Coffee Blues

The latest study suggests that coffee consumption may contribute to hypertension (i.e. high blood pressure). Another recent study suggests that coffee consumption may prevent Parkinson's Disease.

So I can quit drinking coffee and avoid an increased risk of hypertension, but have to deal with 1.) nevermore enjoying the taste of the heavenly brew, 2.) having a harder time in the morning, and 3.) apparently having a higher risk of Parkinson's.

Or, I can keep drinking coffee and merely risk hypertension.

I'm not scoffing at hypertension, but compared to Parkinson's, I'll take a relatively quick heart attack.

Also, in case you don't remember, this site used to be called "What I Hate." It is now called "What I Think," but I still hate a lot of things. Here's a random list of things that I hate.

1.) When someone uses all of the toilet paper, and I'm left sitting there, looking at either the bath towel or the shower curtain as my only options.

2.) Al Gore

3.) Socialism (a.k.a. Communism, Leftism, the Democratic Party)

4.) Government (i.e. the legal mafia) in general; the coercive powers of government in particular).

5.) Movies starring Keanu Reeves (exception: The Matrix)

6.) Paying taxes to a government that does not represent me because I did not vote for a single one of the janks who presume to rule over me.

7.) When Kevin, who always has an inferior fantasy football team, beats me in the first round of the playoffs.

8.) When Kevin smugly reminds me that he beat me in the first round of the playoffs.

9.) When obviously overpaid and under qualified workers complain that foreigners are taking their jobs because they'll work for less money.

10.) That Tony Danza played the Ukulele on the Late Late Show (the one hosted by the guy who played Drew Carey's boss on The Drew Carey Show): Jake Shimabukuro and I have dedicated our lives to demonstrating that the Uke is a serious instrument (sure, Jake has done a better job of it, but that's not the issue), just so Danza can strum it like some brain-dead idiot and reinforce the popular belief that the Uke is just a toy guitar.