Digital Copy Shoppe employee Don Newson, 38, called in to work on Wednesday complaining that he was certain he had come down with the 24-hour excuse that has been going around. 'My back is killing me, I feel stuffed up, and I have this pounding headache,' said Newson, citing the initial symptoms of the excuse, which often afflicts those who are already late for work. 'It sucks, because I want to come in, but I don't want anyone else to catch what I've got. I should be fine after sleeping for a couple days.' Newson has placed himself on a strict regimen of watching the past six episodes of Entourage on HBO on Demand to cure the excuse. 