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Well today I have to do an extra detail at a football game and then head out to a Cub Scout meeting. I have one day to do all our English Comp II reading and assignments. My schedule has been a little crazy, but nothing more than the usual. Somewhere I will try to continue to read my new book. Hopefully I'll finish before Thanksgiving. Just Kidding. Well now off to run errands, pick up a Birthday gift or two for my wife and head out to work.

Book Blog, 2nd book

My second book is by Ann Coulter, called "How to talk to a Liberal (if you must)." Ann Coulter is the author of the New York Times Best Seller: Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors. She is also legal correspondent for Human Events and a syndicated columnist for Universal Press. The book is her views of the current Democratic Party and how the country is being run. Her views are very right wing, but interesting. She is not so far to the right, but close. In the first three chapters, she talks about the war in Iraq, 911 and about Charles Schumer of New York, who in 2001 helped come up with the best way to hold Military Tribunals with Congress involved, or running it. I don't want to express too many of her views on this blog, but I agree with most of hers.

Contract

So, I've been without a raise or contract for the past three years. You see Fort Lee fought our raise in 2006. Since then, my PBA has been fighting with the Borough but have gotten nowhere. We went to Arbitration in 2008 and the State awarded our contract. The Borough didn't agree and fought the decision, twice!! Finally the the State told the Borough to pay us and award the raise and new items in our contract. The Borough had a meeting and decided to file an appeal with the New Jersey Supreme Court Appellate Division. Now we have to file a motion in Bergen County Superior Court to force the Borough to pay us for their violation of the State's decision. Crazy stuff right! Did you know that no Arbitrator has ever been overturned in the Appellate Division for these types of contracts. Why is the Borough doing this? Because it adds $14,000.00 to their Pension investment at the end of every year now. Currently they have spent over $250,000.00 in fighting us and a possible addition loss of $225,000.00 by filling the appeal. I don't know, but I think if they wanted to make a point, there were better ways of doing it then giving their Attorneys half a million for a lost cause. Oh well, just thought I would vent a little. I guess I will see my raise in June, almost four years after we started. Then in January 2011, this contract ends and we do it all over again.

Current book situation

Well, as of right now I am in between books. I have completed my first book "Sail" as well as my blogs on the book. Now I have to go find a new book, but I'm undecided what book I should get. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know. I'm looking for an interesting one with no heavy lifting, if you know what I mean. Anyway, thats my lastest reading update.

Thoughts on reading outside of class

I have not read for the enjoyment of it for a long time. Recently I read a book while I had an operation on my shoulder, other than that its just been the newspaper and some work related magazines. I doubt if I will just be sitting back and reading for enjoyment anytime soon. I have too much school work as well as my normal work related e-mails and reports. The only time I do read is on vacation, but that depends on where I go. If its down the shore and I know I will just be hanging on the beach, I read, otherwise , I'll sight see and will rarely read.

Sail Con't

Peter Carlyle and Devoux go to the Bahamas to make a plan to find the Dunnes and kill them. Ellen Pierce follows them there. After a short meeting in a slezy bar, the seperate and Peter heads back to New York. Ellen follows Devoux into the secluted parts of the Bahama's. He later senses that he is being followed and ambuses her in her vehicle. A gunfight ensues by Devoux gets away. Petere knows things are getting bad and the public starts to question why he is not looking for his family (he is a trained Piolt). Peter leaves Bailey's bed after talking about marrying her once his family was officaly gone. He flies to the Bahama's and charters a plane and starts to look in the area Devoux told him. He finds the small island and see's that there are people on it. They are screaming and lighting fires to get the pilot's attention, but Peter flys off. He returns that night under a cloud of darkness and with a gun in his hand is about to shoot the slepping family when he is hit in the back of the head by Mark who was standing guard while the family slept. The story now cuts to a court room where Peter is on trial for the attempted Murder of his family. He is later accquitted with the help of the best laywers money can buy. The story ends with Peter lying in bed with Bailey, Devoux wlaks in and holds a gun to Peter, he begs for his life but says he won't kill him , then hands the gun to Bailey. Bailey takes the gun as Peter is relieved that she won't kill him, but she does. It turns out Bailey and Devoux were is co-hoots and planed this all along. Ellen Pierce recieved a message for her help in the arrest and saving of the Family Dunne. Dr. Dunne and her family are now as close as ever and can finally move on with their lives. First book completed!