who would’ve thought that ten minutes of writing would be hard. after all, in the span of a lifetime what is ten minutes? a pot of coffee boiling? the amount of time it takes to fry chicken golden brown on one side? amount of time i spend telling my child to brush his teeth in the morning? it certainly doesn’t take ten minutes to smoke a cigarette but I remember timing 15 min work breaks to make sure I had enough time to puff at least half a cigarette and get back to my desk on time. in the scheme of life, ten minutes is not long at all. however, sitting in front of the computer, keyboard on my lap, looking at the screen, seems like infinity, as does the amount of time hbo wastes on program commercials before finally airing the program I am waiting to watch.