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Bush's Last Day
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I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the historical value of this fine day: Bush's last on the job as the most powerful man in the universe. (Sorry, He-Man.)
I just hope we all learned our lesson on this one. And that next time we elect a "Washington outsider", we make damn sure he isn't secretly the son of a former president. (Who knew?!) And also, if we elect someone because they'd be cool to have a beer with, let's make sure they didn't swear off alcohol due to a lack of self-control.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
PS... I voted for Obama because I'd like to shoot pool with him... does he even shoot pool???
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jan 19/09 What whacky things can I do in New York.Email this article to a colleague.
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It’s almost twenty-four hours of Buster’s poo protest. He’s not happy with the winter and he just doesn’t want to do it.
The only thing I can to do is wait until he starts to shake to the core and I know he’s desperate and then get home out.
I’m so excited now that my plans to see Kathy Griffin with my friend are coming to fruition. That is, after I got over the sticker shock of the lower Canadian dollar. My money exchanging headspace was still back a few months ago when it was much higher. So tack on another 90 bucks on an already expensive ticket, plus 41 dollars to get the bloody things delivered.
Now tell m...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: D-List AIDS Celebrity Make A Wish guilty of assholism public disturbances travel Decent Tickets GLBT Kathy Griffin New York Source Type: blogs
2nd Annual Christmas in Nata VillageEmail this article to a colleague.
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Christmas in Nata Village would not have been possible if the following contributions from the Los Angeles Conservation Corps Clean and Green Program, California Conservation Corps, Northgate Lodge, Nata Lodge, and the Community Business People who send us plenty of packages, transport, and food supplies for the Village. This year six families and their children received plenty of awesome gifts and food. The Orphans and needey children were able to get clothing, plenty of candy, coloring books, and school supplies. We like to thank everybody who made this...
Source: The Nata village blog - January 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
Survey SaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poz magazine and NAPWA (National Association of People With AIDS) have teamed up with the American Psychological Association to make sure that mental health issues for positoids are not overlooked.
There's a brief, anonymous survey here, if you are HIV positive, or a "positoid", as I say, consider filling this out. I did- it was quick and easy. This is not an aspect of our health that we think about as much as we should, and in filling out the survey I recalled an instance shortly after I'd been on HIV meds, where I felt like I was depressed, mainly because of the confusion I was feeling as a result of certain side effect...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Miss America and the RecessionEmail this article to a colleague.
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As millions of people descend on D.C., Gwenn are I are escaping to witness a coronation of a different kind: the crowning of a new Miss America in Las Vegas!
Of course, I'll be watching all the Obama highlights on television, but we can't lose sight of how important Miss America is going to be once we hit the full depths of the "deprecession." We're going to need a symbolic figure who is somewhat aloof to distract us while the administration is doing all the heavy-lifting behind the scenes.
Oh, and that's a photo of Miss America 1998, Kate Shindle. My favorite of all-time. She wasn't aloof- she supported clean needle exc...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: Kate Shindle Leigh Taylor Smith Miss America Miss New York roulette Source Type: blogs
Jan 17/09 I’m in love with Grace Jones.Email this article to a colleague.
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I just can’t seem to help it. I’m become compulsively playing Grace Jone’s new CD, Hurricane, over and over.
She finally went back to collaborate with Sly and Robbie for that unique reggae sound infused with her strong edgy authoritarian voice.
Grace put together the art of good music, pushing boundaries, and combining it with visual arts of photography and video to create controversy long before Madonna.
Her covers of Demolition Man and Warm Leatherette rocked (this video is circa 1980). She interlaced androgyny, dominance and fashion into a web which produced such creativity. It’s like if she were a man, she&...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized GLBT Grace Jone Hurricane Madonna Source Type: blogs
NWO Links old and newEmail this article to a colleague.
