another vacation-related item:

Britain's best-selling newspaper is The Sun, which is probably better used as toilet paper than reading material. it reminds me a lot of a tabloidy USA Today, but stupider. its principal selling point appears to be the picture of a topless woman that it runs on the third page of every issue. the Sun has recently (a) claimed to have single-handedly prevented Sven Goran Erikksen from bolting England's national team to manage Chelsea and (b) been banned from taking pictures of the royal family after violating an agreed-upon limit to picture taking of one of the princes.