If your sunscreen uses metal oxide powders exclusively they can last for a very long time. Chemical based sunscreens can expire as the chemicals degrade over time especially if stored improperly (hot/direct sun vs. cool no light).

Probably not using enough sun screen if you’re worried about expiration dates

Yeh, I’d probably go with cleaning the data from your laptop and connecting via VPN to access it from the US. It’s also safer from a “crap, my laptop got fried” emergency that way as well.

Then don’t take it with you on your trip. Put it in DropBox or Google Docs, or anywhere online. Don’t have the clients for whatever service you use installed on your laptop/phone/tablet to lead them to look for stuff. DON’T go to great lengths to hide a USB drive in your mouse or try some other equally stupid “I…

Here’s the thing... ethically, there’s a problem with assuming any human being can properly be warned of the risks and make that choice. Whenever a situation renders someone in enormous pain, debilitating conditions, or potential risk of life, they are predisposed to accept any risk that promises freedom from the…

I credit this doctor with saving my life.

I had several large fibroids, and my surgeon did not believe in morcellation because of the risks of spreading cancer that this doctor publicized. I had no symptoms of cancer, but my surgeon was only willing to do an abdominal hysterectomy.

Hi, yeah, I have a three part question. Umm... so, when you guys, uh, wrote that article about [thing], I was reading it and I noticed that... umm...

“No backstory” would be a good rule. I’ve heard so many questions that could easily start with “I read your book while I was going through a tough time and *insert question here*” but instead are like “So a few years ago, I was at work (I work at a marketing firm that specializes in pet literature) and I thought I…

Hi Nick,

oh...those drawers...

I recently had to put my ma in the memory unit for dementia, after three different medical facilities said “Hey, this is it,” and a lot of looking back in retrospect. I wish you nothing but good thoughts.

NYMag/Daily Intelligencer has been killing it for months now. A regular part of my interwebs rounds...

Oh, dear. Some good news, or good spirits at least, on top of all of the bad news. Small blessings, I guess.

Ok, I can help with the falling thing. Once you convince yourself and her that she’s unhurt ( assuming she is) then just hang out there on the floor with her for a bit, ‘till her panic subsides. You may find that letting her pull herself up with a chair or stool or something works better than trying to lift her. It…

Fair enough. But, according to Wikipedia, Mar-a-Lago is roughly twice the size of the White House at 110,000 square feet and 126 rooms. So, even there, they can still avoid each other in the few hours he’s not on the golf course or crashing people’s wedding.

Well shit. This is all very familiar. I hope you live nearby. One thing tho, fear of falling at her age is very reasonable. And thank you for the sympathy. She died almost a year and a half ago but I’ve been missing her for much longer.

You probably mean spatial but I’m 100% stealing the word Spacial to help describe the problem I have when I get wobbly in front of something special like a particularly powerful piece of art. Gracias!

Stamina. Hillary Clinton didn’t let walking pneumonia keep her from campaigning, although maybe she shouldn’t have, as much for the health of those around her as for her health.

She has to make it look like an accident, though.

Who are these morons who think they are in a love marriage?There are people who actually think they were in love when they first married and that she should get a divorce because he treats her differently now?