Month September 2002

Reading time: < 1 min Prozac Nation?The Lilly SuicidesFascinating article on the effects of SSRI drugs, antidepressants. “Though Prozac is one of the world’s best-known commodities, its most terrifying potential side effect, “akathisia,” remains virtually unknown. Akathisia has been described as a unique form of inner torture that, prior to the development of psychiatric drugs, probably never existed.” “Reports that…

Reading time: < 1 min SleepAnyone else feeling completely worn out and knackered at the moment? I was in bed by 9:30pm last night, read for half an hour or so and fell asleep quickly (as far as I can remember anyway). Next thing I know, the alarm is being set to ‘snooze’ for 7 minutes, accomplished by whacking it…

Reading time: < 1 min UmmmmWhy?s.e.w.k.i.t.s

Reading time: < 1 min H O L L Y W O O DWhat Hollywood star stands 50 feet tall, stretches 450 feet across, weighs 450,000 pounds, and boasts a celebrated career still going strong after 79 years? One of those little things popped into my head today: Why is the ‘Hollywood Sign’ there? I hit Google and instantly came…

Reading time: < 1 min SpiralBeen a long time since I used that word on this site since ohhh April last year (yes I checked, no my memory ain’t that good).Work, well work sucks at the moment. I no longer have a career, I have a job. We seem to stumble from crisis to crisis and any thoughts of long…

Reading time: < 1 min New readsA donkey on the edge via another new read More a way of life….  .