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Huffington Post Errs on Coffee | Breaking Caffeine News

Dear Kid,

It's always coffee time. DearKidLoveMom.comI love the Huffington Post. They generally have all kinds of great stuff—interesting, well-written, factual, fun.

But the latest article about coffee (click here to read it) is just plain crazy talk.

Not all of the article is absurd. Some of it is spot on. For example, it says that a cup of coffee at Stbx (Starbucks for the uninitiated) is about double that of a cup of coffee from Dunkin’. I’ve said for years that Starbucks decaf has more caffeine than most regular cups of coffee, so I know they’re right.

The problem is that the article starts off by saying that one is not supposed to have coffee first thing in the morning. Says your aunt in Cleveland, “I started twitching when I read that…”

Well, yeah.

The article says you should wait until about 10am to have coffee because that’s when your cortisol levels start to dip.

Cortisol shmortizol. That only makes sense if you sleep until 10am or so.

I know there are people who don’t need coffee first thing in the morning (looking at you SLB).

I know I certainly don’t need coffee right away. (HA!) It’s a choice. A lifestyle choice. I could happily wait until at least 10 minutes after falling out of bed for my coffee.

Otherwise,

Don’t Mess With The Caffeine Addiction!

Love, Mom

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The Weirdness of the Weather and Stuff You Won’t Believe

Dear Kid,

This is exactly what it doesn’t look like outside.

This is exactly what it doesn't look like outside. DearKidLoveMom.com

Which is weird because it’s the middle of December and it’s supposed to be cold.

But Mother Nature is a fickle lady, and we might set a record in Cincinnati for the warmest December 23rd in the History of the Universe. (Or at least since the weather service started keeping records.)

Mother Nature is not human. We know this because A) she’s older than telephones and B) she keeps looking younger and younger in her pictures. That either makes her a witch or Grandma. Or both.

Mother Nature has always had her portraits drawn to depict her as a gentle, loving, flower-draped young maiden. However, (as far as we can tell) she is gentle only when she chooses to be. At other times she is downright cold and nasty. This is either because A) she’s Persephone’s mother and gets sad when Persephone is away or B) she was Mrs. Joe Neanderthal’s neighbor for a while and learned from the best. Or both.

Ms. Nature and Mrs. Joe Neanderthal had a love-hate relationship from the very start. We’re not sure from the start of what or when the start actually was (there were no timekeeping officials back then). The Start however was quickly followed by The Middle and has yet to reach The End.

The problem seems to have stemmed from Ms. N’s jealousy of Mrs. J. N’s furs (she grew them herself. On herself) and Mrs. J. N’s jealousy of Ms. N’s ability to make severe snow storms.

The love part was that both of them appreciated a good bit of gossip and a good cup of coffee over which to exchange or invent the news. (Coffee hadn’t been invented then, but that didn’t stop them. These were not women to whom one would want to walk up and say, “Excuse me, you seem to be drinking something that you call coffee, but coffee hasn’t actually been invented yet, so you might want to rename that beverage.”)

I told you having temperature this warm at this time of year is weird.

Love, Mom

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How to Tell You’ve Had Too Much Coffee

Dear Kid,

Yesterday I talked about how to know if you haven’t had enough coffee (11 Ways to Know You Haven’t Had Enough Coffee). Today, I thought I’d tell you about the flip side: How to Know When You’ve Had Too Much Coffee.

For example: When you’re shaky and jittery—and you can’t blame it on anticipation of the new Star Wars movie, you might have had too much coffee.

It's always coffee time. DearKidLoveMom.comOr when the nurse tries to draw blood and gets pure Arabica, you might have had too much coffee.

Stay warm with a cup of caffeine! DearKidLoveMom.comIf there’s no more coffee in the house. Or the coffee shop. Or the store. You might be drinking too much coffee.

Love me some coffee. DearKidLoveMom.comOh, who am I kidding. There is no such thing as too much coffee.

What a dumb idea.

Love, Mom

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More Mom Thoughts about coffee.

11 Ways to Tell You Haven’t Had Enough Coffee

What Time Is It? (Clocks and Other Coffee Considerations)

Spilled Coffee That’s Worth Crying Over

Study Shows Coffee Evaporates Faster Than Other Liquid

Blue Ref Jerseys, Know It Alls, and Coffee

There Is No Coffee in TEAm and Other Caffeinated News

National Coffee Day, Caffeinated Squirrel, and 7 Facts About Coffee

The Best Time for Donuts

Parsley, Sage, and Findlay Market

College Breakfast and Better Breakfast Month

The Universe Handed Me a Gift (Didn’t See This One Coming, Did You?)

