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Five Minutes By Dan Reinhold
Everyday.
You're hunched at the computer, flicking the keys with the
greatest of ease - or, like me, poking each stroke with the
speed of a...umm...well, it DID rhyme!
Everyday.
You're mesmerized for hours by the wonders of Internet business
- you market, you negotiate, you design, you submit, you
research, you chat...a lot...
Everyday.
Enthralled and empowered by your cyber-independence, you plan
and scheme, plot and dream.
While life in the REAL world goes on around you...
"Hey Mom, can I have lunch now?? It's three o'clock!!"
"Huh? Whaa...yeah, five minutes, honey...lessee, click here..."
Funny how the daily grind hasn't ground to a halt...
"Dad?? Couldya sign this? It just says that you know about my
tryin' to burn down the school and ya assume full financial
responsibility...No big deal, couple alarms..."
"Darn HTML code...Hmm? Yeah...five minutes, umm...son??"
Things just keep rolling on...
"Ya GOTTA see this cool fort me and Billy Scuzbucket built,
Grandma!!! And we got grenades, napalm, coupla ICBMs...WAAAY
cool!!!"
"Whazzat? D'ja want something, sweetie? I'll be right
there...just five minutes..."
Life is like that...
"Are you Dilbert Greenbaumgarten? Sir, are you aware that your
children are conducting a warehouse sale of stolen merchandise
in your garage? You'll have to come with us, sir."
"Yeah, yeah...garage sale, ahh...be with ya in five
minutes...just leave the money in the coffee can on the folding
table, K??"
Everyday.
Just five minutes...
Whoa...super-important e-mail...ahh, look, be with ya in five
minutes...seen the kids?? Honey? Hello?? Coulda sworn we had
furniture before...
With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep
together to boot, Dan Reinhold is the editor of WAHumor to hang
on to his sanity by showing how insane the work-at-home
community can be. Work at home? You deserve a laugh!
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