that’s right, bring it on. i think that today, more than ever, i need a healthy dose of the trimethylxanthine. sometimes you just need that little bit of a pick me up and today seems to be one of those days. trimethylxanthine, whose chemical formula is C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, is better known as caffeine.

today i learned that caffeine is also a mild diuretic. for those not jive with the medical lingo (myself included) that means it makes you pee more. i also learned that if something is labelled as “decaffeinated” that only means that there is less than 2.5% by volume of caffeine in the product. so decaffeinated does not equal caffeine free.