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Greetings!
Welcome . . .
Chewin' the Fat is a publication from
The Complete Bear designed for the bear
community. It is published on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of the month.
Chewin' the Fat will offer up the best
of the bear lifestyle - casual, cool, or woofy.
Whatever it takes to complete the bear.
For the bear, his cub and their den . . .
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SPF - 30
When I was little, my mother brought me a sombrero
from Mexico. She was trying to keep me from self-
combusting - like they do in the vampire movies when
sunlight strikes. You see, I was a little, pasty Irish kid
living in NYC. After her trip to Mexico, I was a little,
pasty Irish kid wearing a sombrero. "Well, you just
don't see that everyday!" As I grew older, the sombrero
and I parted ways.
When the Sombrero failed, my mother tried to get me
to put on zinc oxide. "Like the lifeguards," she would
tell me. Remember zinc oxide? That white gooey stuff
that had a slightly fishy smell to it and attracted sand
into every pore. Great stuff! Thanks, Mom!
Some things we never learn. The other day I left the
house to go to a BBQ without sunscreen. I figured it
was slightly overcast, how bad could it be?
(Apparently, I slept through 9th grade earth science
and the fact that clouds don't protect you from UV
rays). It was a fun BBQ, and a few beers later I am as
pink as a lobster. You could roast marshmallows off
my face. Ugh, I never learn.
If I had a nickel for every sun burn that I've had over the
years, I'd have enough to buy sunscreen!! Take it from
me, put on some sunscreen. Today, it's light weight,
non-greasy and should be a part of your daily routine.
Yes, I am channeling my mother.
When buying sunscreens look for a label with an SPF,
or Sun Protection Factor, of 15 or greater. The SPF
acts like a multiplying factor. If you would normally be
OK in the sun for 10 minutes and you apply an SPF 10
sunscreen, you will be OK in the sun for 100 minutes.
Remember, to apply the sunscreen 30 or so minutes
in advance in order for the sunscreen to work, and
bring some extra along in case you need to reapply.
All of us at The Complete Bear wish the best of
summers. Wear a hat, put on some sunscreen and
go outside and play!! OMG - I do sound like my
mother!!
Fitness and Health
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