One more to go. Fatherhood, especially work-at-home fatherhood, has taught me how a soon-to-be Olympic gold medalist feels when he sees finish line. Winding up for a kick that would outdo Bruce Lee, (Note: younger readers, please insert Jet Li here) Nicholas lets fly with pinpoint accuracy and... stops. Halfway into boot.

"Daaaaddd!! There's sump'n in there!" he exclaimed. Now little head is where little foot had been and he reaches inside, saying "Sump'n in there..." Then, in a scene most Hollywood writers would rack their brains for years to envision, he slowly pulls out a dead bird. Not toy bird or even stuffed bird. A real live dead bird, no doubt a loving present from cat.

He stares at it a moment with a mix of curiosity and awe. His father, in meantime, freaks out. "DROP THAT!" The carcass falls into my waiting but not wanting hand and I run to give it quickest, if not most dignified burial in trash can. Some crazed hand-washing on my part while Nicholas stands dumbstruck at sink, still unsure of what really happened while I smother his hands with liquid soap. A jacket and off he goes.

The moral of this story? Weary old snow boots make way for dead birds.

Ah, spring!

With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep together to boot, Dan Reinhold is editor of WAHumor to hang on to his sanity by showing how insane work-at-home community can be. Work at home? You deserve a laugh!

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With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep together to boot, Dan Reinhold is the editor of WAHumor to hang on to his sanity by showing how insane the work-at-home community can be. Work at home? You deserve a laugh!

What goes around, comes around, stuff like that...people actually do remember good you do for them, more often than not.

On other hand, they never forget UNgood you do, for sure...

You give of yourself up front, rest'll take care of itself somehow.

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It's not only right thing to do, it's right way to develop your business.

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Good reasons for everybody.

With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep together to boot, Dan Reinhold is editor of WAHumor to hang on to his sanity by showing how insane work-at-home community can be. Work at home? You deserve a laugh!

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With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep together to boot, Dan Reinhold is the editor of WAHumor to hang on to his sanity by showing how insane the work-at-home community can be. Work at home? You deserve a laugh!

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