How Green is Your Valley?

Peaks and troughs over the last few days, really - the glory of LCD Soundsystem last night at Webster Hall, the lows of boshing a ton of money on malaria drugs, doing the washing and finding NOWHERE in NYC that will sell me hydration salts or 30% deet insect repellent (Boots, how do I miss thee?). But more on those later.

Jerry Falwell died today, you see. Just to remind you of the charming nature of the man, post-September 11th, 2001:

I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'