Cal.e;'s Korner

Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life End over end, neither left, nor the right Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life

Make me, oh, make me, Lord, more than I am Make a piece in your master game plan Free from the earthly temptation below I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe

Bring on the brothers who've gone on before And all of the sisters who've knocked at your door All the departed, dear loved ones of mine And stick 'em up front in the offensive line

Yeah, dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life End over end, neither left, nor the right

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Songwriters: Paul Charles Craft

Dropkick Me Jesus lyrics © Screen Gems-emi Music Inc., Black Sheep Music

C.: d.c., something weird is going on at The Kennel.

d.: There’s always something strange going on there .What did you observe that caught your attention?

C. An inmate watching another inmate on CDO.

d.: Oh, yes, that. That is something new, but it’s not new.

C.: ???

d.: An inmate watching another inmate on Constant Direct Observation is new, but a criminal watching other criminals isn’t. It's been going on for years.

C.???. I know that “turnkeys” were trusties in the old days who had access to keys at The Kennel. They were inmates who were trusted enough to open doors for other inmates to relieve the officers of some of their responsibilities, but I didn’t know that some inmates were charged with watching other inmates.

d.: Criminal watching other criminals is kind of the premise I used in my fourth book, A FULL PARDON: THE GRAYING OF THE LAW in THE MAGRUDER MYSTERIES series. Three of the characters in that book are based on real people I’ve known in my ten years of working at The Kennel. I don’t have proof that two of them were criminals, but I suspect that they were. One was in charge of a prison unit. Also, a lot of the officers are really as bad as the inmates. I’ve heard some of the inmates tell the officers that they are no better than the inmate, they just haven’t been caught yet. I think there is a lot of truth to that statement.

C.: What about the third guy?

d.: He’s a good guy caught in a bad situation. I did know someone who also fit that description. Sometimes trying to do one's job correctly creates a lot of bad feelings with other employees who are making up their own rules to go by.

C.: Do these three characters show up anywhere else in your series?

d.: Not yet. I can’t really rewrite the manuscript for the first book, because “ THE MAGRUDER MYSTERIES MURDER 8: THE INERT INGREDIENT" is under review with a publisher, and another one wants to look at it when they have time. Otherwise, I may have tried to work Warden Sheila Haynes and “Captain Underpants” into the first book in the series. They add a lot to the fourth book.

C.: I assume those are the two bad characters. Are they tied, in any way, to Taylor, the epitome of evil in the first book?

d.: Yes, one has close ties to him. As you know, Taylor represents evil, but I do explain how he got that way. Alice, Linda, and, to some degree, Jack, represent good. Jay is everyman. He has good intentions but is flawed. He tries to do good, but often makes a worse mess of the situation by his actions. I think Jay Magruder is someone that most men can relate to on some level. I also hope that women can relate to him, or, perhaps Linda or Alice. This series is fiction, but I based a lot of the personalities of the characters on people that I’ve known–

C.: In all your many, many years on earth!

d.: Well, that’s all the time we have for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.

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