I want a new drug

ThinkGeek has informed us they will no longer be carrying our joy juice. ARGGHGH. (As Eli noted, we're probably the only people who buy it.) There are other sources online to order the stuff, but for all of them, the shipping costs are equal to the cost of the soda itself, which is deeply irritating; ThinkGeek charged considerably less. The aggregate cost for the cheapest source will now work out to some $2.50 a bottle, though I can cut that down to $2.10 if I order 6 cases (!!!). This is in the "to be pondered" pile.
Of course, it's still cheaper than the less-efficacious Red Bull family of beverages...

As a stopgap, I noticed last night that sweh's local shop had a new Celestial Seasonings tea, "Marrakesh Express HI-ENERGY vanilla spice". It has tea + extra caffeine, ginseng, guarana, and cola nut; i.e., it lacks the ginkgo, the mate', and the betel nut. As I've said before, I think the betel nut is the deep magic, but we'll see how this goes. (Tastes nice, anyways. Vanilla obviously, cardamom, cinnamon, and a bit of anise but not enough to make it blech.)

Plus ca change...

I'm back in outer Usenet for like 3 days and already I'm in a flame war. Big 8 cooties!