Once upon a time, people had to carry a roll of camera film to Kodak or Fuji to have it developed or otherwise use a Polaroid camera, something else from the prehistoric era.
Category: My Life as a Free Man
Like a Virgin by Wayne T. Dowdy
Sex sells! Ask any of the ladies (or men and children) of the night, if you don’t believe it; especially, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia. Sex sales has always been popular and a “hot ticket” item in Atlanta. One thing that’s been true about Atlanta since I’ve been alive, is that no matter what…
Sunny Day
I could have lied and got what I wanted but I must live by certain principles if I am going to stay out of prison.
Atlanta Hilton Speech
The agent gave me a contract to review, sign, and return with my portfolio. I chose to do cocaine instead of signing the contract to pursue a career in acting, modelling for catalogs, and commercials, by rationalizing that, “They just want to get in my pants, anyway.” Sick!
Hope and Humility
I walk around the city and find homeless people sleeping on the streets of Atlanta on a daily basis, amongst the many multimillion-dollar buildings and structures. Too bad, we, as people, cannot provide resources to allow fellow humans to live with dignity and respect. A couple months ago, while riding a bus into the city,…
Richard B. Russell Federal Building
On March 8, 2019, I left Dismas Charities, Inc. and went to the Richard B. Russell Federal Building, where I reported with the intent of seeing my probation officer, after my official release from the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. I wrote about my experience in Electronic Chain. https://straightfromthepen.wordpress.com/electronic-chain/ Thirty-years of change in a…
REENTRY PLANS & A FRIEND MOVES ON
This blog contains mixed topics. The first one I’ll write about is dedicated to a man who proved himself to be a true friend to me in 1995, after he came into the federal system at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Other topics will include an update to my pending release and plans…
DAMAGE and PRISON
An old post ringing true after release from serving over thirty years in federal prison