And another "moment of Zen"

... but not in the "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" way... 

Instead, another excerpt from the excellent "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" book, particularly relevant in this pre-election days in the US: 

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

Accreditation

Tomorrow our department will be visited by the ABET committee in charge of the accreditation process of our Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs.

Which reminds me of another great excerpt from the ever-inspiring "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" book:

Then one student, apparently a partisan of the governor, said angrily that the legislature would prevent the school from losing its accreditation.

Phædrus asked how.

The student said they would post police to prevent it.

Phædrus pondered this for a while, then realized the enormity of the student's misconception of what accreditation was all about.