Sometimes we stumble
Sometimes we lose our way.
Everyone needs help now and then.
It is those moments,
Taking others pain
Their fear
Which makes us stronger than we can imagine.
It comes from that uniquely human characteristic.

Hope

Corporeal in nature
Carbon, humanity exist.
Particles, atomic and sub
Too many to list
Are we just, impulse?
Electricity and light
Cross the synapse
The neuron to dendrite?
The mass in the brain
The matter, the gray
Consciousness, nothing?
When life fades away.
Many believe this
Maybe they're right.
Philosophy and science
Show them the light.
Others do know
They've found the truth....

Air Pollution World Map - Real Time

Air Pollution in World: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map

As of around 10:30 a.m., the ratings for the highest levels of pollution in the country were:
Salt Lake
Vernal
Ogden
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Bakersfield, California

Here is the link: http://www.standard.net/Environment/...y-morning.html

Yes, believe it or not, it's happening in some places. I caught this latest shenanigan occurring in Shreveport while getting gas on Thursday. It was at the Exxon station at Pines Road just south of Interstate 20.

I got regular unleaded for $1.63 a gallon, just a bit higher than most locations' averages. But that was not the issue. That same gas station featured a price for premium unleaded at $2.23 a gallon! That is just so wrong. I didn't see what the...