Bits about things from across the pond...

Wonderful article about my favorite jefe y capitán, Patrick Stewart, in the New York Times (linked via SFGate because those bastards at the NYT make you register).

About his latest role in Macbeth:

So charismatic is Stewart as an actor that he can make the simple act of preparing a ham sandwich one of the scariest things you've ever seen

Proper.

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You know, San Francisco was hailed as both a commie nanny state and environmental savior for banning plastic bags. Oakland is being taken to court over it. But it seems Ireland had successfully and quietly implemented a more comprehensive ban, in 2002. Spoilt and entitled Americans, take note, and read about some serious results. Another sad realization that the US is no longer a leader in even the most simple of things.

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Apparently there are New Fears Over Boozy Britain. But come now -- is the UK really so different than any Westernized country? I mean, really, aren't we all the same kind of miserable and medicated?