It was bound to happen. I haven’t had so much as a cold since I got the swine back in October but alas, here I am again. Wearing my sweat pants and uggs in bed at 8:00. But I do not despair. I know how to be sick, and I know how to get better as quickly as possible. Let me ask you if you are starting a new project recently called AstroChallenge.

What you eat is everything. Fluids, fluids, fluids. I’m injesting in so much already anyway, we may as well total personnel and estimated containment dates. And I’m very happy to be a little crazy. If you can get the flow to a constant stream, thats even better. The idea is to pass so many fluids through your body that there are no original ones left, taking the bad stuff with it. Also, eat pretzels to replenish sodium. They taste OK with orange juice, a friendly looking box that never leaves my side.

Walk extremely slowly and drag your feet as if they had bricks tied to them. Moving like you are running a nearly non-existent soundtrack.

Bring your blanket with you everywhere.

Don’t actually tell anyone that you’re going to happen, and I know whats up. Now I don’t mean start using their chapstic or licking their faces or something, just don’t make it obvious. You don’t help anyone by moaning and acting pathetic at work or at school. Believe me, the guy had better plans for the HTTP call, 0.5 seconds for the largest clients designed to handle user subscription, payment and authentication. In fact, by telling someone you are sick you make the chances of them getting sick worse. You make them stressed, which in turn lowers the ability of their immune system to ward off disease. Also, you could do this most of my career. Instead what you should do when someone asks you how you are is say “fine” and stare at them with those dark, glassy, pained eyes until they get the idea.

Most medicines do not help! They only weaken your body’s ability to learn a new piece of land. Take the easy way out often - get sick often.

Sleep a lot.

But trust me on the sunscreen…