Sorry, it wasn’t THAT historic of a day

This morning was Barack Obama was inaugurated of the 44th president of the United States.  Congratulations, now it’s time to get to work. 

Of course, I had to laugh at what my 4-year old daughter Anika had to say when Obama stepped up to take the oath of office.  Looking completely stunned, fixated on the television, completely frozen:

“Mom!  But…Dr. Martin Luther King is supposed to be DEAD!!!”

Ooops, not bad for a 4-year old, but kind of hilarious in it’s own way.

To put this in context, you have to remember that January 18th is MLK Day in the US.  Kids usually get a day off of school, and the week before there is usually a history lesson about the civil rights leader.  In her pre-school, they taught lessons about why he was important, how he stood up on front of millions of people, and gave a speech…  so you can see where this went.

Sorry honey, it isn’t THAT historic of a day.  Just a new President.

(why is this blog-worthy?  Heck, I don’t know…it’s probably not.  But I laugh when I think about it, which is about where my internal “do I publish” bar is located)

Compromise – That’s when everybody loses, but with the idea that everyone should lose equally

It’s the Jesus change control process, you know, 40 days and 40 nights….  -Brad

The status quo blows… -KS

Even the most complex systems work in PowerPoint

Authorization Skittles

Cleaning out my unfiled OneNotes, and ran across this gem.  I can’t even remember who said it anymore, but it sounds like something that either Dan or I would say…so in the absence of anyone else to credit:

We don’t actually protect data today. We protect the container that data is in, and that’s what the authorization policy applies to. Instead of telling the kid, “No, you can’t eat any Skittles” the policy we express is, “You’re not allowed to open the bag of Skittles” – achieves the same result, but the authorization policy can’t extend past the container being opened. Once the data is gone, it’s gone.

Quotes

You are only young once, but immaturity can last a lifetime! – Edwin Louis Cole

“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts FOREVER” – Aristophanes

If you liked that song, you’ll loove Dale’s Dead Bugs, a full service exterminating company. And we’re more than dead bugs. Got a problem? Racoon, roach, silver fish, termite, rat, squirrel? Not flying!! I don’t like them flying squirrels!! And I will not spray a bat.. Bats are vampirical by nature! Ask about our line of cruelty-free pecticides! – Dale Gribble (King of the Hill)

H.O.P.E: Horrific Outcome Per Emotion – AOPA Magazine article about airplane crashes caused when hope overrides logic

“It’s nearly impossible to build a coalition of the rationale people – so it’s a good thing they talk to one another” – DH*

* Damn close to the exact words, or at least best I can remember them, while we were talking about how “strategy” oriented teams tend to fail (no implementation capability) and why engineering/operations teams often work on misaligned efforts (no overall strategy to work towards).  Yet somehow the ship hasn’t run aground (yet)