Well it appears a little flu can't keep us down. 82% of us would prefer to man up and let our illness run its course (46.5% - and include me in that group) or pop some pills and self medicate (35.3%), rather than let someone else nurse us back to health. And possibly question our manhood. Only a slim 6% would even consider going to the doc to get some help. (No wonder women outlive us.)

For this week's poll I want to know what you look for when buying a car. I spent last week at the New York Auto Show (posts to follow), and got into a discussion with American car makers about why the interiors of foreign cars look so much better and seem to have better gadgets for the money. Let's just say it was a long discussion.

I'm a bells and whistles guy. I want a lot of toys for my money. And since I'm going to spend the vast majority of my time inside the car, I want comfort and convenience. Exterior styling runs a close second. Some guys in the discussion only cared about the car's performance. Others didn't care what the car looked like, as long as they spent a minimal amount of time at the pump.

Let me know what drives you when buying a car. The new poll is on the right.

Relax, it's culture. The Museum of Sex just opened a new exhibition of elaborately designed sex toys that's taking place in New York. (See, even dildos can be art.)

You can see some examples of the "art" in the show over at Asylum.com, and get details on the exhibit's dates. Click here for their slide show.

With the price of oil shattering the $100 per barrel mark - and continuing to climb - finding immediate, realistic alternative fuel choices has become the hot topic everywhere from water coolers to board rooms, cocktail parties to locker-rooms.

Will we ever wrench ourselves free of our decades-long dependence on fossil fuels? I have no idea. And it's a debate I'm not going to get into here. (Mainly because guys much, much smarter than me don't seem to have a clear answer.) Some of these options are available now. Some are just a year or two away. And some may take several years to show up, if ever at all.

But because we are guys, and according to the women in our lives, we're supposed to know everything about cars and what makes them go, here is a quick and simple guide to some of the alternatives being researched, developed and argued over. And a little info on the cars they power. So you can speak somewhat intelligently at that next cocktail party.

ETHANOL -
What it is: An alt fuel made by fermenting sugar with yeast, with corn being the most common choice right now. Essentially the same alcohol created when distilling sugars to use for spirits like vodka and granddad's moonshine, this version is created to fuel you car, not your libido. ...More

Power tie? Check. Firm handshake? Check. Great work ethic? Check. In depth knowledge of your office's politics and basic etiquette? Maybe not.

While you may have all the right moves when it comes to general workplace fashion, grooming and presentation, navigating the murky waters of acceptable behavior and unwritten rules can be tricky. Every office has its own "culture", and you could unwittingly commit an embarrassing faux-pas.

To help avoid this, the guys over at JustaGuyThing.com, have created The Ultimate Office Etiquette Guide to keep you from tripping over your tie and landing on the unemployment line.

You'll find tips on General Office Etiquette (Ask before you borrow anything), how to handle Colleague Relationships (Office politics is unavoidable), Verbal Communication (Although you may hate the idea of being formal, it is a necessity in the workplace), and even how to conduct yourself when biz takes you outside the office walls (Turn your phone off during any business lunch you go to).

To read the entire guide, click here.

Of all the recent polls, I was the furthest off on this one with my prediction of the results. I figured it was going to be close. Not so.

Money, in a landslide, won out over status. When almost 85% of you would be willing to spend your career inhaling the exhaust fumes of hundreds of strange guys, day in and day out, for the long green, rather than sit pretty in the fresh air of the executive suite for a mediocre take, that's gotta be a statement of how our economy is going. Or proof that having the ability to pay the bills and have a little left over, is more important than merely looking like you do. So I salute you. [Because I was one of the 15% who voted for status over salary.]

On to this week's poll. I got that flu that's going around, and it knocked me on my ass all weekend. My girl was trying to feed me over the counter meds and, like a lot of guys do, I refused. As if it was an insult to my masculinity to take something to actually make me feel better.

So I want to know: when you get sick, how do you handle it? Answer in the box to the right.