It’s been several days, even weeks, since I posted a new blog entry and I just want to let everyone know that yes, I am fine – if you can count studying for ITIL Expert accreditation as “fine.”  Either way, I’m almost there and during these past few days I’ve been contemplating a new blog titled What Really Killed Osama Bin Laden.  The journal entry was to be about how reading ITIL books is so boring, he finally gave up and called SEAL Team 6 directly so they could put him out of his misery.  Unfortunately, as much as I love ITIL I just couldn’t give it the credit for such a feat.  Besides, I don’t think I would have gotten more then a few sentences into the posting before realizing it was a stupid joke.

So, with National Doughnut Day tomorrow, I came up with (yet) another idiotic idea.  Why not have an International ITIL Day?  Even after all the criticism it receives, I still believe ITIL is a genuinely effective and robust framework for “good” IT practice.  Also to keep in mind is that without such a framework we’d lose hundreds, if not thousands, of additional jokes – and in IT, a loss of humour is a very serious threat to sanity.

So what could we do on International ITIL Day?  First, we’d all have to speak with a British access to pay homage to the roots of ITIL.  Second, we should all eat foods that are round to symbolize that ITIL V3 is a lifecycle approach of IT services (fits perfectly with National Doughnut Day).  Third, if you haven’t done so already, you should register for the iTSMF and HDI Fusion 11 Conference by clicking here (there’s my plug for Fusion 11 – you’re welcome).  Fourth, take a minute and thank those Incident/Problem/Change/Service Level/etc. Managers out there since it’s not an easy job.  Fifth, and final act of celebration, start happy hour immediately at 5 PM, because not only does “5” represent the five core volumes, but if you read any of those long enough you’ll definitely want a drink.

There you have it, a new international day of celebration for ITIL.  Will it ever come to fruition?  Probably not, but at least I had some content to throw out there on my blog before heading back to studying for the MALC test.

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Started working in IT in 1999 as a support desk analyst as a way to help pay for food during college. Studied Electrical Engineering for two years before realizing biochemistry was more fun than differential equations, and so ultimately graduated with a Biology degree in 2006. Having (reluctantly) failed at getting accepted into dental school, embraced working in IT and has gone broke becoming an ITIL Expert. Likes to jog, sing camp songs, quote Mel Brooks movie lines and make dumb jokes and loves working for an Israeli tech company where December 25th is a regular work day.