I are Fubar today, f***ed up beyond all recall, not as a result of substances but rather an anonymous virus, likely a cold virus. I called in sick today for the first time ever, but I probably will trudge in tomorrow just to show the boss, hey I'm not pulling a sickie, I'm sick for real. I like for people to know I'm honest. He is probably okay with me working from home, but I need to pick up a few gadgets from work in order to make that happen.

Morally, I hate coming in to work sick, because it means I'm Typhoid Mary, a disease vector working the will of an evil virus. I hate that, being a pawn of an evil virus, but economic necessity and all that... and anyway, staying home, people may naturally think, well, he's not really sick, just hungover or goofing off or whatever. Apparently a lot of people do call in sick when they aren't, which spoils things for those of us who are really sick.

Firing on three instead of four cylinders isn't a great idea for productivity and will increase my error rate, but it will give me a chance to see whether anyone notices or cares.

I think I caught this stinking virus from a guy sitting next to me that came in to work sick. Well, the cycle continues I guess. I find the situation morally ambiguous, but possibly I am in the wrong to come in to work tomorrow. On the other hand, a lot of people think it is pure laziness to stay home sick, and I wonder whether that is so.