Prozac and Whimsy

The last time I saw my children was on a retail park car park in Kidderminster in the spring of 2012. We had met my mother and her partner there for the halfway handover. I said “see ya mate” to my son and told my daughter I loved her and we all walked out of… — read more

A wise man once said that politics are like arseholes, no one wants to hear Ann Widdecombe’s. With that in mind I have been emailing my local MP with mixed results… The first attempt was fairly simple. As a life long Labour voter I wanted to reach out to try and understand the direction the… — read more

Noun/wimzi/Something that is intended to be strange and humorous but in fact has little real meaning or value. I dropped out of college on Thursday the 17th of April 1997, this isn’t some momentous day in my life history that means I will remember the date for evermore it’s just that I saw The Offspring… — read more

Fluoxetine, sold under the brand name Prozac, is an antidepressant medication of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class used for the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and bulimia nervosa. It is also approved for treatment of major depressive disorder in adolescents and children 8 years… — read more

I’ve not written in a long time and didn’t think I ever would again. I have tried, I really have but no idea has truly set the fire in my brain, and I don’t think I have any spite left in me. The last couple of things I have tried to squeeze out of me… — read more

I was born Benjamin Dean on an August Thursday in the late seventies. Dean because my dad wanted me to share the same middle name as him, a tradition that started and ended with me. Benjamin because mother’s maiden name was Bennett and she was known as Ben to everyone. Ben Dean apparently “sounded like… — read more