I’ve been here now for 16 days, a wee bit over two weeks, the time has not gone by as quickly as I had hoped it would but it is starting to pass by easier than the beginning. I have to assume, dangerous of me to assume anything, however, that the time will start moving along at better pace.
In my first 2+ weeks I have learned quite a bit about the live in federal prison and what is regular in here is certainly not regular on the outside, but that will be a later story. What is similar though, is the amount of gossip, rumor and supposition that goes on amongst the inmates, oh my. If you wanted to spend the whole day listening to a variety of inmates talk about almost anything you could. The topics are a plethora of small talk, politics, business, the federal govt, what’s wrong with society, what’s wrong with the BOP, what’s wrong with people, it’s an amazing menu of appetizers, main courses and desserts.
There is absolutely no shortage of opinions on everything from sports, baseball, football, college football, etc, politics, the primary races, the senate, the house of reps, local govts. state govts, the stock market, the bond market, the commodities market, hedge funds, REITs, mutual funds, it’s all here. If you could find the right person or persons in here you could certainly learn a lot, even some facts! In here we have plenty of time to pontificate about anything that crosses our minds.
I’m finding that the key is to have very selective hearing and vision and play your cards very close to your vest, the less said is much much more. My opinion of course.
