Kenneth Flaska's

Letter to My Son
March 8, 2015 Letter to My Son I have written a number a letters to you since this all started but I have not sent you any. When you were born, I had the Red Wings Game on in your Mother's hospital Room. (Perhaps that is why you love hockey?) You were a great baby....
Big Fish/Small Pond?
March 7, 2015 Big Fish/Small Pond? Prior to my surrender to prison my prison consultant Justin Paperny suggested I read, Malcolm Gladwell's book "David and Goliath". I just had a chance to read it and I wanted to write about what I learned. The book addresses...
The Book Editor In Federal Prison
March 3, 2015 The Book Editor In Federal Prison My new profession as an unpaid book editor has gotten off to a slow start. I enjoy the reading but I dislike the editing. I decided to stop editing and simply read the Matchmaker's book in its entirety to get a complete...
A Little Help in Federal Prison
February 27, 2015 A Little Help in Federal Prison I was told by more than one person if you want to help yourself, try helping others. I thought that I had lived my life helping others, but that was just a half-truth. I helped others ( mostly family and friends ) when...
Friends
February 25, 2015 Friends I used to have a number of "friends". Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd Edition; defines a "friend" as " a person whom one knows well and is fond of", "an allay, supporter, or sympathizer". People have different saying about friends. "If...
The New Guy in Federal Prison
February 21, 2015 The New Guy in Federal Prison I didn't notice him as I sat through my hour long business finance class last evening even though he was sitting right next to me. Near the end of class, he asked if he could talk to me after class. As the other...
Accepting Responsibility in Federal Prison
February 19, 2015 Accepting Responsibility in Federal Prison Of particular interest, was anything written by an actual prisoner. I was scared and I wanted to know about where I was going and what life was going to be like in federal prison. I came across an internet...
Birds and Souls
February 16, 2015 Birds and Souls It is Sunday and I am sitting in my cube reading an excellent book "Killing Patton" by Bill O'Reilly. As I look out my window I see a chain link fence, razor wire, a parking lot and the medium security prison located next door. ( no...
Daydreaming in Federal Prison
February 15, 2015 Daydreaming in Federal Prison Day dreaming has become a regular pastime for me in prison. I have plenty of time to do it. I look back to specific days and events in my life and try to reconstruct them with as much detail as I can remember. I try to...
Losing An Unexpected Friend In Federal Prison
February 11, 2015 Losing An Unexpected Friend In Federal Prison My cellie moved out yesterday in preparation for his release from prison. You remember him, a former drug dealer from Maine. People stopped by my cube and asked me how I was enjoying my single cube...