It is not common sense or compassion as much as necessity which drove the state of Pennsylvania to offer early release to some non-violent offenders .   Overcrowded prisons helped to prompt the offer of opportunity for offenders to transition back into society sooner through various programs.  Pa...

There wasn't cable TV in my parent's house until after Brian and I had moved out and had our apartment at the Shaghaus in the fall of 98. I spent many, many hours glued to the TV watching Ah-Ha's "Take on Me" on V66 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/02/19/v_66_rocks_on/ . I even remembe...

CINCINNATI (ZP) -- Brother Lexus pushes up from his lounge chair, two sable-colored, tattooed arms raising him from the most comfortable seating in his tiny two-room apartment. I've been talking shit for a good five minutes straight at this point, trying to get a rise out of the supposed born-again ...

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. - 1 Corinthians 13:11, King James Version This is a dude who, 700 years ago, totally ravaged China, and who we were told, two hours ago, like totally ravaged As...

Quote of the Day: "When you think you can't . . . revisit a previous triumph." Jack Canfield Here's a neat article on some of the nature *gasp* hidden in Waltham: http://www.dailynewstribune.com/lifestyle/x512232865 I went to day camp for a couple of weeks one summer at Prospect Hill. I remember the...

I don't know what it is with random people coming up and telling me that they know me at work. I usually have about one every other shift, but tonight, I had 3 in just 4 hours. I had a nurse come in and say that she knew my mom(which isn't surpising. my mom has worked at 3 different hospitals in 2...