December 04, 2005
One cup a day
I'm drinking one cup of coffee per day.
Some of you may recall that I went off coffee altogether back in July. This was not a great success. So, after forty days, I went back on it again -- but only allowed myself a single cup per day.
This has been a success. Sort of.
The good news is, I'm getting about 90% of the good effect with maybe 20% of the caffeine. As long as I have that one cup, I'm not usually sluggish, absent-minded, or just plain stupid. (Or no more so than usual.) The difference between one cup and no cups is very striking... when I went off coffee altogether this past summer, I spent five weeks in a state of seriously reduced competence.
The less good news is, I still get cravings. Alarmingly strong ones, sometimes.
Still, I'm pretty satisfied with the one-a-day regime. It's "my addiction is under control" rather than "I'm not addicted", but I'm okay with that. Maybe I'll try to go off again when the baby starts sleeping through the night. Maybe.
Meanwhile, consider this an open thread. What do you guys want to talk about?
(And what do you want to see more of? Baby pictures? Obscure bits of Balkan history? Kosovo? We're service-oriented here at HDtD, so please let us know.)
> Obscure bits of Balkan history? Kosovo? We're >service-oriented here at HDtD, so please let us >know.)
Obscure bits of Balkan popular culture ? Seriously, is there anything like a strong
local entertainment industry, or are the music/movies etc about the same stuff you
find all over the place in Europe ?
Morlok
Posted by: Andreas Morlok at December 5, 2005 02:50 AMKeeping it a cup a day sounds wise. Big question is - WHEN do you give yourself your one cup of coffe?
I should switch to the one-cup-a-day regimen. I actually didn't drink coffee at all until moving to this part of Europe, where sitting in a cafe is the primary social undertaking. Now I can't stop myself.
And what do you want to see more of?
I just finished Pacapa's "Red Horizons", which I seem to remember reading on your recommendation. (This might be faulty memory -- I couldn't find anything about the book in a search of this site. Still, I'm pretty sure it was you.)
At any rate, I would love to see more Ceausescu-related stuff. I can't get enough. He's like coffee now -- a really bitter one, but one I can't seem to stay away from.
Posted by: Michael M. at December 5, 2005 11:06 AMHistorical/cultural analyses are extremely interesting. Keep posting them.
Posted by: Tony Zbaraschuk at December 5, 2005 06:58 PMAny comments on this? Prolly quackery, but...being closer to the reality, it'd be interesting to hear if you'd seen or heard anything about it (or the people involved).
Posted by: Will Baird at December 5, 2005 09:31 PMAck, some sort of typo in the html tag. This being http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_sc/apn_pyramid_mystery;_ylt=ArusvyNd8n5zyLU0wQ7c.JsPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Posted by: Will Baird at December 5, 2005 09:34 PMI like te obscre bits. Good ob o te oderatio of coffee. [Soe letters o tis ke board are broke).
Posted by: Mike Ralls at December 6, 2005 12:34 AMFYI...http://osm.org/site/story/20051206coffee?currow=2
Posted by: Bernard Guerrero at December 6, 2005 05:27 PM