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Friday, December 19, 2014

A New Direction

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Sometimes writing something really sticks with me and that happened this past week. I wrote that I needed to stop trying to catch up with wh...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Going for a Drive

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Tonight, Sporty and I decided to take a short road trip to a Gambler's Anonymous meeting about an hour and a half away from where we liv...
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Too Much Distance

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I'm in need of my besties. Today proved that. Out of the blue, I received a text from Traveler inviting me to lunch. We sat and caught u...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

A Police Escort

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I'm not supposed to have any interaction with the police. Well, that's not exact true. Any police interaction I have, means I need t...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Oops Wrong Number

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Okay, I admit, it's been a really long week. I also did myself and my health a disservice. I 'should' have requested the health ...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Wow - I Needed That

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Every once in a while I get the urge to look at my blog's stats and see how things are going here. I guess they are okay - given that I...
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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Maybe this is Harder than I Thought it Would Be

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I'm one week from the end of my first semester and I have to admit that it's been a struggle lately. I've pulled two late nights...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

An interesting study from Australia

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One thing I love about what I'm studying is that I am constantly coming across interesting things that I can share here... Recently ther...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Holiday Gifting

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It's the time of year where people want to know what I want for the holidays. I've had an Amazon list for years and I've done my...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The Solo Thanksgiving

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At first, we were going to have a nice small Thanksgiving holiday. Then, a friend was going to come in and visit and it was going to be a bi...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Finding New Allies

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The beauty of living life in honesty, is the ability to build connections with people who I'd fear doing so if I was trying to hide my p...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Risking Rejection

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When your in grad school, a ton of opportunities come through your email on a regular basis. Some are sent college wide, some to just the st...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

A Carswell Shower

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I'm not sure what occurs that makes it happen, but every so often, I am right back there at Carswell and it's as if Scotty has beame...
Monday, November 17, 2014

A Simple Weekend

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We had visitors for the last several days. Sporty's parents came in and we've been enjoying their company and keeping very busy. Six...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Distraction Overload

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I want to quickly update that someone must be mysteriously following this blog, because hours after posting my troubles, a phone call came a...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Mandatory Counseling

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When the Judge sets your sentence, there are usually several additional provisions given that only pertain to your post prison sentence and ...
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Enbrel Crisis

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Call your congressmen and women, the President, the local media, anyone who will listen... We are in a crisis... There must be a shortage of...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Restorative Justice

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Is there a real alternative to the criminal justice system? Is there a way to make victims whole, make offenders responsible, and create com...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

A Felons Right to Vote

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A lot of people are usually surprised to learn that congress left it up to the states to decide whether a person with a prior felony has a r...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Oldies but Goodies

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Today was a good day. I spent time with friends I've barely seen since being home from Carswell. They are the few non-school friends I...
Friday, October 31, 2014

The "F" Word

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It's so freeing being able to talk openly with everyone about being a felon. Last night in class, a student made a comment that felons c...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Back to the halfway house?

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In class tonight, we discussed a newly published book entitled, "A Halfway House for Women." It was an ethnographic study of a sta...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Be the Captain of your own Ship

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In my preparing for success in the PhD program course today, a professor spoke of how to be successful throughout grad school and rule numbe...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Baring My Soul

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I stood in front of my colleagues and a professor I highly respect and told them my story - most importantly, that I spent last year at a fe...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Is Addiction a Mitigating Factor?

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In class tonight, we are talking about the idea of "mens rea" - the intent of committing crime and the types of things that would ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

A Whole Week

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I can't believe I allowed almost a full week to pass without my writing. I was up until after midnight every night making the most beaut...
Friday, October 17, 2014

And she passed...

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I was the last one who spoke to her. I had called her and told her I loved her and to sleep peacefully. She didn't make it through her f...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

When I Feel Limited

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Tonight, I officially feel like I'm in custody again. I received one of those calls you never want to receive. My grandma is ill. She ha...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

My Secret Wish

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I haven't mentioned this here before. The timing never seemed quite right. I mean, how does one admit that despite all their troubles in...
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Monday, October 13, 2014

Car Dealers

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Yesterday, I had the privilege of taking a new friend who recently moved here from Africa, used car shopping. He's perfectly capable of ...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

A Kindred Spirit

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My new CJ friend sent me a PDF of a book chapter that she thought I may like. She said my story reminded me of the author of on of the non-f...