The Girl brought home some sort of unspecified virus and it's not pretty.  So far I've managed to stave off the effects with my sickness cocktail.  I'm sure I've detailed this in the past but as cold season is approaching, it can't hurt to repeat myself.  In order to successfully fight off a cold you need to take a combination of the following:

• Emergen-C - Note their ridiculous "Feel The Good" tagline
• Airborne - I am a cheap bastard and buy the 'Walborne' knock off.  Costs half as much and tastes twice as bad.
• Zicam Rapid Melts - Expensive placebo?  Probably.
• Zinc

I avoid anything that ends with the -Quil suffix.  These do more harm than good.  The one problem with my magic cure all is that it tends to bring on a non insignificant case of intestinal distress (a bigger problem now that we've gone to the 'open office' format.  Still, I think you can hear my large intestine growl in Cleveland so it proably doesn't matter that much).  How you decide to treat that I'll leave up to you but I am particularly fond of Pepto Bismol caplets (No mess Pepto goodness).

• The TV season starts this week.  K-Ville premiered last night to middling reviews and is on again tonight if that's your bag.  Other key debuts this week include personal favorite Survivor and the potentially intriguing / train wreck Kid Nation.  Many say that Survivor is played, but I still love it.  To promote the season they've made the dubious decision to arm Jeff Probst with a video camera for some behind the scenes action (thankfully not with his ex-contestant girlfriend).  Probst is pretty insipid most of the time, but the actual content of the videos is pretty interesting.  I had no idea of the scale of the production.  It's freaking huge.  Videos - General look at Base Camp, Challenge Testers, Hiking to a Challenge
  • More TV - Sci Fi network might break up BSG's final season Sopranos style. 
  • Some pretentious Salon writes duke it out over The Sopranos vs. The Wire
  • 30 Rock won an emmy.  It's a funny show so woo for them.  Someone took the time to catalog all of the slogan's on Frank's hats.  People are strange.
• It's official: Chicago is in the running for the 2016 Olympics.  Now the question is:  WIll I be living in the suburbs by then.  My Magic 8-ball is of no help here.
• Hot Nerd Action! - Chicks in Stormtrooper gear
• Crazy video of a failed IED attack.
• Neat camping/survival type trucks. 
• How to:  Sleep on a plane
• Tony Snow = Max Headroom