On the medical benefits of being smacked upside the head

dealing with S.A.D. one dodgeball at a time

February is here, dear reader.

This may seem like such an obvious statement, akin to saying Dark? It gets that way at night.

Though the available daylight is increasing, things seem to get darkest at this time of year.

By now, the novelty of ice and snow is long gone. Any traces of vitamin ‘D’ have left our systems and a lot of people are S.A.D. Seasonal Affective Disorder is really, truly a thing.

It’s been said recently that vitamin D is best produced in our bodies though direct sunlight on the skin. Even the Communist bastards at the Guardian now believe that sunscreen isn’t really a great idea.

But with sub zero temperatures?

One doesn’t get much time to walk around shirtless showing the world what an ordinary body looks like.

Do you get the February Blues, dear reader?

I certainly do.

There are days that I’ve felt so low, I was at risk of dropping through the centre of the earth and ending up somewhere in China

That all changed recently.

That all changed with a phone call.

On the other end o…