If you live in the Northeast US, you'll know that yesterday was one of those perfect spring days. I would bet that Office Productivity dipped significantly yesterday as people dazed out their permanently welded shut windows knowing that something miraculous was happening on the other side. Business men and women everywhere took long lunches wandered the park and played hooky in throughout the afternoon bringing back memories of lounging by the river skipping Mrs. Kimski's English Literature.

The wonderful thing about being part of the telecommuting work force with flexible work hours was that I was able to take hours in the middle of the day and enjoy nature -- without guilt . The hours that were put in at my virtual office were as or more productive than ever. Obviously this takes discipline that corporate boss types want middle management to believe doesn't exist in the American work force. Trust me the discipline is out there the real trick is keeping the employee morale high and the productivity can sore.

For my two hours of glorious commune with Mother Earth, I planted a tree, I loved every minute of it. If Al Gore is correct I not only had a productive day in and out of work, but I helped save the earth.