https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/Sometimes you've got to roll with the flow just to stay walkin' and talkin'. This blog is written by 'The Hat' and She-Bear. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/332721After having chased cows a foot all day with a lariat, drinking a little more then 1/2 that fifth of mescal and eating the worm at the bottom, it would be a fair statement to say that I was purrrittty sloshed. So oozing myself homeward and feeling in need of a bit of a rest stop, I lay down under...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/330986It was a very warm sunny day. It would have been considered a beautiful one had we all not been incarcerated. There were about 300 men of varying ages enjoying the day out in the big yard as best as we could under the circumstances. Some men were working out on the weight pile, others playing...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/321809A fellow inmate had a plan. His wife would bring a girlfriend to visit myself. He'd supplied me with her name and I put her on my visitors list. We were housed in a minimum custody area. Therefore, visitors were allowed to bring lunches. The master plan being that the girls would bring (included...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/321247This story is not for the faint of heart. Be fully aware that the 'Kiester Bunny' has no similarity to the world renowned Easter Bunny except that they both bear gifts. A kiester bunny is a jail smuggler bearing gifts stuffed up the rectum into the body. This person is held in high esteem by all...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/319973First day of lock down, I was walking back to the cell block (B Block) along the tier and the guard on the cat walk fires a dummy round (A blank is always fired first) from his lever action 30/30 Winchester screaming, "Hit the deck!" We all do! Crawling to the edge of the tier, (walk way) and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ThomasFranklin6451/319381I was certainly jazzed in anticipation for this bus trip. Standing in a long line with other passengers, patiently waiting my turn to be fitted with...#1 ankle chains (like hobbles on a horse or mule) #2 waist chain with not too tight handcuffs fastened to the waist. It was 1972, July. It was a...