Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail Goes Vegetarian

Click here to read about the mystery-meat slop in Arpaio's jail known as red death.

Click to read my original blog about the jail food.

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School Visits

Ashford School, Kent

With Mike and Abbie at Walsall College 

With James and Amy at Walsall College

With Ali and Matt, Kingswood School, Bath

Click here to watch my full talk to schools

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Spider Bites in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail by Shaun Attwood

Click here to read how we dealt with the jailhouse spider bite wounds.

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From Garden & Gun

I get an e-mail form this wonderful magazine periodically. Now and then something really catches my interest. As you may know from prior posts, I am a huge fan of Hemingway...the consummate sportsman and one of my heroes. I also have a penchant for strong drink in the form of Rum. Here we have a nice confluence of the two...courtesy of Garden & Gun:



The recipe for this drink came from Ernest Hemingway's fishing log handwritten in June of 1933, where its ingredients were listed under the simple heading “Cocktail.” The name pays tribute to Joe “Josie Grunts” Russell, a close friend of Hemingway’s who ran liquor from Cuba to Florida during Prohibition and, immediately following its repeal, opened Key West mainstay Sloppy Joe’s. Hemingway was fishing on Russell’s boat when he wrote down the recipe for this drink, a potent blend of rum, hard apple cider, lime, and sugar. Sounds like just the thing to warm up a fall fishing trip.
Josie Russell
For a pitcher:

4 ½ oz. rum
12 oz. hard apple cider
2 oz. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. sugar

Fill a pitcher with ice, add all ingredients, and stir well. Serve on ice in Collins or highball glasses, garnished with lime wedge or peel. Serves two to three

Rail Fail

I was invited for another afternoon of rail-bird hunting tomorrow. Sadly my day job has required that I decline. I am currently pouting. In the meantime, I offer this A.B. Frost rendition of what I am missing.

Another Ball Player Hits the Skids

 Twenty years ago yesterday. It was game one of the National League Pennant series against the Atlanta Braves. I was sitting in seats better than Ted Turner with my buddy Wighty. Curt Schilling pitched a masterpiece, striking out 10 Braves. The game went 10 innings and I will never forget Kim Batiste hitting the game winning run in the bottom of the 10th after he had made an earlier error to allow the Braves to tie the game. Kim went from goat to hero in one swing.

 It was a great pitchers duel and a memorable night of baseball for this Phillies fan. Wighty and I were on track for a beer an inning...no surprise for a couple of old Lehigh buddies. We were hanging on every pitch...the way one does in post-season baseball.

Today I learned that Curt Schilling is selling his home and auctioning off the contents. He cleaned out in a business deal and bankruptcy and sued by Rhode island. he is seemingly broke and scrambling. This is sad news in light of my prior posts about another 1993 Phillie, Lenny Dykstra and his now well known post baseball debacle.Another ex-Phillie behaving badly and paying the price. I like to remember Schilling in a Phil's uniform. Most recall him is a Red Sox uniform pitching with the bloody sock..which by the way sold for $92,000.

Question Time

Email from a student:

Your talk at Forest School was amazing. I found it so interesting to hear everything you had to say and I bought your books after as I found it so interesting. Do you ever go to rave-like events or listen to that kind of music still? I've grown up with my dad who was a hardcore raver around the same time as you, so I have always loved the 90's techno music and always wanted to go to raves and experience everything as I love the adrenaline rush. It was interesting to hear what your experiences led to. Do you regret getting into the rave scene and living that kind of lifestyle or do you see it as just enjoying the moment from when you were younger?

Thanks for the talk at our school, it was amazing.

Amy

My response:

Thanks for the email, Amy, and for sharing your situation of having an old-school raver father. Is he a fan of DJ’s Sasha and Carl Cox by any chance? They were the biggest names when raves started. The last event I went to was a Carl Cox gig in London a few years ago. I danced all night without drugs, but I was exhausted coming home on the 6am train. I actually fell asleep until a ticket inspector woke me up. It was fun, but I prefer a good night’s sleep these days. I still listen to the music all of the time in my car or on my computer. Pete Tong is one of my favourites:

I do look back and see that I was a young person living for the moment and spiralling out of control. I learnt a lot from all of my experiences and they have made me who I am today. My regrets are the hurt I caused my family members and for leading others down the road of drug use that ends in misery for so many. Numerous of my friends are dead from taking drugs and out of those still taking drugs, a few die each year.

Like you, I enjoy adrenalin rushes, but I’ve learnt to channel my energy into things that won’t do me any harm such as yoga, karate and BodyCombat.

Thanks for your questions. Take care out there, Amy!

Shaun

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