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Some of these have been listed before, but worth listing again, plus a few articles and new videos.Beverly Eakman High-Tech Marxism Comes to AmericaSelwyn Duke The Artificial Reality of the Matrix MediaWhat Your Sex Life Will Be Like in 2009What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company ExecsSo Long Worst President Ever; 10 Reasons History Will Hang YouAlien Abductions Stopped By the Name of Jesus ChristDr. James Howenstine Nutrients Can Restore Good Health To HIV PatientsHenry Makow Politically Incorrect Advice for Young MenSecrets of the Federal Reserve Online bookUS Infrastructure Overwhelmed By Illegal AliensA Radical...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - January 17, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Update on Book #2Email this article to a colleague.
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I sent the file for my 2nd book to my agent today, and couldn't be more relieved to be done. For now.
Of course, I've declared victory before. You may remember that back in June I wrote a blog entitled New Book "Finished". Thankfully, I had the intelligence to put the word "finished" in quotation marks. I wasn't finished- I sent the book to my agent, then wrote him back later telling him not to read it.
Then I had a deadline set for November, but when I spent most of the month sick, the deadline got bumped until after Christmas because I didn't want to screw up the book by writing when I was under the weather.
But now...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jan 16/09 Flirting Tips…from the experts.Email this article to a colleague.
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I’m not very good at dating. My version of it is completely avoiding it. Lately I’ve met some really nice quays, but as in with the fellow who needed to work on what I call his life transitional issues, I can’t quite meet guys have got it all in one package.
Today I twittered that I didn’t know what to blog about today. In response I heard back from Flirtatious-T Blog (Twitter Name Flirtatious_T) suggesting I check the site out.
Here is their first tip of the day:
Flirty Not Dirty Tip #1
Always trust your instinct and never ignore it. It’s your inner spirit guiding you in the right direction. (Ref...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Bad Dates Datting Tips GLBT psycho stalker Source Type: blogs
kearns: personal AIDS medical update, computer woes, inauguration plans & stories in the stack at aids-write (1134)Email this article to a colleague.
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chers—
so.
here i am, hovering over a mess of wires and components, and somewhere in there, soapbubblelike, is my internet contact. every time it goes down it takes about an hour to reboot. i hate having to be patient.
started a new HAART cocktail last month with isentress, a new class of anti-AIDS drugs. my body responded with heavy-duty diarrhea (have been wearing diapers & needed them) and headaches — actually, it felt like one big headache of migrainish proportions that started and never really went away, it just got worse and less worse. my doc (dale) said go off your meds for a week (oh boy oh boy, a ...
Source: aids-write.org - January 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids barak obama beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism c Source Type: blogs
AIDS-write’s kearns to attend downtown-LA all-day med cannabis inaugural fest at ADHC/UMMP starting at 7am (1133)Email this article to a colleague.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURAL CELEBRATION, A WEST COAST “CELEBRATION OF CHANGE.”
Los Angeles, CA,
January 6, 2009
The Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Arts District Healing Center and Freedom Gallery commemorates the inaugural celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama with a special press conference and fundraising event to promote politicians supporting medical marijuana patients and to promote the Union of Medical Marijuana Patients and California’s First Hemp Festival. Come out and learn what’s happening in the medical marijuana community and which politicians and journalists speak out on beh...
Source: aids-write.org - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids barak obama beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism c Source Type: blogs
An Arctic visitationEmail this article to a colleague.
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It is pretty damn cold today and tomorrow may break records for cold here in chilly Eastern Taxachusetts.I had a doctor appointment yesterday, felt pretty good for a change and decided to take the T into Boston rather than drive the 7 miles. Having a discount old folk/disabled Charlie card has been a blessing at times. I did bundle up, gloves, woollen cap, scarf, snorkel jacket and walking boots. I've noticed that since mid December traffic has been much lighter than usual, same for the number of people riding the bus and subway systems. I figured it was because of the Christmas and other holiday season, but even now in mi...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
towleroad: gay artist phil jimenez creates cover for obama-spiderman issue #583 (1132)Email this article to a colleague.
