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Hour 2, live in Los Angeles, The Hurt.

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I was just telling J-Mack, I don't have an addictive personality.

But I don't have a coffee maker.

I have an espresso machine, and I'm not a latte guy because I don't like any milk.

And so on Christmas, nothing's open.

I won't be able to have a coffee, and I'm freaking out.

I'm going to go buy a coffee maker just so I can have coffee on Christmas.

Because it's the only thing in my life that I have to have. I have three coffees a day. Three?

I just listen to a study and it adds like eight years to your life.

Why don't you open it up to the social media guys and ask Joey Bag of Donuts on Twitter what he thinks about your coffee addiction?

Since you value his opinion on the NBA so much, you should ask him about coffee.

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