And then my mind left the room. Just like that. Without nary a goodbye, it simply got up and walked out. It was right after that astounding moment when the words "removing variability from upstream operations that are inputs to a process will yield defect-free outputs" were uttered from the mouth of the speaker. I think it was the shock that made my mind leave. Up until that moment, things were going, well...peachy. The drone of the speaker on the conference call had lulled me into a sense of secure quietness. My mind had curled up into a corner and proceeded to fall asleep. It was that one-eye-open-ear-twitching kind of sleep much like the family pet that tries to stay alert in case Grandpa was to step on it's tail. Or fart. My hand wandered aimlessly as I left-clicked, left-clicked, left-clicked my way around the world. Occasionally I would throw in a right-click or even a quick scroll-wheel down followed by a series of left-clicks just to make sure my mind wouldn't lapse into a complete comatose state. That would be inconvenient.

And then the words were spoken and my mind woke up and left.

It was cold this morning. The temperature gauge said -14C in it's usual dead pan way. Measurement of cold on your skin is calculated by how the air feels against it. Wind chill factors were absolutely giddy at -21C. The wipers were frozen to the windshield. The shock absorbers were frozen by apathy and the fact that they were close to the end of their hurried lives. I felt like a bobble head inside a clothes dryer on the drive to work.  
They're taping magnets to crocodiles heads to keep them from returning to a South Florida neighborhood. I can see it now. Frenzied crocs stuck to cars whizzing down the highway. Yes, that's one way to stop them from returning isn't it?

It's Fat Tuesday which can only mean one thing. Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. And in the spirit of fatness, from the department of "I've never seen one's as big as that before!" I leave you with the following image.