Clutter
i would like to thank the BOP for something else today, to making me realize that I don't need all the clutter and stuff in my life that I have at home. Additionally, the BOP has ingrained in me the preciousness of space, and how to deal best with the major lack of...
Showers
Since I'm winding down my stay here at Camp Fed I thought I would share the proper shower technique with my readers and for anyone who is about to enter the system. Most importantly, Rule #1 you MUST always have on shower shoes, do not ever let your bare feet touch...
Teaching
Last night I taught my final class, if one could refer to what I've done for the past 13 weeks as teaching. I started out with over 25 inmates and last night I had 9, a pretty big attrition rate. I did the first 8 weeks of my course concentrating on skills to help get...
Closing it out
As my countdown continues i have found that I am becoming more closed off than i was in the beginning. I guess my tolerance for all of the jailhouse BS has become less than it was and I don't want to hear about or be involved in anyone else's drama. Much of what...
New Faces
Although I think of this place as Hotel California, "you can check in anytime you like but you can never leave", it really isn't so, there is a constant coming and going of inmates. So far this month alone there have been over a dozen inmates who left and more than...
Weight
I was just sitting at my bunk and thinking what I would eat this evening for dinner, the thought of going into the dinning hall for the food is out of the question. Actually, five or more nights a week the menu is not human friendly. My stomach and I have found over...
Germs
I recently read an article in New York Magazine regarding the assortment of germs, Microbes, virus and bacteria that thrive on the New York City Subway, especially on the hand rails and poles. Along with the story the author posted pictures of Petri dishes he...
New Year
I'm very happy to say this is the last day of 2015, a year I would much rather forget, unfortunately I don't think I will be forgetting this year anytime soon. So New Years Eve is a time of reflection and renewal, a quick check of the past 12 months and a quick...
Blog Sixty
The weather has turned, and it's been raining since last night which upsets me simply because it kills my morning walk and routine. Normally i would walk in a light rain, but this one was a lot more than light, so no walk. The weather forecast says it will clear by...
Post Christmas
Saturday after my first Christmas in the joint, certainly Noel in the joint was a new and interesting first experience, one that will certainly be edged in my memory banks for many moons. There was much good cheer and plenty of good will towards men in here. Today is...
