Distractions

The freelancing lifestyle has its charms, but one advantage of working in an office is businesslike neighbors. More than once, here in my home office, I've been on the phone with clients or interviewees and wondered what they must be thinking about the barking spaniel or the shrieking kids in the background, not to mention what is already shaping up to be this summer's unwanted soundtrack, the neighbor's throbbing (and woefully outdated) drum'n'bass.