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Gay Man is Cover Artist for Obama’s Spider-Man Debut
President-elect Barack Obama is to be featured in five pages of a special inauguration issue of Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man, USA Today reports:
“The White House transition team did not respond to a question about the extent of Obama’s comic-book geekiness, but Obama did mention Spider-Man during the campaign, primarily at children-oriented events. And during an Entertainment Weekly pop culture survey, Obama said Batman and Spider-Man were his top superheroes because of their ‘inner turmoil.’”
Towleroad hears that the cover ...
Source: aids-write.org - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS asian-pacific hiv/aids barak obama beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism community blogger cultural activism faith-based activism first nations indigenou Source Type: blogs
golden apple comics: obama-spidey #583 inauguration special goes to 2nd printing (1131)Email this article to a colleague.
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Obama-Spidey #583 Update
Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man #583 will has President-Elect Obama joining forces with the Wallcrawler in the issue’s Spidey Meets the President bonus story.
To meet expected demand for this momentous issue, Marvel has now announced it’s heading back to press to offer the Amazing Spider-Man #583 Obama Second Printing Variant, featuring a re-colored version of the original Obama variant cover drawn by Phil Jimenez.
The 2nd Printing will be on sale NEXT WEEK, January 21 for $3.99 The previously mentioned Spidey Meets the President story is written by Zeb Wells and drawn by Todd Nauck &...
Source: aids-write.org - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS asian-pacific hiv/aids barak obama beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids citizen journalism community blogger cultural activism faith-based activism first nations indigenous hiv/ai Source Type: blogs
Jan 15/09 Grow Up To Be Gay - play kit for boysEmail this article to a colleague.
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For some of us who didn’t figure things out after a marriage, messy divorce, and pissed off kids, in retrospect it was pretty obvious about the gay thing.
Here were a few of the non-subtler clues:
Even though I have no desire, but admire those who do it well (drag), my mother was quite concerned as a seven-year old always wanted to put on women’s clothes out of the dress up box.
For some reason I had the faint recollection of it. For me it was we were becoming something we were, and that was a girl. Little did I know I already was.
One-day mom came to talk to me to tell me to play dress up as other people.
I’ve alway...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale Add new tag drag queens gay GLBT Growing up gay hairdressing Kathy Griffin make up artist Source Type: blogs
Hemo2Homo Connection Looks BackEmail this article to a colleague.
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2008 was a great year for movies; mainly because it marked the dramatic return to form of the only Living-With-AIDS Movie Review duo, "The Hemo2Homo Connection", myself and Steve Schachlin. Recently I caught up with my wiser half to ask him a few questions about the year that was 2008.
Shawn (AKA "Hemo"): What was your favorite movie of 2008?
Steve (AKA "Homo"): Milk, followed by Slumdog Millionaire. You?
Shawn: Tropic Thunder!
Robert Downey Jr. got screwed at the Golden Globes, losing Best Supporting Actor to Heath Ledger.
Steve: He died- plus he was brilliant in The Dark Knight...
Shawn: Robert Downey Jr. was bri...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jan 14/09 Real TouchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ahhh my little puppy has to go into the vet.
You see, this is the curse of paying off your credit card off! The universe somehow get’s wind of that zero balance, and bam you’ve got a 2.5 pound puppy that is not eating and throwing up.
But now it’s time to bring something a little more fun for the cold winter months.
My pal sent me this url for Real Touch, sex toy. This isn’t just any sex toy.
Apparently NASA (they claim) had something to do what it’s expected to do. I’m sure what NASA tested in this case might exactly mean with all those month they spend in space. Maybe that has something to do with the Hap...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 14, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: canine moments public disturbances Artificial Vajaja GLBT Sex Toys Vet Bills Source Type: blogs
My 2008 Person of the YearEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's a little late, but unlike others, I take this Person of the Year stuff seriously. I don't rush the decision in the waning days of 2008 to get airtime or press like everyone else.
