During the holiday season, they keep our unit’s craftshop open until 4:30am (versus the usual 10:00pm) so as to allow the inmates to handle their increased workloads. During the first few nights of this schedule, I stayed until 4:00am for the sake of...

As you know, I recently changed my name in the craftshop to “Uhoes,” so as to make a joke out of my earnest buddy’s complex involving being called a hoe (i.e. a coward), even in jest. Now, quite a few individuals will, upon seeing me, say,...

Punishment is defined in the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy as the deliberate infliction of harm upon somebody, or the withdrawal of some good from them, by an authority, in response to their being supposed to have committed some offense. The...

Due to an inclination toward mockery, much of my humor has a zero sum game element to it. And, possibly because I’m the object of my own mockery much of the time, many of my associates like my wit and impromptu dramatizations. Except for one buddy...

Imagine if you had a sister, and she was caught purchasing $1,200 worth of electronic products that were discovered to be stolen. You have an Ebay store that you’ve run for the past 2-½ years. To date, you’ve sold around $200,000 worth of...