{"id":75,"date":"2012-06-15T23:43:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T06:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulmcelligott.com\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2012-09-27T20:25:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T03:25:51","slug":"the-perverse-life-of-the-audiobook-listener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulmcelligott.com\/blog\/post\/the-perverse-life-of-the-audiobook-listener\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perverse Life of the Audiobook Listener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I start a new job next week. It&#8217;s just a three-month contract, but the big downside for me is that the office is about two miles from home. <em>What<\/em>, you may ask, <em>is the problem with that?<\/em> I&#8217;m sure many of you would <em>kill<\/em> to have a commute that short.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I guess you don&#8217;t listen to audiobooks. <!--more-->My most recent job location was just about perfect. It was about fifteen minutes to and from, and 10 minutes to and from lunch every day. That was about 50 minutes of audiobook listening per work day. When you are listening to a book as long as Doris Kearns Goodwins&#8217; fantastic <em>Team of Rivals<\/em>, that is a decent bit of listening every day. <\/p>\n<p>With the new job, I might not live long enough to finish that particular book. Unless, of course, I walk to work. That&#8217;s about 40 minutes each way. Fortunately, the job site has a gym with a shower, so my coworkers will not be subject to my sweaty aromas. If it wasn&#8217;t for Doris Kearns Goodwin, I would just drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I start a new job next week. It&#8217;s just a three-month contract, but the big downside for me is that the office is about two miles from home. What, you may ask, is the problem with that? I&#8217;m sure many of you would kill to have a commute that short. 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