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Comment on 7 Revelations of Being Caffeine Free by Dan Morelle » 7 Steps to Mental Clarity

Dan Morelle » 7 Steps to Mental Clarity — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:45:08 +0000

[...] and un-focused. Coffee had a lot to do with this. Its short term effects were great but regular cold-turkey was required or I had to increase the dosage. At one point 4 years ago and after a heavy bout of [...]

Comment on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams by Jay

Jay — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:33:27 +0000

I liked the other lecture he did also, about time managment. I look at pointless chit chat as a waste of time now and end those conversations and walk people to the door when its time for them to go and for me to focus bak on my goals. thanks for this Dan.

Comment on School Children’s Book Awards by Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:04:16 +0000

You are my hero!

Comment on Who killed the PS3? by jim

jim — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:06:55 +0000

hell no
ps3 is not dead
i played all the consoles
if they were all the same price and offes the same game and launched on the same date
you would be writing

Why did Sony KILL Microsoft and Nitendo?

Comment on On Ideas by Tanya Zivkovic

Tanya Zivkovic — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:35:51 +0000

Amazing lady, great idea.

Comment on Do you know what I did this summer? by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:24:28 +0000

Dan this is amazing. The time and effort stalking these writers must have been immense. Getting past PA’s, arranging visits and convincing the best “literati” in the world of children’s literature is testimony alone BUT… When the children of Barnby Road were confronted by the faces behind the pictures and words, talking directly to them ,it brought home that:

A) They are normal people who can write and draw like I can
B) Authors and illustrators love what they do
C) That adults can carry on writing and drawing till they are old (Sorry Michael and Quentin), they need not stop once they leave school
D) That books and thoughts don’t just appear as disembodied entertainment like telly appears to do
E) Authors and illustrators want their reading to be fun
F)The fact that the three videoed authors were in there top five school books was amazing
G) That you can achieve anything if your confident and persistent and look the part
H) That Dan Morelle is a parent and governor as excited as they are about stories

Thanks for this excellent work! What a day!

Erik the Viking (Terry Jones) and all his minions

Comment on 7 Revelations of Being Caffeine Free by mod*mom

mod*mom — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:22:00 +0000

hello my new flickr friend! happy 30th birthday! i’m enjoying your podcast and your writing. i totally agree with this post and your comment reply to swag allen. you described how i was with coffee before i got pregnant. i was also an athlete skated at night a lot so i’d take a nap, then drink coffee before practice. sometimes i’d have a cup before bed tell people it didn’t effect me, but i guess it was helping me sleep. anyway, i was chronically dehydrated not eating because i’d just have coffee be happy at how thin i was. the caffeine gave me lumps in my breast i got used to being there when i actually had cancer, i thought it was just lumps from caffeine. so now i would never touch a drop again, not even in cocoa or chocolate or cola.

Comment on Birthday Podcast by JJ

JJ — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:58:33 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN! You are a baby yet, I cannot remember my 30th birthday. You are so sweet to set up a birthday party and podcast. What a wonderful cyber way to celebrate. May your birthday be the finest one yet and may you be happy and healthy and live a long time! God Bless you sweetie. Hugs, JJ aka Fantartsy!

Comment on 7 Revelations of Being Caffeine Free by Dan Morelle

Dan Morelle — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:46:37 +0000

Swag: I love the taste of good coffee, I spent some time as a barista in coffee shop a few years ago, I know what I like. The taste is what attracted me but it is the physical effects that seduced me. Your logic will make you a heroin addict.

Allan W.: I practically survived on the black stuff when our two were babies. The polyphasic sleeping is a killer. Coffee was the only way to get through that period. What i’ve read about yerba mate isn’t too hot either, it still metabolises in to the same chemicals that coffee does. Good luck with the sleepless nights, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Comment on 7 Revelations of Being Caffeine Free by Allan W.

Allan W. — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:53:46 +0000

You make some great points here. I’m interested in quitting, or at least switching to something less disruptive to my system.

What I really need is more sleep - our 1-year-old (no. 3) is still getting us up at night, so we’re all fried. Quitting coffee should help the sleep, too. I try to keep it to one cup a day, but I’m still feeling many of the side effects you describe.

I work with an older gringo who’s practically a South American culturally, and he swears by the yerba matÃ©. He’s got the gourd and everything. It looks vile, but I suppose it’s worth a try.