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Mark Lacter • June 23 2007 7:18 AM

Since summertime is also three-day weekend time, Fortune's Stanley Bing offers some suggestions on keeping connected to the office without even trying. Well, trying a little. A sampler:

--DO NOT leave your cell phone back in the living room when you step out to the diner for a couple of hours.
--DO NOT leave your Elvis Costello album playing in the background while you talk with colleagues, even if they are junior to you. Word will get around.

--DO NOT answer the phone during your nap. Allow the ring to wake you. Splash some cold water on your face. Then return the call and apologize for having been �caught up� in something else while it was ringing. You may not fool anybody but it will be worth the attempt.

--DO NOT conduct any sort of business in your underwear. People will know. I don�t know how, but they will.

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