Caffeine

-- Anglo-Saxon Folk Tale

The mystical juice is a pourin' and the mind will soon be a roarin'... oooh baby I love a cup o joe.

Gimme that good Java, Dr Jones

I am a fucking caffeine junky. It is the one drug I'm most definitely addicted to. I get headaches if I try to quit, but why would I do that? Coffee makes me feel like me. What can I say, I'm a speed freak at heart.

I honestly think it would be hard to do a lot of what I do in terms of website maintenance and coding without coffee. It's become such a part of the routine: that sense of riding on top of a big spinning ball, balancing, handling all the variables. Plus I do love that flava.

Sometimes I look at my lifestyle, so frought with self-conscious sinning and self-medication and I wonder if it's healthy, whether or not I'm really as on top of things as I think I am. And then I have another cup of coffee and I think, "Hell Yes I Am. I'm King of the World!"

When traveling in Holland, I noticed they have much smaller cups for their coffee. I then realized why Europeans declare American java weak and watery. Packs a punch!

Too much caffeine can be bad. It not only gives you the Fear and the jitters, but it also gives you the shits. Bad comination.

Actually, the way that caffeine works on your nervous system is pretty interesting. It's not a stimulant per-se: rather what it does is block a neurotransmitter (adenosine) that your brain uses to regulate its activity. In other words, if your mind is a muscle car, drinking coffee is like cutting the brake cables.

Far more effective than coffee is Adderall, which I stay away from because I think it would be far too habit forming. Coke, while also a stimulant, is not really my scene.