Big news on the compound, we recevied approval for group pictures. Saturday evening was a busy one at the gym, where group pictures occur. Let's take a look at what goes in to getting your picture taken while incarcerated and review my 9 tips for...
A close family friend was an English teacher for 45 years. She has an deep appreciation for literature and wrote me an absolutely lovely letter talking about her current life, retirement, and three of her favorite recent books. Letters like this are such a reprieve...
I have never kept a diary or had a desire to journal. The extent of my writing over the last 10 years has been emails in the professional setting. Lately I have been pondering not just the idea to document this experience, as that is...
Dave Eggers You Shall Know Our Velocity I had heard of the authors previous book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and enjoyed it many years ago, but this one was new to me. It showed up during mail call one day and there has been no...
Shopping in Prison: Instead of having a store we can access throughout the week, the prison chooses to let inmates shop on one specific weekday and only during a five minute period. Prior to our assigned day, we are given a one-page sheet of paper that...
I chose this book because my mother sent it to me...
: Reading, Writing and Gardening - In Prison When you find out you're going to prison one of the first things many people talk about is how much you'll be able to read and that you should write a book. To a degree, they're right. No...
As a society we are constantly overwhelmed with choices, and if I had access to Google this is the place where I would put in a link referencing the "dilemma of choices" and how when a consumer is faced with too many options they choose...
Bubble or Revolution—The Present and Future of Blockchain and Crypto Currencies I decided to read this book for a couple of reasons. One, I enjoy technical subject matter. Two, while digital currency is not new, I think it is a technology that is here to stay,...
Today, July 9th, marks my first month in federal prison. Is it a time to celebrate or a time to feel defeated, knowing both the amount of time I have already gotten through yet the sentence I have left? I don't really feel either of...