JAILBIRD ROCK

photo by Evan Forester

Brian Earl Taylor was sentenced to up to 17 years, "for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon."   His in court commentary before sentencing was to sing "I'm sorry" lyrics to his own version of Adele's Hello -- followed then by a request for a "much shorter sentence."   ... maybe it's a Michigan thing.   story

Principle in the type:  "You want room for your thoughts to get into sailing trim and run a course or two before they make their port. The bullet of your thought must have overcome its lateral and ricochet motion and fallen into its last and steady course before it reaches the ear of the hearer, else it may plough out again through the side of his head."      Henry David Thoreau

HANGING ON BY A THREAD

photo by Lali Masriera

Two inmates "used a rope made of bed sheets to climb down about four floors," in an effort to escape a minimum-security prison in Kentucky.  Matthew Johnson, 29, was climbing down when "a knot on the sheets came loose" and he fell about 20 feet.  Johnson fled but was later found.  The second inmate didn't make it further then the prison roof.    news           

Principle in the text:  "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. . . . Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger, sometimes you're the ball. . . . "       Mary Chapin Carpenter