So if you'd like to hear me sipping caffeine and attempting to talk about politics (and my cat) at 8 30 in the morning, check it out.
The 81-year-old McPherson and his wife, Linda, 69, had been spending the sun-filled Saturday morning side by side, reading the Everett Herald and sipping caffeine — Diet Coke for her, coffee for him — when the landslide slammed into the home they had shared for most of their 46-year marriage.
Within about 45 minutes of that first sip, the caffeine from your coffee has been absorbed from your small intestines, far away from your now super-chatty mouth, and entered into your bloodstream.
There is also something practical about it: Sipping piping hot caffeine as soon as possible prepares us for the day — or, at the very least, for the coming few hours.
Plus, no more spilling hot coffee all over my lap while trying to sip that sweet, sweet caffeine while driving.
Starting a conversation about race in a Starbucks at 8am is perhaps the ultimate wake-up call, even before the caffeine is sipped – or so the company chief executive, Howard Shultz, hopes.
Pregnant women stopped having sushi, soft cheese, caffeine and even a sip of alcohol on the remote but striking possibility that a small amount could have consequences.
But many of them have a wicked caffeine habit, and that small sip just might be of coffee.
There is also caffeine in tea, but drinking caffeinated tea in small doses is more soothing than sipping coffee.
If your body can handle the amount of caffeine in your cup without experiencing sleeplessness, then sip away.
