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Life imitates The Onion:

Guantanamo Suicides "Acts of War"

Rear Adm Harris said he did not believe the men had killed themselves out of despair.

"They are smart. They are creative, they are committed," he said.

"They have no regard for life, either ours or their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us."

heat death of the universe

Well, today started out nicely enough. Uni buddy Tom was over for the weekend, and we had a merry trip into town to Experiment With Drugs.

Tom is a qualified doctor, so while shopping for anti-hystamines (because despite taking 2x one-a-day tablets yesterday, I was dying on my arse), Tom started getting interested in what different types of pharmaceuticals might aid me.

He recommended Flixonase instead of Beconase (nose spray) - apparently Flixonase is the second generation of Beconase and much better. He also recommended a different type of antihystamine. Typically, Boots were out of stock on both - obviously the rest of London is suffering, too.

THEN, he remembered some drug prescribed largely to children to help with asthma, that is also effective in fighting hayfever symptoms. Additionally, it can be used alongside other medications without side effects. HAHA!

So, wonders Tom, not having done this before... Can write a prescription for my mate and have Boots dispense it?

A puzzled looking dispensiary bird says yes, that it would be a private prescription and she'd need some ID and some sort of national register of doctors number that verifies that he's not just a mentalist shopping for drugs.

He duly provides military photo ID (he works as a locom with the Army sometimes) and his relevant doctor registration number, then, hilariously, pays for the drugs for me because, as he put it "Well, I'm experimenting on you, it's only fair that I pick up the tab".

Tally ho!

So, I now have many different types of comedy anti-tree-nose-fuckery drugs! I feel great!

Though my spleen itches.

Also bought a massive condensing fan to cool my room with (yes, another) and three small fans for my PC.

Then, things took a downswing, powered down the PC, added the fans, powered up, no signal to the monitor. Swapped all the fans back out just to be sure, no joy. Seems the heat got to the PC just in time. Grr :/ Pricing up a new Dual-Core AMD 64. I could have used not having to buy that right this second, to be honest.

Further hilarity ensued when checking my bank account to see what I can afford, I have a payment to Transport For London in favour of a Fixed Penalty Fee for £100.00. Only problem is, I never paid such a thing (or got the fine, etc, etc).

For maximum surreality, the transaction is dated tomorrow.

The irony of trying to sort this out over the phone while watching Dr Who was not lost on me.

Eventually, Barclays told me they had a computer problem and that I'd have to call back tomorrow.

These are the end times, my friends. The heat has encrazified the world.