“A herd of cows broke into a Colorado weed farm. Police and animal control are on the scene, and the steaks are high.” This will be the last day in the office for thousands of people heading to Denver this weekend for the MBA’s Annual Convention and Expo. Printers are churning out schedules, neckties are being picked up at the cleaners, and attendees are coming to the realization that the Denver convention space is 2.2 million square feet. Where’s the Segway concession booth? The conference goes until almost 10/31, and a new survey asked Americans what they were going to wear for Halloween. My 16-month-old granddaughter will be a piggy, but gone are the simple animal or a witch; 44 percent are going as a “fictional person or character” and 19 percent going as “an animal or creature,” fully 16 percent are going as “a concept.” Huh? And for treats being handed out, apples didn’t make the top 10: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut M&M’s, Regular M&M’s, Tootsie Pops… (Today’s podcast can be found here, and this week’s is sponsored by nCino, makers of the nCino Mortgage Suite for the modern mortgage lender. nCino Mortgage Suite’s three core products, nCino Mortgage, nCino Incentive Compensation, and nCino Mortgage Analytics, unite the people, systems, and stages of the mortgage process. After Hear an interview between Robbie and myself on what to look forward to at next week’s MBA Annual.)