I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I burnt my nose pretty badly a while back while doing some medicinal tanning..

So, two things. First off, my nose is pretty much fine again, and what, you may ask, is medicinal tanning?

That is a UV or Puva therapy program offered as a treatment for psoriasis, which I "suffer" from. Not suffer like someone who is missing an ear, but still pretty frustrating when my skin gets dry, cracked, and then bleeds.

Anyhow, some months back I thought I had a cold, as my nose had become a little inflamed at the tip. I kept attending my UV sessions, and didn't think anything of it when the inflammation had by then made me look like W.C. Fields after a Shriner's convention at a Seagram's distillery.

I did start to panic a bit when it started to pulse along in time with my i-pod...

Anyhow, I linked the irritation to the tanning, and had to forgo the treatment for a bit, and now when I do attend a session, I have to wear a towel over my head.

I'm sure there's a very unflattering joke there, but I'll leave it to you to come up with it...

Chow for now!!