Declan Murphy wrote:
> On Apr 1, 4:58 pm, "dame_zum...@yahoo.com" <dame_zum...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 10:15 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 31, 4:31 pm, "dame_zum...@yahoo.com" <dame_zum...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Mar 31, 6:11 am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> ... I am always wary about that which is online
>>>>> coming back to bite me in the rear.
>>>> Good thinking.
>>>> I went for a job interview a couplathree years ago, where one of the
>>>> interviewers produced a stack of paper and said "I see you've been
>>>> posting online for some time."
>>>> Yes, he'd Googled my name and yes, there's a lot of postings out there
>>>> in my real name. So he knew my medical history, background, a lot
>>>> about my interests and obsessions, and maybe even found the flames I
>>>> got involved in, amidst all the more innocuous noise blether.
>>>> I didn't get the job.
>>> Are you self employed these days? Just curious.
>> I've been self-employed for something like 20 years, but I was looking
>> for a part-time job too at that point, because I was getting a little
>> stir-crazy being at home all the time.
>>
>> Mind you, I'm still not sure whether I'd've been able to get back into
>> the routine of an office....
> 
> I stopped working as a freelance translator mainly because I hated
> working by myself at home. Plus, I have wide ranging interests and (it
> is alleged) a natural tendency to proscrastinate.

Agreed.  One of the things I hated about moving from a separate office 
in a different building to a home office is the proximity of the TV to 
the PC and my tendency to put off doing things unless I go to a separate 
place  to do them and return home afterward.  Despite the dog-walking 
opportunities twice a day and reduced caloric intake, I find weight gain 
to also be a problem.

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CL