No, while they are out cosmic bowling and partying, looking ahead to 2009, I'm crunching numbers, trying to figure out who had the biggest impact of 2008. Who came from little-to-no expectations and then shocked an unexpecting world?
Of course, Michael Phelps dominated sports, setting an Olympic record for most medals won. But take him out of the pool and his credentials start to get a little soggy. Barack Obama battled Hilary Clinton, then ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 13, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: Mike the Miz Source Type: blogs
Jan 13/09 Welcome My Twitter FriendsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday, on another social marketing front, I finally joined Twitter. Honestly I when I heard of Twitter, I thought, “F. not something that now reduces everything to ten bloody words now.”
As it turns out it’s a great marking tool, and a means to get information out fast. In less than 24 hours I’ve got over 200 followers.
This is my bio: A D-List AIDS Celebrity who’s own “Make A Wish Foundation” is trying to make his come true: Meet Kathy Griffin.
It’s only a one-line bio – so that’s the best I can do. When I start adding all these straights folks, I’m never sure what kind of reaction I...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 13, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: D-List AIDS Celebrity Make A Wish GLBT Interview Kathy Griffin Social Marketing Twitter Source Type: blogs
Post-Postcards from the EdgeEmail this article to a colleague.
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We are thrilled to announce another successful Postcards from the Edge benefit! With more postcards then ever before - even the blizzard couldn't keep the crowds away! We are still adding up sales, matching up buyer info and processing all our post-postcard production, but we are thrilled with the turn out and will have more details and pictures for you soon. If you are a participating artists, we will contact you with sales and collector info in 3-5 weeks. Thanks for your patience and support. Meanwhile, check out some pics of the event at John Hanning's Flickr page here.
Source: VisualAIDS - January 13, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Jan 12/09 F. the “The Make A Wish Foundation”Email this article to a colleague.
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I really wanted to post a clip from CNN’s New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin, but alas, Wordpress, and Scribefire have both failed me at the same time.
It really is time for me to get away from crack house set up. If anyone knows a good web designer pass him my way. A photo will have to do.
On the weekend, a friend and I cooked up a few crazy ideas. After securing killer great tickets to see Kathy Griffin at the Madison Square Gardens in New York, my friend B. suggested making a Facebook Group.
Before I give the title, I’ll note that the context is in a post I made a few days prior.
S...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 12, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized acid reflux Add new tag disclosure Facebook family GLBT Groups Kathy Griffin Make my wish come true Stigma Source Type: blogs
Neverending WinterEmail this article to a colleague.
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Winter is only a few weeks old and already, even many of us New Englanders are quickly growing weary of one major snow storm after another, mixed with extreme cold.I don't have much to say today, besides all of my other medical issues I may also be having some cardiac problems. It still amazes me that I've made it to almost 62 years old, and can still wear the same size clothes I wore in high school. Although I am no longer very active, a lifetime of cycling, swimming and hiking has carried me through life with a lean physique. I do try to eat a healthy diet, difficult considering how tainted the food supply is, but there ...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - January 12, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Rickrolling Victim Speaks OutEmail this article to a colleague.
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I felt bad about Rickrolling my friend and then exploiting his pain as Blog fodder. So I decided to interview Irvin, so he could lend his voice and face to pain of the the millions upon millions of RVs (Rickroll Victim) out there.
When I Rickrolled you, what were you doing?
I just sat down to eat lunch.
How did you feel?
A bit confused, I was still waiting for the stroller safety video. Then a smile spread across my face.
Had you ever been Rickrolled before?
Never, I didn't know about "Rickrolling" before.
Would you ever consider Rickrolling someone? Rickstrolling?
Yes, maybe you. I think I'll have to wait at least a...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 11, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jan 9/09 Morning RoutineEmail this article to a colleague.
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This morning I got up and did my usual routine. One beer stein of coffee, that’s my version of a cup, get dressed, get Buster into his three jackets and boots, and take the two out.
