TAN #184 UnrepenTANt (Page 25)

I'd kick the Dew and keep the coffee.

You'd be doing yourself a favor in the sodium department, too.

ETA - On top! Not a Top Virgin any longer.

Same, I slept in late twice and had headaches both times.

According to Livestrong and the Mayo Clinic:

Consuming 200 to 300 mg of caffeine each day, or between one to three cups of coffee, is thought to be safe, according to MayoClinic.com. Consuming more than this amount may increase your likelihood of unpleasant side effects, including anxiety, irritability, increased heart rate and urination, muscle tremors, gastrointestinal upset and insomnia.

The thing is, I get all of those things except the muscle tremors.  So maybe I should switch to decaf.

The new game plan is to get my 16oz of coffee as I leave the house.  That's 300mg.  Then stop drinking "the dew" and swtich to decaf for the rest of the day and see how that goes.  Maybe ONE espresso drink when I get home for another 150mg.

I read somewhere the half-life of caffein is 5 hours.  So if you have 300mg at 5pm, you still have 150mg in you at bed time.

Yeah, I thought that was a bit silly for the Mayo Clinic to mention...

They should have said, "it gives you coffee breath and can stain your clothes or burn your mouth it if it's too hot"

The the FDA says it's ok, I just might.

Also, one of the tidbits I learned on Good Eats.  Since there is added cost to producing decaf, but they still want to make the price comparible to regular coffee, they make up for it with a lower quality bean.  So you pay the same for lower quality coffee.

But I just love coffee too much to give it up, but don't need all the caffein.

Bah, maybe I shouldn't worry about it.  The side effects (other than the insomnia) are minor and tollerable.  The only other problem, since I'm drinking all day, I don't feel thirsty for water, so end up dehydrated.

Zoinks!  I'd never heard that before, but it definitely explains a lot.

I used to drink coffee right up to 10pm... no wonder I never slept very well.

here is the latest of the wife's commercials.  See if you can find her...

And no, she's not playing the guitar.

Was that real gold she was holding up?

I wish.

Oh, and I know I married young, but not THAT young.  She's out of the 3rd grade.

She can get a partial upper plate for those missing teeth.

You married uncle ben with the guitar?  How progressive of you...

First, go get some caffiene.  Don't listen to what TAN said earlier about it.

Second, stop listening to Wham on Pandora...

pound some caffine

PAGE EFFIN' THIRTY-EFFINTWO, EFFERS!!

Boy, do I effin' feel better now.

bingo

Was his name-oh.