Do You Have EE? How to Tell and 5 Ways to Treat It

Considering Housewarming Gifts

Seven Kinds of Cups (Bet You Don’t Know Them)

 

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11 Ways to Tell You Haven’t Had Enough Coffee

Dear Kid,

It is possible that some days you’ve had enough coffee. Today, I’m not there yet. I’ll get there, because I’m determined. I’m just that sort of mom.

In the meantime, here are 11 Ways to Tell You Haven’t Had Enough Coffee. (I’ve provided pictures in case you haven’t had enough coffee either.)

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you can kill people just by looking at them.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you can kill people just by looking at them. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when breathing requires all your concentration.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when breathing requires all your concentration. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when deciding which King to move in Solitaire is too daunting a decision.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when deciding which King to move in Solitaire is too daunting a decision. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when curling up with the puppy and going back to sleep is the only option.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when curling up with the puppy and going back to sleep is the only option. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when numbers look like little people dancing.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when numbers look like little people dancing. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when your eyelids weigh 50 lbs. Each.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when your eyelids weigh 50 lbs. Each. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when getting up seems so difficult you spend 5 minutes willing the coffee pot to deliver your next cup.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when getting up seems so difficult you spend 5 willing the coffee pot to deliver your next cup. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you ignore your cup and start drinking out of the pot.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you ignore your cup and start drinking out of the pot. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when someone says, “You look like you need a cup of coffee. Can I get one for you? My treat.”

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when someone says, “You look like you need a cup of coffee. Can I get one for you? My treat.” DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you can convince people not to argue with you with one word: coffee.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you can convince people not to argue with you with one word: coffee. DearKidLoveMom.com

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you’re a college student and it’s finals week.

You know you haven’t had enough coffee when you’re a college student and it’s finals week. DearKidLoveMom.com

I’d write more, but my coffee is ready. Thank heavens.

Love, Mom

Share DearKidLoveMom.com with a friend. You can wait until you’ve had a little coffee; I’ll still be here.

More Mom Thoughts about coffee.

What Time Is It? (Clocks and Other Coffee Considerations)

Spilled Coffee That’s Worth Crying Over

Study Shows Coffee Evaporates Faster Than Other Liquid

Blue Ref Jerseys, Know It Alls, and Coffee

There Is No Coffee in TEAm and Other Caffeinated News

National Coffee Day, Caffeinated Squirrel, and 7 Facts About Coffee

The Best Time for Donuts

Parsley, Sage, and Findlay Market

College Breakfast and Better Breakfast Month

The Universe Handed Me a Gift (Didn’t See This One Coming, Did You?)

Do You Have EE? How to Tell and 5 Ways to Treat It

Considering Housewarming Gifts

Seven Kinds of Cups (Bet You Don’t Know Them)

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My Fitbit and My Scale Are in Cahoots

Dear Kid,

Still having Fitbit issues.

As a fashion accessory, I love it. It’s chic, it’s purple, and it’s mine.

As a toy, it’s fantastic. I push the button and I get all sorts of data. Heaven.

As a tracker of calories, I’m pretty sure we have a colossal #Fail.

Thinking burns a lot of calories. For instance, how does the Fitbit tell the difference between sitting and watching bad reality TV (no effort) and sitting and contemplating bad reality TV (a great deal of effort)? Or gum chewing? How does the Fitbit account for the incredible number of calories I burn chomping on Trident? DearKidLoveMom.comLemme ‘splain.

I am what you might call “an active person.” For example, yesterday I did all sorts of physically active things.

I sat. I stood. I walked. I wandered. I showered. I sat some more. I baked. I ate. I drank. I watched TV. I ate some more. I walked the Puppy. I wrote. I read what I wrote. I read things I didn’t write. I cleaned (not really). I sorted. I tracked. I went to the gym. I worked out. I texted. I telephoned. I washed the Puppy. I glared. I growled. I grimaced. I grinned. I coffeed. I calculated. I computed.

In short, I used a lot of verbs.

According to my highly scientific assessment and calculations, I burned 4,827 calories yesterday. According to my Fitbit, I burned 62.

Just kidding. My Fitbit said I burned 1,628 calories.

Either way, do you see my problem? There is a HUGE discrepancy!

I prefer my methodology to Fitbit’s algorithm.

No, that’s not exactly true. I don’t really care which method we use. I just like my answer better.

According to my logic, I lost 8 pounds yesterday. According to my scale, I need to wear stretchy-waist pants.

Which means my scale and my Fitbit are in cahoots.

If those two little devices are collaborating, we are in really big trouble.

But being a generous kind of girl, I’m giving my Fitbit another chance.

Love, Mom

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