The next step is to feed them, while adding one of the drugs into Jo’s dish. I microwave my oatmeal and eat. Finally I give Buster his anti-depressant, and Jo her twenty-four hour time-release narcotic that I fantasize taking.
Then at least I have to take my pills. This morning I counted them, including vitamins for dramatic effect: 14. I take them with one gulp washing them down with water. So many at once you ask? Well, it’s a skill I d...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 10, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Buster Coffee GLBT Pills Winter Source Type: blogs
Jan 9/09 Corporate Cannibal - Elevator CannibalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday my import copy of Grace Jones’ latest release, Hurricane arrived. It’s classic Grace Jones. This collection fits in seamlessly with her ground breaking post-disco androgynous Jamaican sound.
In addition to growing my music collection, I also had a trip to the doctor’s office. I call them maintenance visits. You know the kind, the ones where refills are given, and general chitchat about when blood work is due.
Now I’ve been fighting yet again another bug. And one of the gory details that I usually deem as “too much information” but is necessary to tell this tale, is that my GI is always the first sign...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 9, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale Corporate Cannibal Doctors Elevator Etiquette GLBT Grace Jones Source Type: blogs
Dont Get RickrolledEmail this article to a colleague.
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I got my friend back. The one who sent me that blind link to Stewie from the Family Guy... how did I do so? I "Rickrolled" him.
What is Rickrolling? It's telling somebody that a link leads to something they may find of interest, but instead they click and find themselves watching the video to Rick Astley's late-80's hit song, "Never Gonna Give You Up".
This started on April Fool's Day in 2008, when every video link on YouTube went to this song.
Need another example? Let's say the subject of this blog was "Cure for AIDS Found!" And the only link posted on the blog went to this... you would have been the victim of an excep...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 9, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Ryan White CARE ActEmail this article to a colleague.
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I'm Utsha Khatri. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, was the first piece of comprehensive AIDS legislation created to provide funding for people living with AIDS (PWAs) to access care and treatment. Ryan White was a young, Caucasian hemophiliac who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. He was diagnosed with AIDS at age thirteen and died six years later. Prior to the media’s coverage of the Ryan White story, it was widely held that HIV/AIDS only affected marginalized sectors of society namely homosexuals, intravenous drug users, and racial minorities. However, because of the widespread...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - January 9, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
Jan. 8 Mea CulpaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thank you Don for pointing out that comments are indeed a two-way street. My mea culpa has been that I’ve been so lazy knowing that on Gay Guide Toronto many people were getting to my posts and I really didn’t care about it being interactive, nor with my ADD attention-span, I’ve been virtually non-existent in visiting other people’s sites and work.
There is that saying, “Give to others what you wish to receive yourself.”
That very much applies in this case. Slowly, my consciousness has been changing as a result of a few factors that I can’t get into at this point and time.
In the mornings, I’m making sure I...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 8, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized GLBT Mea Culpa Source Type: blogs
Jan 8/08 When do I get to make my f.ing wish!Email this article to a colleague.
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I know there is nothing more ungracious than complaining that no one comments, but man it does seem that increasingly longer stretches baron of interaction are falling upon me. Perhaps it’s the time of year, or perhaps I’ve grown to be more and more like a car crash: you can’t but look, but at the same time are left a gasp with nothing to say.
Writing such personal stuff here and hearing nothing, and I know the stats, I’m not out in the virtual wilderness alone here, gives me this image.
I’m on a stage, let’s say The Massey Hall. I picked this venue because I’ve seemed some of my favourite people there, Marga...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 8, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale public disturbances travel GLBT Kathy Griffen Source Type: blogs
Jan 7/08 Is my Tampon Showing?Email this article to a colleague.
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I Know My Kid’s A Star:
Mom, wearing a mini-mini jean skirt, a tight black halter top leaving most of her mid-drift exposed, lots of make-up, and a cowboy hat, is standing in front of her daughter who is sitting.
