By Wayne T. Dowdy Storms ravage the United States: tornados, thunder storms, snow and ice storms, in April, along with the political and technological storms that drive the progression or digression of the nation. Storms fuel change: Cruise Missiles that bombed Syrian chemical weapon sites, were launched with the intent to create change, to deter…
MARCH MADNESS
by Wayne T. Dowdy For the last month, I thought about writing this blog, twisting my mustache as numerous ideas whirled around inside my head: making a minor correction suggested by a reader; praising women in honor of Women’s History Month; updating the halfway house issue; and my plans for StraightFromthePen.org and .net, including my…
The Storm & Valentine’s Day Wish
[Update: I am re-posting this one for 2019 to wish each of you a Happy Valentine’s Day from the outside this year. I did not win the administrative remedy on the issue stated below in the original post, but I did win an issue concerning a miscalculation of my Good Conduct Time, which changed my…
HALF A PROBLEM
By Wayne T. Dowdy Don’t get it twisted; I am glad to have this half of a problem but it is a problem much greater than what confronts me. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP), or “Backwards On Purpose” agency of the United States Department of Justice, is denying me of something I feel I have…
HAPPY NEW YEAR and a HAPPY NEW LIFE
I wish each of you a Happy New Year and a Happy New Life! For me, it is always a pleasant thought to acknowledge that each day is the first day of the rest of our lives. May 2018 be the best year each of us experiences in our young lives. That’s right, I still…
SANTA, STARS, SEX & POLITICS by Wayne T. Dowdy
On December 23, 2015, I blogged about a “Plot to Stop Santa.” My publisher found a photo to post of Santa and a Militarized-Sled Santa used to fight terrorists who stood in his way. Well, now there may be other reasons to deter Jolly Ole Saint Nick from doing what he does best: deliver gifts…
LIFE INSIDE
by Wayne T. Dowdy Recent events that concern federal prisoners may affect whether I leave for a halfway house on April 25, 2018. Other events affect my serenity when I allow something eternal to govern my feelings, as is common for us living, breathing, human beings. Feelings, negative or positive, remind me I am alive. …
A JOB AFFAIR
by Wayne T. Dowdy “You can if you think you can. Engrave those seven words deeply in your consciousness. They are packed with power and with truth.” Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale January 5, 2023, Update: I wrote Job Affair from inside the…