I’ve been so busy this last week with work I haven’t taken any time to author any Fozzolog entries. I probably don’t really have time to do it now, but I’ll go ahead and try to quickly get one in.

Books

I’ve been reading a lot the last couple of weeks. I find it gives my brain a nice break from work-related stuff.

The first book I read was Sean Hannity’s Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism. Dave brought this to me when he came up for our small-claims court appearance last month.

Hannity’s book is a great read — especially during the general election year. I know a lot of people find Hannity’s radio program to be annoying and his radio style to be caustic, inflammatory, and irreverent, but his book is none of these things. He does a good job of laying down the facts and backing them up.

The book is basically a persuasive case for the reelection of George W. Bush. It compares the appeasement policies of today’s democratic party to that of Neville Chamberlain and argues that appeasing terrorists and totalitarian regimes like that of Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein is hopeless.

So, good book.

Next, I read The Footprints of God, a novel by Greg Iles. This is an interesting piece of fiction that is a techno/religious thriller about a top-secret creation of artificial intelligence based on the human brain funded by the U.S. government. The main character is a medical doctor involved with the project as an ethics advisor.

Dave brought this to me too. He and I previously read another of Iles’ books, Mortal Fear. The Footprints of God is definitely a better book but I found the ending a little weak and unnecessarily romantic.

Now, I’m reading When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan by Peggy Noonan. I gave this book to my parents a couple years ago and wanted to read it since I read some stuff about Reagan in Hannity’s book.

This book is surprisingly uplifting. I love reading it and I want to read more about Reagan and his life. Ronald Reagan is, without a doubt, the most honest, most integrity-filled, best president we’ve had during the last 100 years.

Work

Iodynamics has a lot of work right now. It’s been a struggle to prioritize and organize everything and get it done. Drives me nuts, but it’s a great situation to be in.

We’re going to be bringing on some contract work soon with the possibility of transitioning the contractors we like to permanent employees.