Now that the post-holiday flu season has hit, the problem isn't absenteeism. It's presenteeism -- or when sick people come to work. Just ask the guy in the next cubicle.

I realize that I'm living dangerously, but I'm not convinced that most of us need to use hand sanitizer on a daily basis. Are you sold on the stuff?

Cold weather means that more people head back into the gym — which is an incubator for germs and viruses.