No, no.. don't drink the goopy white stuff. We're talking about tea.. green, black and otherwise.

It seems these teas may offer some protective benefits against two common skin cancers. But, as you saw in the story there are a bunch of reasons why you shouldn't just give up on sunscreen and smart sun-exposure.

Here is the study abstract!! http://www.eblue.org/article/PIIS019096220604103X/abstract

Also one doctor (not related to the story or in my story) says the sample size is a little small for his liking. And he's a huge fan of tea, so for him to say that tells me this is interesting, but doesn't mean you can put away the Banana Boat just yet. :-)

And an FYI (but if you oversteep green tea it gets that nasty bitter taste, so keep that in mind): http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/8162/Why+it's+healthier+to+brew+tea+in+a+pot

Man, I am hopped up on caffeine (at least I think it's caffeine). I purchased some tea while shooting at the TeaZone (http://www.teazone.com/) today and they had me try this wonderful, wonderful powdered ceremonial Japanese green tea called matcha. Here is a wikipedia entry about it with all the usual disclaimers (that anyone can edit wikipedia etc etc):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha

Other sites I checked out say the matcha doesn't have a lot of caffeine but I have to tell you something has kicked in with me. It's not that jittery rush that I get from strong coffee, though (which is why I now pretty much just do decaf or half-caf). LOVE it!

Yes.. some of you caught this on Friday.

I'm toying with the idea of having the hair down for a while. I've roped in a few trusted folks here at the staion to tell me what they honestly think since I am a horrible judge of what "works" for TV. The whole appearance aspect is really hard for me, because when I'm not working I am a very casual person and would truly wear sweats if I thought I could get away with it. Here's what it looks like unbrushed and unstyled as I'm sitting here typing away..

Okay, off to primp. Actually, off to read scripts since I am anchoring tonite ((with Amy Troy)), THEN primp.

Click here to tell Stephanie Stricklen what you think of her hair, which she may or may not take to heart since she can be a little stubborn when it comes to that kind of stuff.