vols. for life.

this is how the vols roll. with 7 minutes in the game, we are up by 16 points. with 2 minutes left, we are tied. luckily last night we were able to win after stopping arkansas's comeback run. and tobias harris played great. high hopes for next season as he is just a freshman, but also high hopes for tonight, BECAUSE WE PLAY THE MOTHEREFFIN' GATORS. 7:30. most people say we're in the tourney, but a win would punch our ticket for sure. i'd rather be safe than sorry. so go get your orange and join kylie and me for the game. and the booze that will likely be involved.

hangover science

well, some scientists did some experiments and learned that the best hangover cure is pretty simple: coffee and aspirin. i'm okay with it, because that's pretty much what i do already.

They found the caffeine in coffee and the anti-inflammatory ingredients of aspirin and other painkillers reacted against the chemical compounds of ethanol, or pure alcohol.

Ethanol brings on headaches thanks to a chemical acetate it can produce and even low doses can affect some people more than others, said the study.

Professor Michael Oshinsky, of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, induced headaches in rats using small amounts of ethanol.

He then gave them doses of caffeine and anti-inflammatories to find it blocked the acetate and relieved the headaches.(via)

as one gawker commenter pointed out, it remains unclear how the scientists knew that the rats had headaches, and when they went away....

the dehydration factor is a myth apparently. so the inexplicable unquenchable thirst for orange gatorade when hungover remains a mystery. maybe it's just that it is delicious.