multi-tasking

A couple of days ago, there was a guy on the treadmill next to me who was a shining example of productivity. As he ran, he had the Wall Street Journal open in front of him, and was talking on his hands-free cellphone with somebody in Europe.

This morn, I awoke inspired and tried to emulate this paragon of efficiency. Result: got slightly nauseous from trying to read tiny print while bouncing up and down, and my conference call members thought that there was an obscene caller on the line. (pant pant).. hi... (pantpant) .. how's..the.. (pant) ..project...timeline? Hello?