NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I can't believe they ended the series like that! The 12th season of ER finished last night, with half the main cast either dead, dying, or being held hostage! And then they glibly announced that the new series will begin sometime at the beginning of next year. NEXT YEAR?! What are they trying to do to us?! I'll be in need of psychotherapy by the end of October. I NEED CLOSURE!!!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! Even the 'official' ER website seems to be two entire series behind, and offers no insights into future plot developments at all. What am I supposed to do with myself?

Still, at least the World Cup starts on Friday. That'll do nicely as a distraction. At least, until England get knocked out by Germany in the second round, rendering me even more hysterical than I was to start with. In the meantime, the BBC Sport website is running a highly diverting little competition called Goalfinger. It's a quiz, structured like the World Cup itself, and offers the prospect of tickets to every round of the FA cup next season for the lucky winner. I'm feeling quite smug, having just played the quiz and won the World Cup with Saudi Arabia. Check it out...