Well, The Guardian is, at least. It'll be interesting to see how well it fares on the other side of the Atlantic. And whether it will continue the tradition reflected in its gentle nickname The Grauniad.

More weird Japanese stuff.

A rather long, but interesting article about McDonalds. Rather depressingly, it seems to take the view that the canning of the Innovate system was a bad thing. I can't think of anything more soulless than a restaurant chain where everything is identical, right down to the temperature of the cooking fat. *shudder*.

"Would you die for her?"
"I would, but, er, I'd rather live."