I've had this nasty flu for a few days now and it's not done yet. So that's why there's won't be an video review this week and probably no Live Show on Nov. 6. I was also going to start a new giveaway this week, but now that will have to wait. I just can't talk for long because my throat is sour and sounds horrible.

Finally, someone is trying to find out why nerds stereotypically have asthma. A new experiment conducted at UCLA shows that social stress and rejection are related to the release of certain inflammatory chemicals in the body; these chemicals have been linked to several medical conditions, including asthma, arthritis, and some kinds of cancer.