Sunscreen
 

Are you talking face or body? For face (if you only want 15spf) try the Body shop lotion with Vitamin C - in the orange tube - smells nice and citrusy (bonus).

Sunscreen
 

Body.

I have stuff for face, but my pale Irish arms are now pink in about 50 yards, so I need something I can wear to work without it being goopy.

Sunscreen
 

There is a great zinc oxide lotion that comes in a silver tube -- I think it's by Skinceuticals (sp?). It's SPF 20, non-greasy, doesn't smell at all, can be worn under make-up, and I wear it every day in the summer. It's kind of pricey -- around $36 for a tube -- but one tube will last all summer if you just use it on your face and neck. I got mine at Blue Mercury, I'm not sure if you have those in your neck of the woods, but I'm sure some place down there must carry it.

btw, I tried the citrus-y smelling stuff that someone else suggested, and my mother asked me why my face was orange (I'm very pale).

Sunscreen
 

Couldn't you use the bodyshop face stuff on your body? Generally it doesn't seem like their products are terrifically expensive.

But you might become orange like barely.

25th Hour
 

There was no great twist (though the reason was clearer in the book) -- he was looking at a "three strikes" kind of thing, so he flipped. And the fact that Monty screamed "why?" at him in Uncle Nikolai's office, and all the Goose could say was "I had no choice" made it that much more realistic.

Drug dealers tagged by the feds flip like a pancake nine times out of ten not because they have some secret grudge against the flipee, but becuase the sentancing guidelines are so strict that whether you die in prison at age 87 with most of your time un-served is almost entirely up to the prosecutorial charging decision. Be nice, and we'll charge you with possession of less than a kilo. No? Gosh, maybe it's trafficking 100+ kilos in a school zone.

Sunscreen
 

Just keep a handkerchief-linen blouse in your office/car to use as a cover up to get you to/from the car without burning for everyday use--I have yet to find a body sunblock that is not oppressive gunk so I hate everything I've tried.

I heard there are spray-ons out there--anyone try them? Do they work?

Sunscreen
 

Just got a spray on to use this weekend. I'll report back Monday. I too am very fair so I have to be careful what I use. This one is a sport one, I got it to use when I am...out on the boat thing that we talk about too much.

Hard time good and hard time fine, but first take care of head.
 

Here's the latest on medical marijuana in California. PLF might want close his ears for this.

Ed Rosenthal was convicted in February of growing more than 100 cannabis plants in an Oakland warehouse. Rosenthal's defense was the 1996 state ballot initiative permitting marijuana possession for medical purposes. He said he had been specially deputized by the city of Oakland to grow marijuana as its official supplier for medical use.

But federal judge Charles Breyer (that's Stephen's brother, for those of you with U.S.D.C. trading cards) granted the USA's motion in limine to exclude all testimony regarding Rosenthal's purported authorization to grow under state law, or reference to medical use of the plants he was cultivating.

The jury accordingly found Rosenthal guilty of three counts of cultivation. Several jurors later said they would have acquitted him if they had known he was growing the plants for patients in Oakland, a fact they never heard in evidence. Breyer denied Rosenthal's motion for new trial.

Rosenthal's sentencing was today. The federal probation department recommended a 21-month prison term. Prosecutors asked for 6 1/2 years, saying that Rosenthal was not entitled to a downward departure because of his refusal to accept responsibility and show remorse ("Your Honor, I am deeply, deeply sorry about the Supremacy Clause."). The maximum sentence is 60 years.

Breyer sentenced Rosenthal to one day in prison on each of three counts, to be served concurrently. He then set him free after crediting him for time served.

Rosenthal gave a press-conference through a cloud of smoke in which he told his supporters that he would appeal his conviction.

(I would have waited for my 420th post for style points, but that might be too late. Like tomorrow.)

Sunscreen
 

The Body shop stuff with Vitamin C is white in color and has never discolored my skin in any way. And yes, it's not super expensive so you could easily use it for your arms/legs and not feel guilty. My dermatologist has recommended many other better/more comprehensive sunblocks but ALL of them have been on the greasy side and so a $60 tube of total block sits in the drawer while the Body shop stuff gets used every morning.

Sunscreen
 

Damn all this awareness of the sun's harm, and the aging process generally. Time was one could take a beach vacation and not cover oneself in the tactile equivalent of Elmer's fucking Glue. In a given vacation week in the tropics, we probably lose a day to applying/reapplying/scrubbing off whatever waterproof sunblock I can get my skin to accept.

At least for daily use you can get away with a light non-goopish SPF 15, particularly this spring.

Accentuate the Negative
 

I know people who say it, but not in a Joey from Friends sort of way, more in a That's How You Say The Word sort of way...

Supposebly
 

I remember being struck when I read "V." in college that Pynchon spelled "probably" as "prolly" in dialog. I slowly realized: It's a word we all prolly use three times a day, but prolly 90% of the people I know either pronounce it "prolly" or "prawbly" IRL. Such people are neither stupid nor ill-spoken. That middle syllable is unnecessary to the listener to understand its meaning, so it's linguistically doomed.

Supposebly
 

Can we do the same thing with Worchestershire sauce? Call it wooster sauce?

On another note, a woman I used to work with used to say "well just for chagrins...let do (insert activity here). I told her on many occasions that what she said was not what she meant - what she meant was for shits and grins blah blah blah - but she didn't want to say that in front of customers so she continued to use chagrins in that way. She was also the person who went out for expresso (argghhhhhhh!).

Sunscreen
 

I already have the straw hat and I almost always wear long sleeves to protect my arms, but we are talking hands, calves, etc.

Today, I walked across the parking lot with bare arms and could not believe how pink I became immediately.

I have worn the philosophy spray on -- it's not gunky, but it does not provide full spectrum protection.

Since I grew up on the beach (and racing sailboats), I abused my skin horribly until I hit 23 or 24. Now, I have undone most of the sun's damage and I strive to keep it that way.

Sosa Update
 

MLB tested all 76 of his bats and they all came back negative.