European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And that a Why its your fault Charles Osgood Tribune Media service exposure to the summer Sun can be bad for your skin. Everybody knows that now. Its been in All the papers and magazines and All Over the radio and television. Medical science is now in total agreement on this matter. There is no Sun lobby to defend the Sun. Against this charge the Way the tobacco Institute lobbies on behalf of cigarette smoking. That is because the suns rays Are absolutely free. If big corporations were Selling Sun rays you know damned Well there would be a Sun Institute to stand for our cod Given right to Fry our own hides should we so choose. But just As we keep finding More and More Good reasons not to smoke there Are More reasons than one to stay out of the Sun. I have. Discovered one myself. There is a Sun related ailment that has nothing to do with the skin. I Call it Beach brain. The human brain encased As it is within the protective cover of your Skull your Scalp and in some cases your hair is not exactly Fried by the Sun s rays but there is increasing evidence in my own experience and possibly yours too if you Stop to think about it. That lolling around in the Sun does the brain no Good whatsoever. The Sun apparently Cooks the Little Gray cells somehow. Maybe it microwaves them 1 Don t know. Whatever the mechanism after Only a Short time in the Sun the brain slows Down and then simply shuts Down turns itself Oft stops working. The Al acct is almost immediate. You Don t have to wait around for years to find out you have the condition As you must in the Case of skin cancer. Right away you can to remember Little things such As what you did with the name of the restaurant you want to Call to make dinner reservations or what Day of the week it is. Advanced symptoms might also include calling your kids by the dogs name and wondering Why they Are not answering you. This is classic Beach brain. Furthermore since you Are usually in the company of friends or family members who have been out in the Sun just As Long As you have they can to help you much. They can to remember too Well either. All they Are completely sure of it is that they weren to the ones responsible for. Whatever it is. You were the one its All your fault always. The Only reason you accept this version of How things happen is that your brain is too Sun addled to put up a Good defense. This May explain Why it is that at the beginning of a summer vacation we try to read newspapers tune in radio or television newscasts and keep up a with what a going on in the world. We actually  a a Gallant Effort. But after a while As Beach brain takes hold we done to bother anymore. Such trivialities As the communist parly Congress economic Summit budgets  and peace will has e to w Ait until vacation is Over. Or at least until you can find the car  Rock Fnu Roll facts beatles a first gig paid $100 weekly Beach boys a knew Only three songs at first concert Doobie Brothers a had 10 members none Brothers Reo Speed Wagon a named for world s first fire truck source1 world features Syndi let Deight folklore cures for warts burying a potato raw meat radish juice Copper pennies Black snails Marigold juice dandelion sap Bacon source oct ton in o medical folklore Quot psychos Quot famous Shower scene time on screen a 45 seconds time to film a seven Days camera angles a repositioned 70 times background music a originally none used actress a stand in for Janet Leigh Ouica horror movies i i. Who