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The Joys of 揥orking?at Home The absolute greatest scam on the planet has to be telecommuting. When I first heard that some employers actually permit their workers to stay home all day and 揷ommute攖o the office over the Net, I chuckled with good-natured disbelief: No way. 注释：scam: 骗局，诡计; on the planet: in the world 全世界；chuckle with：小笑；good-natured：善意的；have to be: 必定是，无疑是; telecommuting:远程办公； Then I became obsessed with the idea—not in a bad way, of course. Sure, I spent a few weekends following my editor around town so I could 揵ump into?him at someplace. And yes, there was that time when I showed up at his desk with several sticks of dynamite strapped to my head. But those amusing little stunts were merely intended to show him the kind of guy I was梐 total self-starter and a serious loner梚n short, the perfect candidate upon whom to bestow the splendid privilege of telecommutation. 注释：be obsessed with:对……着迷；show up：出现，露面；little stunts：小伎俩； self-starter：做事主动的人；bestow upon：授予，给予；in short：简而言之；dynamite：炸药； Shortly after the dynamite thing, but before I had to make good on the Fuji blimp threat, a computer equipped with a 28.8 modem and a cranky little piece of software known as a PPP connection see below summarily arrived at my home, along with a letter that looked suspiciously like a legal document. I was a telecommuter at last! 注释：Shortly after：不久之后；make good on：make use of; cranky:不太稳定的； summarily：即可，马上；letter： contract 合同; blimp：飞艇；suspiciously：猜疑的，怀疑的； How to describe the soaring liberation I felt in those first days of “working” at home! Forget about the 9-to-5 rat race. I could work in the wee hours of the morning, or between matinees. No longer did I have to wear uncomfortable, itchy suits and ties and shoes to the office. I could work in the nude if I liked And goodbye to the filthy, always late and criminally expensive Long Island Rail Road. It takes me 30 seconds to wander, naked, from my bedroom to my 搊ffice?in the garage.Assuming the neighbours