If you've been rubbing your eyes and sniffling a lot more than usual lately, you are not alone. It seems like everyone I know is suffering from terrible allergies this spring. And guess what? It probably is the worst allergy season in recent memory, say experts. If you can hold out another few weeks, "the pollen should taper by the end of the month." Good luck.
I often wonder how the rise in antibacterial cleansers-soaps, dish soaps, laundry detergents, and so on-will ultimately affect our built-to-handle-some-bacteria bodies, and a new bit of research making the rounds would seem to claim that these products are actually responsible for allergies running rampant in the West these past few decades. Cast off your soaps! Liberate your dishwasher! Free yourself of the sniffles!
It is absolutely gorgeous outside. Just stunning, really. It's the kind of weather which actually makes you happy that most places require you to smoke outdoors; you can appreciate nature in all her beauty while also enjoying the bracing slap of hot smoke upon your lungs. It is indeed a marvelous day on which to be alive. I suggest you drop what you're doing immediately and go stand in the sun for a bit, because it's not going to last. While we're talking about the outdoors and the appreciation thereof, I have some disturbing news for those of you with allergies.
