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Throughout June begins an interactive experiment... "CHALLENGING DAYS"!

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CHALLENGING DAYS  Today (June 1st) kicks off a new journalistic experimental series called "Challenging Days" !  My friend and creative brother-in-arts Phil Corso (Drummer of The Vigilance Committee and More Than Skies ) and I conceived this fun interactive month-long experiment  called "Challenging Days".  Each day throughout June, we will roll the bones to randomly choose a prompt, task or challenge from a predetermined list meant to shake our routines and perspectives and then reflectively report on the site how it went and what we experienced each day, hopefully feeling a little more informed or enlightened by the events or interactions we may not have otherwise engaged in! My favorite part? We set it up on our website so that you all can be privy to the prompts of each day, participate and then submit your thoughts on the page in real time!   Visit  https://alloneandphil. wixsite.com/challengingdays  ...

"The Editor" (National Poetry Month poem-a-day) Day 30

“ The Editor” Criminal episode49 written by Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/30/2017 In Maryland, Robin Woods was no Robin Hood robbing goods prolifically from warehouses or whatever whereabouts, but how else are you to make a living with no catered education, given the ruler at school your future is dimming a decade later, breaking and entering villain thieving phones and computer equipment.. stole a car, and 20k worth of gear, he's 26 tops, next night he's playing pool in comes 6 cops, a friend turned rat went behind his turned back, Robin doesn't blame the guy, its every man for himself, which often means its every man v.s. Everyone else. Non-violent felony, but had prior convictions too, given 16 years at Maryland Correctional Institute, Absolutely overkill, perhaps Draconian, certainly the worst place they'd ever thrown him in. Guards beat the inmates with nearly no provoking, so the next night, revenge was reaped in a riot...

"Pearl Bryan" (National Poetry Month poem-a-day) Day 7

Pearl Bryan Criminal: Episode 24 Written By Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/7/17 I've a story, gather 'round lend me your hearts and ears Unwed Pearl, but twenty two showed a maternal sphere No Pa known though two assumed: both Will Wood and Scott Jackson Faux Pas felonies to ruin their lives so she took action She would not will her cousin, Will Wood to be involved with Her other lover Jackson whom she pleaded to solve it Scott, a dental student and his roommate Walling helped In Cincinnati they met Pearl and earned a spot in Hell The procedure a failure, drenched a farm field in red A young boy found Pearl's body No one e'er found her head People ogled the brutal scene and pilfered souvenirs Such as crimson greenery made by two who disappeared Weeping eyes knew their daughter by tags and her webbed toes The found killers found guilty yet still women proposed They the last men the state h...

"No Place Like Home" (National Poetry Month poem-a-day) Day 6

“ No Place Like Home” (Criminal Episode27) Written by Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/6/2017 Early 90's, Neil White, collared for kiting, white collar crime, caught him juggling checks for nearly 800,000 dollars Ritzy lives lost well, its not very hard, still... it isn't easy seeing a father shipped off to Carville Neil gets driven to the Louisiana prison, quiet drive with livid Linda, crimson with derision, Isn't thrilled with visits, early by 45 minutes, When Neil arrives, a guy waves, toothless grinning, he double-takes...something's different zoom-in shot on a gnarled set of mittens, Realizes the welcoming committees' twisted hand is missing digits! Neil asked the guard for identification, the guard says, “that's no inmate, its a patient” Neil gets anxious, angst invades him is this a betrayal of imagination, Who is he locked away with? Is he hallucinating? The condition of his hands indebted to Hanson's dis...

"Custodian Chronicles Volume 1..." by Tim Will Hunting (Book Review)

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Custodian Chronicles Volume 1: An Inside Look at the American Public School System as Seen Through the Eyes of Its Most Underrated Player: The Janitor (and Other Musings)  ...A Book Review... So yes that is a book title.  Yes it is long winded.  Yes I am also long winded.  I will try my best not to be.  If you want the long and short of it (which, funny enough always means "the short") if you want to read something original, eye-opening and knee slapping then you should definitely    CLICK HERE AND BUY THIS BOOK AND READ IT. My friend and fellow Long Islander Tim Almeida, front-man of the socially conscious live-band alternative rock/hip-hop group  The Native Alien Tribe  aka Tim Will Hunting ( who rapped with me for Spontaneous Sundays with AllOne episode 4 ) and of course hard-working Custodian, self-published his debut book based on his  CUSTODIAN CHRONICLES BLOG   and  PODCAST  which I had t...