Column: Would you read?

My eyes are heavy while I'm writing this column, and with every word I type I can feel myself slouching further down into the chair. I've got a horrible cold and the medicine I took this morning is making it difficult to keep my eyes open.

As I was getting ready for work this morning, I started thinking to myself what would be a more idea situation, being home sick, or at work feeling 100 percent?

My initial answer was that not being sick would be the way to go. There is nothing fun about a cold. My head hurts, I'm dizzy, I'm congested, I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm not congested anymore, I'm ti...