This is Sick and Wrong and will soon have the Baby Jesus taking up arms:

Anti-Caffeine Crusade Caffeine Awareness Month has created some cranky locals in Santa Cruz, California. Of course, it's the caffeine fiends who are complaining about the proclamation, which posits that caffeine consumption poses a hazard to health and longevity. "This is crazy," said one coffee drinker. "A cup of java in the morning is a lot better than the old Turkish enema." Another caffeine fan piled on: "This is the last commonly accepted drug," he said. "The reality is that people need a vice ... and you can't exactly take a heroin break at work." The Santa Cruz crusade is part of a national campaign by Marina Kushner, author of the book, Life Without Caffeine. Perhaps coincidentally, Kushner founded a company that peddles a soy-based coffee substitute.

from Wired.

Howdy Tom!

I'm slowing reading the threadsuck from last night. Much laughter.

I gotta go look at shrift's friends list.

Timelies!

OK, I skipped (as usual lately, sigh), but the last couple of posts made me curious enough to go and threadsuck.

(ita? Isn't it very early at your timezone of the world?)

[Edit: the post # is nearly the internal-university phone number in the room I'm sitting in right now, and just a few minutes ago I wrote it down for somebody. Worlds coliding in my silly brain, and I'll go threadsuck that thread now]

"The reality is that people need a vice ... and you can't exactly take a heroin break at work."

Beg to differ.

Isn't it very early at your timezone of the world?

Just a little early.

How are you?

Anti-Caffeine Crusade

Heh. Beware the Ides of March.

The thing about a heroin break is that it's much less helpful, in terms of worker productivity, than a coffee or cigarette break. Nicotine and caffeine being uppers and all.

How are you?

Having a bad cold for several days now. It just moved from the right side of my face to the left side. The most important thing I learned this week is how to brush my teeth when I still need to breath through my mouth at the same time. You?

Also, in a text I'm reading for my "History and philosophy of science" class, the word "proliferation" appears a lot. I thought of you.

Oh yuck, Nilly. Colds suck. And even with a bad cold, it's hard to tell what's bad enough to take sick time. I hate that.

In Jesse Watches Morning TV news, is it wrong that I really like the Kelly Clarkson song? Although I don't like her blonde hair.