On bacon, not coffee.

I've stopped drinking coffee this week. It's been horrible. I also gave up alcohol, but that's not nearly as bad. I'm not so addicted to booze that I get the DTs or any withdrawal symptoms when I give it up for a while. But when I give up coffee it is not good! I'm headachey, cranky, and really really tired. Worst of all, my brain doesn't work well without coffee, so I couldn't figure out what was the matter with me for several days. I haven't given up caffeine completely. I allow myself one black tea a day and as many decaf black teas (or herbal teas) as I want. Plus hot chocolate and any other form of chocolate is OK. But the Mayo Clinic tells me a cup of brewed coffee (mmmm!) has about 95 mg of caffeine, whereas black tea has 47 mg. I think cocoa has even less, like 5 mg. So I'm only halving my drugs and it's still bad!

To pass the time during my self-inflicted lethargy, I want to report that we had breakfast for dinner tonight and used the Sunday Bacon from my food blog gift earlier this month. I love having breakfast for dinner, although 1/3 of the family was sick and 2/3 were cranky, so there wasn't exactly a bright-eyed vibe. But here's a shot, including my "Not Fried Potatoes" that I invented several years back.



In other news, here are 2 weeks of playlists from Beef Jerky Time, my fabulous weekly radio show on wvew.org.

First, the 1*21*09 show:

• Nothing to Worry About: Peter Bjorn & John
• Better Trends: Japanese Motors
• The Lusk Letter: The Kindness Kind
• Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it): Beyoncé
• Emily Paints: The Deadly Syndrome
• Theme from Hollywood: Megapuss
• Din Daa Daa: George Kranz
• Champion Requiem: Mos Def
• Tunnelvision: Here We Go Magic
• Neo Violence: The Tough Alliance
  
• When Did You Become So Popular: Vox von Braun
• Use Me: Bill Withers

Next, 1*28*09, my snowstorm show. (It was just me and plows on the road driving home from that one. Major blizzard.)

• Be Nice to People with Lice: Alan Sparhawk
• Too High: Stevie Wonder
• Paris is Burning: Ladyhawke
• Kings & Queens: Apostle of Hustle
• Sweet Disposition: The Temper Trap
• Girl U Want: Devo
• Sunrise: Yeasayer
• The Art of Kissing: The Long Lost
• You Can't Get What You Want (Til You Know What You Want): Joe Jackson
• First Time High (Reconstructionist remix by Jon Brion): Of Montreal
• Drummer: Coconut Records
• It Must Be Love: Madness
• Unsettle My Heart: The Boat People
• He's Frank (Slight Return): The BPA feat. Iggy Pop
• The Nightfly: Donald Fagen