Tag: caffeine

So I went from two cups of coffee a day…

…to one cup regular, one cup decaf. My wife needs to cut back her own intake, so I decided to cut back myself to see if switching to decaf was an achievable goal. Besides, I figured: how much difference would that make? Well, for starters it seems to have given me a permanent -3 to my saving throws vs. nap. Intellectually, I knew I was sleep deprived. But the lower caffeine level is just making my body go Nope. Time for bed, friend.

The heck of it is, I might keep up with this anyway. I very possibly just need to… sleep more? Maybe it’d be good for me, and stuff?

God, it feels awful just to type that out.

‘It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.’

It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.

It is from the Juice of Java that the thoughts acquire speed.

The thoughts acquire speed.

The hands develop shaking.

The shaking becomes a warning.

It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.

Adapted from here – and, obviously, originally, here.

Moe Lane

Next step: the War on Irish Coffee.

And, for the record: you can have my Irish coffee when you pull it from my cold, dead hands.

Executive summary: the FDA has informed four companies that caffeine is an “unsafe food additive” when mixed with alcohol.  In this particular case, the drinks being affected are cans of carbonated, caffeinated, and alcoholic drinks… but if you’re wondering what’s the scientific difference between that and a hand-made mixture of coffee, whiskey and whipped cream, the answer’s simple: there isn’t one. This is strictly ‘political’… or more accurately, ‘pandering.’  And if you’re wondering what’s stopping the government from deciding that bars shouldn’t serve Irish or Jamaican coffee – or, God help us, Red Bull and vodka, which is apparently the big club drink now – the answer’s even simpler: nothing.  Nothing at all. If young drinkers start consum[ing] hand-mixed caffeine/alcohol concoctions, the FDA will start going after the organizations that serve them.

Still enjoying that Democratic-controlled executive branch that you helped wish on the rest of us in November of 2008, kids?

Moe Lane (crosspost)