Mom starts signing:
The only by who could ever teach me was a son of a preacher man…..
Yes…he was……heeeeeeeeee………waaaaaaaaaaassssss, yes he was….
Mom stops singing and crosses her arms with a look of disappointment, and starts whining to her girl, “Please practice with me!!”
The daughter looking up at her mom says nothing, when suddenly Mom lifts up the front of her skirt, to the now horrifi...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 7, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale canine moments Dog training GLBT PSTD Reality Shows Tampon Source Type: blogs
Not the Follow-Up to My Pet VirusEmail this article to a colleague.
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For a brief moment, I considered writing more funny AIDS stories for my second literary venture. With My Pet Virus' sales gasping at this point, I'm glad I opted to focus my creative energy elsewhere.
Don't get me wrong, the book did well. The response has been incredible, I still get messages from high school students who have done a book report on MPV, people whose families dealt with the hemophilia/HIV one-two punch, and just people who like Depeche Mode, Ric Flair, and a twisted sense of humor.
And I'm still waiting for recognition from the scientific community for my work in My Pet Virus, the chief accomplishment be...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 7, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jan 5/08 For Your Viewing PleasureEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following is to be read a with a skanky ghetto hoe voice:
So Brook’s yelling at Aileen calling her a backstabbing-tramp-assed bitch. She called her every name in the book.
I was like, what the hell is wrong with you nipple girl?
Charm School reality show contestant.
I’m not sure exactly why, but I’ve considered myself the ambassador high-brow of low culture. However not just any low culture. I do have some limits. I say this because I don’t just watch it, I’ve lived it, and still, due to my addiction to bad taste, I’m always in search of a healthy outlet to express this side of me.
...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 5, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Glamour on the Go! a wee tale public disturbances Charm School Crazy Chicks GLBT Jerry Springer Parisian Sputum Reality Shows Source Type: blogs
Lessons From StewieEmail this article to a colleague.
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There's the Miis of me and Gwenn. So far so good in 2009, I've worked out on the Wii Fit everyday this year, and my reward is that I've gained a pound. I like to think it's a pound of rock hard muscle that, for now, is invisible to the naked eye.
Aside from the menage a trois love affair with the Wii Fit, I have also been working away at the second book. The deadestline is two weeks from today, just before Inauguration Day. We'll be heading out of town for a week- a vacation that doesn't involve speaking about having AIDS- so I have to finish before we depart.
Oh, and here's what a friend sent me for inspiration, courtes...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: family guy stewie wii fit Source Type: blogs
Jan. 3/08 That Simply Was Not TrueEmail this article to a colleague.
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She had this attitude not that she was better than us, but that she was as good as us –and that simply was not true.
David Sedaris, “When You Are Engulfed In Flames”
Recently I picked up David’s — ever since I saw him at Massey Hall, I feel as if we are almost on first name basis — latest book, and this line jumped right out at me. I knew there would be a post that would be perfect for this quote.
I know this is really juvenile, however, this is this one guy who once spoke to me. Emphasis on once, and then ever since then it’s like he stares right through me as if I never existed.
At first I took ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale David Sedaris GLBT New Year's Eve Passive Aggressive Source Type: blogs
Jan 2/08 Who knew?Email this article to a colleague.
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Brian Finch, the South African performer
Whilst cleaning out my bookmarks, I guess at some point I googled my name. In some respects it is great that I’m buried a few pages into the search. There are far more interesting Brian Finchs hanging around.
One of them is a Brian Finch car dealership on London, Ontario. I must get down there as this truly will be the only way I’m going to see my name in lights.
I stumbled across this one in my bookmarks that I don’t even remember seeing. Nonetheless you can imagine my horror of seeing that this Brian Finch is a country music singer! I’d take my life over th...
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“join the impact” calls for DOMA protest january 10, one million signatures (1130)Email this article to a colleague.
