Hail to the Chief

Although, in itself, having a snow day was terrific, it was made even more special because it was on Inauguration Day.

Regardless of your politics, this is an exciting day for our country, and certainly an historic one on many levels.

LJ and I watched the inauguration while we ate lunch together, and we had a few moments of meaningful conversation about our new President.

LJ loves to ask "versus" questions. For example ...

Who would win one-on-one? Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James?
(Jordan, but I'm a biased UNC devotee).

Who would win in the Super Bowl? Peyton Manning vs. Eli Manning.
(Neither, because you can't get there if you don't win a first-round playoff game).

But this time, LJ's question was a bit more thought-provoking, and an excellent one given the day's events.

Who is more important? Martin Luther King Jr. or Barack Obama?

I paused to carefully consider my answer, and then said: "That's a great question. But, I'm not sure it's one we can answer right now. History will likely be the judge, but regardless, they are both very important men."

LJ quickly responded: "Actually, I know it's Martin Luther King because without him, Obama wouldn't be President."

Once again, my child proves to be smarter than me.

We continued discussing the challenges ahead for Obama's administration, and I said that, no matter who a person supports politically, we always want our President to do a a lot of good things while he is in office.

LJ quickly calculated what this could mean for him personally.

"I hope if he can only do one good thing, he lowers the price of tickets to sporting events."

Ahhh, yes ... President Obama would do well to listen to the 8-year-olds of America.

And while he's at it, I hope he gets us a college football playoff too.















This is a "wordle cloud" depicting Obama's inauguration speech. Click here to view online ... and thanks to Ravenscroft's Jason Ramsden for sharing this with me.