I wouldn't say better or worse, just different. If I had a choice upon conviction I'd take Leavenworth; mostly because I would know what to expect of a military prison.

The discipline is much higher in Leavenworth than a fed facility.... but its also filled with a bunch of people who have had formal hand to hand combat training, bladed weapon training and other weapons training. Gangs are a problem in Leavenworth too. Crips, Bloods and the white power movement have decent…

Thanks, I often mix up my pronouns when dealing with transgender, not out of malice or disrespect, mostly out of lack of daily use. I usually do better in person.

Several years of military service, and knowing a soldier who went down for an incredibly large quantity of child porn. He had a very bad time at Leavenworth.

There are no right answers in this, only two forms of grief. This can't been seen in terms of right or wrong, it has to be seen in terms of risk. Can you stay strong for 35 years, fighting depression? Or do you value more agency at the risk of rape and potentially life threatening beatings. Adding moral judgement…

No, awful is what happens when your not in solitary and transgender, especially at Leavenworth. Manning being transgender is not new, as a prisoner in the system though he can at least get a medically supervised transition. Yes, it will be lonely and hard, but he leaves prison at the age of 50 a new lady.

Dude was sunning himself, sleeping and fluffing his fur to keep warm. The oils trap air in the fur and keep him warmer during his dives. These little bastards are really cute, but can eat through just about anything.... including your fingers.

Why do I suddenly feel like the world needs a twerking to the 90's exercise video starring this man?

i saw them in the 80s

I sure as shit hope not, especially under the "my terrorist parents made me do it routine." I don't know. Escape is one thing and vengeance is another. If I were a girl in that situation, I think I might want vengeance and escape. Either way the situation sucks and the parents who do this to their kids should rot…

Why not a knife? Arrest seems like a better way to get out of marriage, and you can totally tell the authorities that your scumbag parents are sleeper agents for Al Qaeda. Problem solved?

Libre Office is excellent, if you MUST have FOSS. I use libre office on my linux box, but I always return to Office on my Windows box because the feature set and guarantee that the formatting won't be fucked are a major sell point in any conversion or cross platform work I do.

Yes, I have a wife and child, neither let me hear anything not turned to 11. Subtitles are a must, even when watching netflix theses days.

you can still find the old freeware version out in the wild if you look hard enough.. i've still got copies on my backup hard drive.

I'm also a big fan of G topala's SIW

My wife is doing the stay at home mom thing because despite her education she can't find a job that pays more than 10 dollars an hour. She has issues with depression and anxiety too, so stressful jobs just blow up in her face. Her staying home at this point is the equivalent of saving 900.00 a month on daycare. …

In my field of study there are only a few good publishers and the books are ridiculously priced. One class was nearly 300.00 bucks.

There are places on the internet where you can find almost any textbook made to download and use instead of buying them. These are the back alley of the internet, not exactly friendly, but safer than searching for warez. I just finished my final paper in my final class for my degree last night. I regret nothing.

I grew up having a two tiered system of chores. The base ones were required for me to exist in the house, the others I got paid for. It may be why I feel that life without work is no life at all.

I'm currently on a diet due to a contest at work at work (team that loses the most wins 300 buck, which my team intends to spend of the best italian food we can find.) it may not be the most noble way to lose weight but I'm down 12 pounds, and plan to keep going. I follow the weight loss philosophy I learned in the…