July 2011
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(7/25) Brunch: Egg Omelette, Turkey Sausage Patty, Roasted Potatoes, Orange, Whole Wheat Bread, and 2 Skim Milks. #prisonfood
The weekend movie was “Unknown,” starring Liam Neeson (cinema’s new Harrison Ford). The inmates were troubled by its veracity. #itsamovie
(7/20) Dinner: Chef’s Salad, Split Pea Soup, and 2 slices of Whole Wheat Bread.
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Happy Birthday to me.
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“A good director will sometimes make a bad movie, a bad director will always make a bad movie.” — Gore Vidal #movies
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“Still sitting bolt upright, he put both hands, palms down, on the pages of...”
– “A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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“Conrad now surveyed the pod room with a horrible clarity. It was a foul gray...”
– “A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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“— something hit the floor of the cell just inches from where Conrad was...”
– “A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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“Cooped up in the cell for hours at a time, they sometimes read books from the...”
– “A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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“Conrad had watched him draw the AK-47 with a ballpoint pen on a slip of paper. ...”
– “A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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“You see what those boys are wearing, the baggy pants with the crotches...”
– Source: ”A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
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Shit the Inmates Say
Black Inmate: "Man, when I get outta here, Imma gonna git me a WHITE girl."
(Overheard moments after observing a white woman doing a jumping splits on FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance")
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Reader's Bill of Rights
1. The right not to read.
2. The right to skip pages.
3. The right not to finish.
4. The right to reread.
5. The right to read anything.
6. The right to escapism.
7. The right to read anywhere.
8. The right to browse.
9. The right to read out loud.
10. The right to not defend your taste.
Source: Daniel Pennac’s “Better Than Life”
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