He calls the office and makes an excuse, then he pours himself a bowl of cereal and sits down in front of the television.
Though not so private as his architectural counterpart, the Dutch-born "plantsman" (as he humbly calls himself) is also something of an ascetic, living and working far from the madding crowd in a bucolic retreat.
The immediate calls for his head from the Tories will now die away and he has certainly won himself a breathing space - but it is only that.
Later speaking to Sky News, he added that since the charges had emerged he had received hundreds of calls from people wishing to express their support for himself and his family.
Huckabee, who calls himself the "real conservative" in the race, said Tuesday that he's not about to drop out, even though he is trailing McCain by a wide margin in the delegate race.
When mathematician Vincent Blondel studied the location and billing data from one billion cellphone calls in Belgium, he found himself documenting a divide that has threatened his country's ability to govern itself.
In the church courtyard it is hard to miss "One Leg Thomas" as he calls himself, dispensing blessings to penitent pilgrims.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo says that although the US calls Mr Fonseka a political prisoner, once he is free he could find himself scrutinised just as much on human rights issues as the country's political leaders with whom he fell out dramatically.
Lastly, he became much more end-customer-centric, spending time on customer calls, while also ingratiating himself to the field employees.
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Brian Levin, who calls himself "chairman of the herd" at Performance Enhancing Meat Snacks, in Denver, says he set out to make a moist jerky.
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