My pharmacist told me this afternoon that there is a national shortage of the antihistamine tablet Desloratadine.  But of course.  After all, how could the manufacturer, Schering-Plough, possibly have expected people to start suffering from hay fever at about this time of year?  Fuck me…

Nevertheless, and despite some Ikea-related difficulties this morning, today has been A Marginally Better Than Average Day on the grounds that those nice, helpful and efficient people at the Revenue & Customs have already processed my tax rebate for the fiscal year 2006-7 and credited my bank account with £640.  The Minister’s Wife shall not starve for at least another month; indeed, I have even bought her a chocolate brownie by way of celebration.

Oh, and this caption – carefully worded by the BBC’s lawyers – made me laugh my balls off:

Jose Mourinho will want to know why Chelsea were not awarded a penalty for it…