Bill Gates-gate

Microsoft owe Denmark $600,000,000

Or something like that. I'm not sure about the amount and whether it's Denmark or somewhere else. That's quite a chunk of money. I don't suppose, however, Bill Gates is having any sleepless nights. Whoever it is he owes however much to. It might be different were he being pursued by the DWP, who, having been warned that if they didn't back off it'd cost them over £3,000 in time and fees to fail to recover the £300 they allege he owes them, have expended much more than that, and they still don't have anyone in their offices, at whatever level, it seems, with the will, the nerve, or the commercial awareness to call it a day.

A real Walking Dead catch up

My personal catch up with everyday life in post-zombie-apocalypse America was minor league. It pales into insignificance compared to K's. Kiz worked her way through two whole seasons and the third half-season in a week. She's a convert now, but she did say that she was having nightly walker attack dreams. BLISS walked into the room last night while DLL and I were watching the latest instalment, right in the middle of a real blood 'n' gore splatterfest. “What on earth are you watching?” she asked, “and why?”

I've been like that with The Wire. BLISS and I have been like that with Generation Kill and the Sopranos. DLL and I were a bit like that with Lost, but Lost lost the plot and we sort of faded away with that one.

It's a much better way to watch a series, in my opinion. On demand trumps the watch, wait, watch, wait cycle.

Breaking Bad, that's been another one for me, and Six Feet Under (BLISS' all time favourite).

The funniest thing I've seen in days...

...Nani sent off, and Ferguson does an outraged geriatric semi-run down the Old Trafford steps to remonstrate with the officials, who ignore him. I hope this ends up on You Tube. He looked like the devil-spawn of Dame Twinkie and Victor Mildrew. Come on Real.

Modric. 1-1. Get in. Over the head of the odious Evra and in off the post. Now it's 1 – 2. Ferguson has his notebook out and is frantically crossing Jose Mourinho off his Christmas card list.

Bit of a goalmouth scramble saw Robin van What's-is-name and Shrek both with chances before Shrek blasted over the bar. This is getting funnier and funnier.

There was (one, just the one) funny moment on Sunday, when someone revived the sub-moronic, inexcusable, retarded banana throwing thing to launch one at Bale when he took a corner. Is it okay to chuck bananas at a white player who looks like a monkey? If not okay, is it okay to find it funny in a devil-on-the-shoulder way?

Now Evra's denied a penalty. Demento's going to have a full-on meltdown in the presser after this one...I can hardly wait. There's only one thing worse than a perma-hard-done-by and that's a perma-hard-done-by who actually should be thanking his lucky stars for all the advantages and breaks from which his club have benefitted.