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Chapter Nine of the 2011 Baseball Season at San Quentin
on Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:24

Sanity vs. insanity Mental illness plays large in what happens at San Quentin. I often forget this however and it costs me.             Some of the players that were cut from the Giants and then formed the core of the … Continue reading


Chapter Three of Why I Decided Not to Kill Myself
on Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:08

I am too embarrassed, due to what I have done, to face the world anymore. This sensation I have experienced a number of times, but somehow, over the years, it has been fading away. The reality is, So What! It … Continue reading


Eight
on Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:35

Opening   Day There was some doubt whether the opening day game would be played on May 7. There was the kite dropped about Chris Marshall, the racist charge, the missing jersey, and the battle over the status of the A’s–were … Continue reading


Chapter Two
on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:02

“Kent will go insane or commit suicide before one year is up.” The “prophecy” was given by a woman whom I had helped and encouraged through a troubled marriage over a period of years. Now, one week after my resignation … Continue reading


Seven
on Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:28

Insight and remorse The California board of prison terms, the people who grant parole dates, like to estimate whether a convict have reached some form of insight into their crime and are remorseful for it as well. Insight and remorse–the … Continue reading


Here is Chapter One of my book, Why I Decided not to Kill Myself.
on Thu, 06 Mar 2025 17:04

There is a painting of Hamlet in the book but my computer isn’t helping. Oh well, life in the big city. Chapter One Are You Perhaps A Hamlet? Hamlet was depressed, and seriously so. His father, the king of Denmark, … Continue reading


Chapter Six of the 2011 Baseball Season at San Quentin Prison
on Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:21

Just when I thought it was all good Three days before opening day, which is May 7, I am licking my wounds from being pummeled at yet another meeting with the supervisors, whose names I cannot mention due to political … Continue reading


Why I Decided Not to Kill Myself
on Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:55

Introduction How many of us think about killing ourselves? I am going to guess that the majority of the people on the planet will sometimes fall into this. For those who do, let me just say that it is important … Continue reading


Five   
on Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:49

The death letter A “kite” is the usual description of a note found that bears a warning to someone in particular. I am not sure why the term “death letter” was used instead of kite. Hope I don’t find out. … Continue reading


Chapter 4 of the 2011 Baseball Season at San Quentin Prison
on Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:43

Setting the rosters The Giant’s roster is for the most part the veterans returned from 2010 except for Terry Burton who thought he might not make the team so went with the A’s. Terry, very helpful with both teams in … Continue reading