've been here and today was the first time that something of any significance actually happened. I received a pass for today and I automatically assumed it was for the law library since I've been going twice a week to read up on the...

I have now been at TSCI for 3 months. I'm pretty well settled in. Not only have I figured out a good routine for my time but I've learned how things work here...or is some cases how they don't. *chuckle* It wasn't until about a week ago that I finally met my case...