Wow. I'm living in a Don Delillo novel. London is covered by a cloud of toxic gas, from the exploded fuel depot at Buncefield. Thank goodness I bought my Respro mask last week. It makes me look like a dork, but its a real lifesaver. I would imagine that they might become quite the fashion accessory in the near future. If they aren't already. I can't imagine that black rain stuff is very good for you. Mind you, as my Kosovar sausage sandwich vendor acquaitance informed me yesterday, apropos of how ludicrous it is to even consider banning smoking in pubs, when I argued that perhaps it might save the employees of said pubs from contracting cancer through passive smoking, "man, everyone in London already got cancer!".
Okaaay.
