Life After Death: The Shocking True Story of a Innocent Man on Death Row

last plea on the subject. Please, people—vote. Shut Fogleman down May 18.
    And by the way, has anyone else noticed that on his commercial Fogleman looks exactly like Mr. Burns?
    M AY 8
    Today is the feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael. Old herbal almanacs say you should collect angelica root on May 8 because it’s sacred to the archangel Michael.
    They say that if you keep angelica in the house it will change your fortune for the better, because it brings blessings and healing energy into the home. The fact that angelica is so beneficial is the reason it was named after the angels.
    You can eat it, brew it like tea, put it in your bath water, or just keep a piece in your pocket.
    It’s one of the most used charms in the herbal realm, along with St. John’s wort (named after John the Baptist) and High John the Conquerer (Conqueror) root. Don’t eat High John, though. He’s poisonous.
    The day after tomorrow is another interesting day. May 10 is the memorial day of Father Damien. Actually, now he’s Saint Damien. I never thought I’d see that in my lifetime. I think it’s a good sign.
    It’s only ten more days until the election.
    M AY 10
    Today is the memorial day of Saint Damien. Time is passing so quickly. September is going to be here before you know it. I often feel like I’m living on faerie time. In the old stories about the Fay, time is an unstable concept. People who find themselves in the realm of the Fay may pass a hundred years in a single day, or a single day in a hundred years. They may return to the physical world after one night in faerie, only to discover everything and everyone they knew are long gone. Or they may return after having an entire lifetime of adventures and discover they’ve only been gone from the “real” world for a single night. Either way, time is not the same. When I learned that my case would be heard in September, I thought, “That’s not long at all.” Others asked, “Why did they set it so far away?” Then again, I can feel the closeness of Halloween on the Fourth of July, and I can feel Christmas looming at the end of August.
    I wanted to ask if everyone will make plans to come to the hearing on September 30 while there’s still plenty of time. The only thing the corrupt politicians in this state care about is people watching them. If the Arkansas Supreme Court sees how many people care about this case they may think twice about trying to sweep it under the rug. Your presence can make a huge difference. It sends a message. If you can come, please do. We need a packed house. This is the final stretch, and things will begin to move very quickly once September arrives. We need you there, folks. Please come.
    J UNE 5
    The governor has now put together some sort of committee to figure out how the state can save money on prison costs. Perhaps it would help if they stopped spending millions of dollars to keep this case covered up. They’re literally spending millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money just to keep from having to admit they made a mistake.
    Instead of doing what’s right, they’ll just cut the food budget again. That’s what they usually do. They reduce the number of calories each person gets per day. They’ve also decided we’re no longer allowed to have headphones. They used to sell us headphones for about thirty dollars, and that’s how you listened to music. Unfortunately, one of the guards’ favorite things to do was stomp on the headphones when they came into a cell. Prisoners began filing claims in small claims court, and the guards were being forced to pay for the headphones. Instead of telling the guards to stop maliciously destroying what little property people have, the prison just said no more headphones.
    That’s their answer to everything. Everything is always the prisoners’ fault, no matter what. I’ve even seen them try to imply it was a prisoner’s fault for being raped by a sadistic, homosexual guard.
    J UNE 22
    I’ve been told there’s a picture of Axl Rose on the Internet wearing a WM3 T-shirt. That made my month. Everyone who knows me is well aware that I believe there never has been and never will be another band that even comes close to Guns N’ Roses. There have been months at a time when I’ve listened to nothing but GNR. I don’t even care who else is in the band, as long as Axl is singing. When I was a kid I used to wear GNR T-shirts until they disintegrated, which makes it all the more amazing to me