Here, I think I can translate:
My good friends, I tell you truly that I myself was present at this complex on the prior Friday eve. The statue that Mr. Motts has showcased in this photograph was not present at the time of my visit! Truly, the stories regarding apparitions present at this building are incredible, if they may be believed.

Ok, I kinda channeled the ghost of an 1800's person there, but you get the drift...

~Me: Really? I dress up as a clown on random days to scare OTHER people... Hmmmm.... :D

Mr. Lynne's Husband: It was my fault, really! Don't get Lynne a straight jacket, because I like my ass in its unkicked form! :D

Lynne: Ok, I think you're safe now... $100 US doesn't sound too bad for them. The one I saw was almost $500 US! I hadn't even thought to check with the S&M crowd. Now how will I explain it to Mrs. Sketch? "Ummm, yeah, I'm just looking for a straight jacket, nothing dirty here at all..." :D I'll say it's for ~Me...

Thanks again for looking this up!

Ok, maybe I was trying to be just a little bit of a smart ass... I can't help it that my personal devil happens to sit on my fingers!

To be honest, I'm not even trying to be me these days, let alone you or ~Me. I'm just trying to be.

Bwahahahaha... I can see this happening too! Way to play it off!

Does anyone out there know an affordable place to get one? I'm claustrophobic, but for some reason it doesn't bother me as long as my face is uncovered. Besides, I think I'd rather face my fear head on than spend the rest of my life hiding from it...

That's kinda what I thought... Re-reading my comment, I sounded kinda insensitive, which isn't what I was going for. I just wanna check one out for myself... Maybe for Christmas? :D

Very symbolic: A prison that's nearly impossible to escape laying on the floor of a prison that was (I imagine) nearly impossible to escape.

Lynne, just out of curiousity, what exactly does it feel like being in a straight jacker (if you know). I've always wondered about it, to the point of almost buying one online for more money than I had available. I always thought they looked kind of comforting, warm, and safe, and I think it would work pretty quick to calm me down. How far off am I?

~Waves to the applauding audience in my head a la RHPS~
Used to be in theatre...

PB: Try GiMP. It has a colorize plugin that works pretty good...

It almost looks like the wall was cut open and is bleeding...

Poor guy couldn't escape like the rest...

Wait... (goes back and re-reads) WHAT? I have two problems with that sentence: "the outside brother assistant" and "controlled the temperature". Did you really need a Brother to assist you in taking a shower? And, of all the things he could have assisted you with (~shudder), why would you trust him with temp control? The only person who controls my shower temp is me (unless someone flushes, but that's another story).

Jo: I bet more people fling poo than you think! It would explain some of the pictures on here, that's for sure...

Well that describes a number of us, doesn't it? :D

So... it was for people storage? I'm not sure what you mean by "held hostage". Do you just mean held against their will? The same could be said of most doors inside an asylum or a jail. Usually a hostage is someone who is being held against their will to be traded for something else (money, a way out of a situation, etc). What exactly were you trying to say? (I'm not trying to be a smart ass, it just sounds that way...)

I think she was trying to say that instead of complaining about how they were, do something about how they are. I didn't read that she was attacking ghost photographers (of which I include myself) specifically...

/Start-Rant
I, however, will. As someone who has been photographing ghosts since the late 90s, the sudden interest in it really pisses me off. Now that there are TV shows with people who, by the way, seem to go out of their way to break every rule for ghost photography, every idiot with a camera is seeing orbs. I looked at one picture someone took, then promptly smacked them for claiming that their cigarette smoke was a ghost. I'm so sick of reading the "OMG, it's a gohst orb!" posts on here. Did anyone stop to think that it might just be dust? These are old buildings... Motts isn't trying to photograph dust, so he doesn't have to check conditions like we do. What was the pollen count? What was the weather like? Knowing your surroundings is so important, and in photos like Motts' you can't know what he captured unless you were there and know there wasn't anything else.

To those who are attempting to photograph ghosts and are doing it right, I salute you and say thank you. To everyone else: you're making us look bad. Get another hobby.

/End-Rant

Ok, if you mix the CIA in it, I would believe it. They did extensive testing with LSD, and more information is coming out all the time. I guess I was more looking for information that doctors on their own were testing patients, but this was a very good read too. Thanks for linking to it! This will be in my nightmares tonight with the sitz baths...

Well, I'm ok with hearts, but my specialty is more towards the sitz use and less towards the heart use. :D I can, however, do quick temporary repair work on broken hearts as needed, especially as a "bounce-back" surgeon...

More importantly, is it yours or someone elses?

God, I paid over $50 for my last pair, but it was worth it. How often do you get shoes covered in skulls?

I never understood the deal with razor wire. Why let them get that high? Why not just put an electric current through the fence and be done with it? I guess if it were raining it wouldn't work...

Those are either Converse AllStars (Chuck Taylor's for our UK friends) or a really good imitation of them! I don't think I have a pair of white AllStars... Any in a size 12? :D
Of course, then there is the question, why are they providing name brand shoes to inmates?

You mean I'm not the only person who saw that movie? Wow, I'm amazed!

"but sex was no more "gross" than if you were as sane as Socrates!"

Well, ignoring the fact that I think Socrates was insane, all I can think is that you just weren't doing it right! :D My crazy sex has always been gross, or at the very least bizarre... That's why the window is so foggy!

It looks like it is trying to shed a cocoon from itself, and return to its more "natural" form.