For the otherwise-not-so-single!

This goes out to all of you who have someone special to celebrate with today! Happy Valentines Day!

For the Singles!

This goes out to all of the solitary souls on Valentines Day. If you can get past the boy-band image without groaning fine, but it was either this video or strange colors and afros from the seventies

The True Character of the Rottweiler

So often I get a knee-jerk reaction from people whenever I tell them that I own rottweilers. Often I hear an exaggerated and quivering 'Oh My!' or 'aren't they mean?'. Sometimes I feel like saying, 'well, I don't know, are they? You seem to know a lot about them' In reality, most people only know about the 'bad dogs' that the media capitalizes on. If a rottweiler attacks someone on the other side of the country, most likely, it will make national news. Let another rottweiler save or defend their owners in that same region, it is most likely that you'll never hear of it. It is simply the way the media operates. I used to fear rottweilers. I had never gotten to know any myself, but I was certain that they were blood thirsty brutes with an evil gene built right in. I know better, now after having met a few before finally getting two of my own. Personally, I have been bitten by a black lab. I was doing nothing but trying to pet the dog; not pulling, poking, or anything that kids can do, but the dog bit me. There was a difference, though. That lab had been trained to be a guard dog. It goes with any dog, or animal for that matter. You get exactly out of them what time and training you put into them. You want a slobbering junk-yard dog that you can parade around just so you can get your jollies by watching others cringe? That's what you'll get because dogs by nature want to please you-they'll be anything you want them to be, you have only to ask. Sadly enough, many only want that junk-yard brute and others simply see nothing else BUT a junk-yard brute even when the specimen before them represents a flawless character and boasts years of training and love. My first breed of choice will always remain that of a Rottweiler, I have never met a more loyal, intelligent, and loving dog that is so willing to please as that German strain. This is my humble plug for the Rottweiler: Don't blame them-train them!

Some Interesting stats about the library that I work at

I was recently at a new employee orientation and they gave us some basic statistics about Pattee/Paterno Library and a few about University Park campus in general; some of them are pretty amazing.....

1. the library contains 5 million volumes
2. has 68,000 serials (or publications that come on a regular basis)
3. 30,000 electronic journals
4. 5,000 pieces of media equippment
5. 1,700 workstations across 24 locations
6. digitizes 350,000 images annually
7. 88,000 books were sold by the Penn State press in 2006
8. 420 support staff
9. 425 student employees
10. 130 librarians
11. 37 libraries at 24 Penn State Campuses
12. and is ranked 8th in the category of research libraries in N. America

wow, I'm proud to work here!

Soldier Surprises His Son

saw this on someone else's blog. It's incredibly precious! These men and women leave friends, family, and ease behind in order to make sure that I have the freedom and safety to sit here and blog.

Mercedes Commercial

A cute piece from a great car company!

Libera - I am the day

Jon Plank has a couple vids of Libera on his blog. After seeing them and hearing how good this choir was, I bought their CD, 'Angel Voices'. Salava Me is one of my favorites. This song, 'I am the Day' is another-It's gorgeous!