Great Library of (currently) Yakima

Many people believe that the Library of Alexandria was the greatest library in the world. Well, I feel my personal library is nearing the same greatness ;) The greatness of my personal library, includes digital and hardcopy media, like Gaelic Storm CDs and mp3s, Katharine Kerr novels, Civil Engineering textbooks, The complete and Original Twilight Zone series in vcd formatted mpegs, many other CDs, mp3s, DVDs, videos, books, and the prize selection: a collection of short stories from the early years of the soon to be great writer Arnold "don't mess with it" Lund.

A few brief rants that I thought of at work today:

• Mothers, fathers, secretaries, etc. all have a day of their own, but engineers have an entire week! I think I deserve to have National Engineers Week off as a paid holiday ;)

The remaining thoughts come from the Newsbriefs in the February 2006 edition of Civil Engineering.

• China has began construction of another large dam. It is on the Jinsha River, costing $8.3 billion. It is expected to genrate 12.6GW. If you haven't heard of it yet, checkout the Three Gorges Dam.
• Saudi Arabia had a $57 billion surplus in 2005 and plans to build a $26.6 billion dollar city. Hey, I think they should help bail the U.S. out of trouble.
• Kuwait is considering plans for the world's tallest building. The Kuwaiti Tower would be 1,001m tall and could take 25 years to complete.
• Sewage Causing Abnormalities In Fish. Male fish with female characteristics have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Los Angelas and Orange Counties, raising concerns that treated sewage released into the ocean contains hormone-altering compounds that are deforming marine life. Here is a similar article.