I don't so much "tan" as turn a not-painful shade of darker pink. When its a burn it hurts.

People lived for millenia without spf clothing.

They also died young and wrinkled.

There was no sunblock in my childhood. That's what killed the dinosaurs I played with. At least a couple of times a summer, I'd get stuck somewhere with no shade and have to spend a day or so lying in a dark room wearing a soft t-shirt. That was the era in which people would coat themselves with baby oil and iodine to tan faster and lie in the sun all summer. I was saved by the fact that I can't read very long in the sun, so I was too bored to lay out.

Neil Gaiman linked to this: (Uncomfortable plot summaries) [link]

They include:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Teenage serial killer destroys town in fit of semi-religious fervor

FIREFLY: In an analogue of the post-Civil War west, a white man on the losing side bosses around a black woman.

SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.

RAMBO III: The United States provides arms, equipment and training to the terrorists behind 9/11.

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded.

They also died young and wrinkled.

Like raisins?

After years of working in the Loop and taking the Red Line home, I finally have printed out the Cubs schedule and highlighted all the evening home games so that I can plan ahead. I almost had to choke a bitch on Tuesday.

I hate hackers. And Tino.

I made steamed mussels in butter, garlic and white wine for dinner with grilled corn on the cob basted with butter & brown sugar. YUM!

Now I have to roll myself into yoga class.

Somewhere, Tino is feeling horrible, and he's going to rag on his girlfriend for no good reason.

Owen and I both have Edward Cullen complexions and burn in minutes. DH and Liv have a bit of olive tone and can stay out a bit longer.

Just had an incredibly frustrating half hour wherein mac and babysitter were not where I always meet them, mac's afterschool says he had not been picked up yet and the babysitter was unreachable and her family did not know for sure if she had gone to get mac, only that she had gone somewhere.

Turns out he HAD been picked up and they were on the train en route, just running a bit late.

Because I had gone above ground to make phone calls and await phone calls, it was way later than normal when I went back down to check again. By that time mac was getting worried because he had expected me to be there waiting.

Gah - worried noodles all around.