Defcon Blah.

Isn't it exciting to see the sun? It might still be chuffing cold outside, but to feel the warmth of the sun's rays melting away the last grips of winter on your soul. Having said that it will probably snow again next week. I think my soul might manage another frost, but any more than that and my petals will wilt.

I think there's only so far I can go with this analogy. I don't think I come out of it altogether well.

But I am still in the same state as yesterday - a good sleep didn't cure the problem, so we're up to Defcon 2. What does defcon even mean? The Americans love their stupid acronyms for stuff. Like NORAD, or FAQ or USA. Interesting Wikipedia does it again - perhaps I'm naive, but it gets the basics across for me. Defcon stands for Defence Readiness Condition. So it should be DefRedCon, but then it starts to sound more and more like people who are fans of both Def Leppard and Simply Red and have no place to show their affection but a small hotel function room in Las Vegas where they all wear bizarre fancy dress and have name badges. Apparently Defcon 1 has never been reached and Defcon 2 hasn't been reached since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Obviously Jack Kennedy couldn't defeat the level boss and get to the end of the game. The last time Defcon 3 was reached was during September 11 - this is heady stuff. I think it's easy to get blasé about mounting Defcons when you watch as much action television as I do.

Anyway. I started that last paragraph intending to say simply that I shall have to improve my readiness and carry a notepad at all times. This is how we are going to defeat the Big Bad Block.