by David Applegate | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
With your persmission, a few items to cover before returning to the topic of my journey of personal growth here at Taft. Many of you have written to me saying how wonderful my Mom is. I could not agree with all of you more! My Mom has done so very much to make my stay...
by David Applegate | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
Congress returns today from it’s summer recess. Given the current atmosphere on Capitol Hill and the past history of being “tough on crime,” it is absolutely amazing to me that there looks to be a consensus on passing significant prison reform by...
by David Applegate | Aug 21, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
Commitment to Growth August 21, 2015 If you read my recent article in the August issue of Outpatient Surgery (link in my last blog post), you know that following the events at ArthroCare, I had a tremendous amount of work to do in the area of personal growth. I...
by David Applegate | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
A Big Step August 20, 2015 I met Stan Herrin, publisher of the trade journal Outpatient Surgery magazine, in the late 1980s. Stan has been following this blog since the first entry right after I was sentenced in late August of last year. A few months back, I posted an...
by David Applegate | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
August 2, 2015 Another new job in prison??? I know, I know. It seems like I can’t hold down a job here! I have worked in the kitchen for the past six months and it was time for a change! The last two months I have been the lead “pm utility” guy. It...
by David Applegate | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
July 29, 2015 Goodbye and Good Luck – Off to RDAP! As I write this, my best friend here at the Taft camp – David K – is on a bus headed for the prison camp at Sheridan, Oregon where he will begin the Residential Drug Abuse program (RDAP). RDAP is a 9...
