by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
NEGATIVE MINDSET IN PRISON. As a prisoner, I find myself dwelling on the negative aspects of my current situation. I will admit being here is no walk in the park. (Club Fed is not an accurate depiction). As a result, I now look for the negative as…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 24, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
MORE ON RELATIONSHIPS IN PRISON. I wrote about relationships and how prison can easily destroy them in my last blog. What initially motivated me to write about this subject were a series of discussions I had with some fellow prisoners. All of them…
by David Applegate | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, David Applegate
The Death Penalty July 22, 2016 Ah, a nice light hearted topic for the weekend! Seriously, though, I just did my 7th Toastmaster's speech yesterday (three more to go!). I was inspired by a book I read a while back to speak about the death penalty.…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
PRESERVING RELATIONSHIPS WHILE SERVING TIME IN PRISON. Face it, by the time you find yourself sitting in prison, you have damaged many relationships. Some of those relationships are gone forever. Other relationships remain strong because they…
by David Foley | Jul 16, 2016 | Blog, David Foley
Patents I've been making good use of my time here and have been fortunate enough to have a closet with a counter that I can use every night to work. I've completed several new hardware and software concepts and will be filing over a dozen patents…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 16, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
SICK AND TIRED OF PRISON. The prison roller coaster took a sharp dip down this week. All of the little things that irritate me in prison suddenly, inexplicably, became bigger things. The broken hot water tap in the dorm kitchen where I make my…
by David Applegate | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog, David Applegate
Movies and More July 13, 2016 Today is the 18 month "anniversary" of my arrival here at the Taft prison camp. While I am not *celebrating* it does seem like the time has gone fairly fast and that's a good thing! Yesterday I gave my sixth talk at…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
BREAKING POINT. As you can imagine, prison is full of many unhappy people. Many prisoners hold anger and resentment towards family, friends, attorneys, prosecutors and judges. They want to blame someone else for their situation. I also hold some…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jul 10, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
FEDERAL PRISON VISITING ROOM- RULES AND ETIQUETTE. I was blessed with a 3 day visit from my bride last weekend. The thrill of sitting, talking and briefly holding the love of your life is priceless. (I had to come to prison to figure this out?).…
by David Foley | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog, David Foley
I now have a locker. After a year of being here my cellmate left and I was able to move to the lower bunk that comes with a locker. You would never suspect that having a locker would be a big deal but after living a year with my clothes, food, books…