It's freezing at home today. In the true sense of the word, not my usual exaggeration for a chilly day. Sat in my study wearing a coat and hat I'm realising that I'm truly more mean than green or maybe I can rationalise the lack of heating by the limited amount of time I have during the day to even light the fire.
That would be a justified excuse, after all I have created a set of screen shots for a customer's website and reviewed a blog post for another client, if it wasn't for the fact that due to the opt-in, invasive medium that is twitter I have been distracted on numerous occasions throughout the day by the penguin cam at Edinburgh Zoo. If you haven't seen it yet be warned: it's a time suck. Having looked in on them a few times now I am 100% certain something is going on to the right, just off camera. You know how the penguins in Madagascar are always plotting, well watch out Edinburgh I think there's a jail break planned. At one point this afternoon they all disappeared from shot and then a group of 5 or 6 ran (can they run) back into view so we wouldn't guess what they were up to. After posing for an acceptable amount of time they then shuffled back a la The Great Escape to continue digging the tunnel from which I am sure they will depart some time soon.
Thanks also to the tweets of India Knight, the social engagements of Sir Nils Olav are now part of my knowledge base, and no he's not a Norwegian royal but one of the king penguins at the zoo and mascot of the Norwegian Guard. A knight of the Norwegian realm (you couldn't make this stuff up), Sir Nils' page on the zoo website successfully consumed another 10 minutes of my life and prevented me from finishing a newsletter.
Both, I feel, perfectly acceptable excuses for not lighting a fire and considering the oh so many exciting but essentially useless diversions that lie in wait behind whichever window I happen to be working in at the time, excuses that I'm confident I'll use again.
Oh, and I seem to have inadvertently propositioned one of the directors I work with...it was an honest mistake with completely innocent intentions but proving the case that brain is not fully engaged. It must be the cold.
As for the gentoo penguins? Well, the light's fading but they're back on screen for the moment. One last performance before they make a run for it...
