11/26: 65-81 at NJIT. This one was disappointing. They really are a lousy team and I expected to beat them. Not even close. They came out and took a quick lead and got it to a dozen at the half. We never threatened them. 23, 3, 6 for Sims, who had a great game, and 12, 7, 3 for Nash. We shot 35.5%, they shot 51.7%. 19 TOs. When we turn it over we lose.
Ben Sims: I was real happy with my performance tonight but when you don;t win it doesn't mean much. We had too many TOs but I only had one.
Troy Grin: I had 9 tonight, my most ever. Played good D, too.
Moe Maxx: Okay, I didn't have a great game tonight, but I had 10 RBs. Not a word from Coach. It's like I don't exist.
Let's talk about the food here at Walpole State Penitentiary. It's lousy, but we do get enough to eat. Breakfast is either the equivalent of two scrambled eggs- they're powdered eggs, two pieces of dry toast, and a bowl of oatmeal, or three pancakes and a bowl of oatmeal. We get salt, pepper and ketchup for the eggs, and some syrup of some kind for the oatmeal and the pancakes. It's not maple though, that's for sure. Coffee and milk are available. Milk for the coffee but no sugar. You get one or the other. And no choices. Some days it's eggs, some days it's pancakes. Take it or leave it, but if you take it you have to eat all of it.
Lunch is a sandwich and usually an apple, sometimes some other fruit. The sandwich is tuna, or cold cuts with lettuce, mustard or mayo, and again, milk or coffee. I'd actually love a peanut butter and jelly once in a while but it doesn't happen. Again, no choice. They put the sandwich on your tray and you get what you get. I do see guys trade off with each other sometimes. Nobody cares.
Dinner is some kind of stew, sometimes beef, sometimes chicken, sometimes fish. Lots of potatoes and carrots, tomatoes, some green veggies in it. A good size bowl and two pieces of bread. Coffee or milk. No desserts ever, and fruit only at lunch. The guys with a sweet tooth have a problem.
And there's no way to buy food or get it from friends or relatives. We can have visitors but they can't bring us anything or give us money.
So we get enough to eat. Lunch could be a little more but breakfast and dinner are fine. Nothing tastes too great but I don't go to bed hungry. The limited choices mean the food gets really boring over time, but what can you do. I hear in the old days prisoners barely got enough food to stay alive, so I guess it's all right. Let me tell you, I clean mu plate at every meal.