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Protest DOMA [defense of marriage act] National Rally - 1/10/09 (Promo)
Promotional Video for the Protest DOMA National Rally to be held at city halls everywhere in the United States at 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST. The LGBT community is protesting the Defense of Marriage Act and urges President-Elect Barack Obama to repeal this act.
Video: Sean Chapin
Take a STAND on January 10th
Across the country in hundreds of cities, we came together on December 20th in vigil. This was a protest in the spirit of the holiday season, and one that helped us reach 1 Million people with our message of equality. While we didn’t change the hea...
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join the impact: make & wear a white knot on inauguration day (1129)Email this article to a colleague.
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make & wear a white knot on inauguration day
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will be sworn in as our next President. Rick Warren has been asked to provide the invocation. Rick Warren helped pass Proposition 8 which banned gay marriage in California and took away people’s rights to marry the one that they love. To show your support for marriage equality, wear a white knot, a powerful symbol of marriage equality, at the Inauguration Ceremony, wherever you are in our country.
How to make a White Knot
1. Use grosgrain (or satin) ribbon available at most fabric and craft stores. A width of 5/8 inch works best.
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2008 Into 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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11:21 pm, December 31: Shawn cuddles up on couch with Gwenn. Both are lying down, watching Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.
11:53 pm: Shawn doses off...
12:03 am: Shawn wakes up, sees a lot of confetti blowing around on TV.
12:06 am: Shawn craddles Gwenn, and says, "You know, we haven't made love all year..."
Sex does not ensue, but the first joke of the year 2009 happens, and goes over well. On the first day of 2009, after I woke up and tackled the day, I walked around with my zipper down for about 3 hours: an auspicious debut that screams, "Look out New Year- I am positoid, hear me roar!"
My resolution? Better joke...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - January 2, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
anna gorman & alexandra zavis, latimes: AIDS denialist christine maggiore dies at 52 (1128)Email this article to a colleague.
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Christine Maggiore, vocal skeptic of AIDS research, dies at 52
Woman and her husband sued Los Angeles County for finding that daughter died of AIDS-related pneumonia.
By Anna Gorman and Alexandra Zavis
December 30, 2008
Until the end, Christine Maggiore remained defiant.
On national television and in a blistering book, she denounced research showing that HIV causes AIDS. She refused to take medications to treat her own virus. She gave birth to two children and breast-fed them, denying any risk to their health. And when her 3-year-old child, Eliza Jane, died of what the coroner determined to be AIDS-related pneumonia, she ...
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christine maggiore: AMFAR & wikipedia background notes (1127)Email this article to a colleague.
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from the recent amfar study
Few Americans believe that HIV+ women should have children [percentage below indicates number of respondents in support of women with specific chronic medical conditions who want to bear and raise children ---rk].
• HIV+ 14%
• Cancer 59%
• Depression 47%
• Multiple sclerosis 37%
• Hepatitis C 20%
• Down’s syndrome 19%
• Schizophrenia 17%
If an HIV+ woman made the decision to have a child, one-third of Americans would not support her decision at all
• support her decision fully 23%
• support her decision somewhat 46%
• support her decision not at all 32%
from “christin...
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richard mitchell, the underground grammarian: 1984 classic essay, “hunger in america” (1126)Email this article to a colleague.
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Hunger in America
by richard mitchell
the underground grammarian
september, 1984
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. § Come up, ye heroes; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. § For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with th...
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humungous (4663 x 3288 pixels, 5mb) lgbt/lgtbi map of global gay rights (1125)Email this article to a colleague.
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chers—
i hope this thing fits itself on the page. click on the image below, which is linked to the original in all its glory.
namasté
—rk
http://www.ilga.org/map/LGBTI_rights.jpg
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albert rodriguez, windy city times: eartha kitt lifetime lgbt supporter (2006 article) (1124)Email this article to a colleague.
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eartha kitt died christmas day at the age of 81. this is albert rodriguez’ article about her published in the windy city times two years ago.
namasté
—rk
Getting Catty with Eartha Kitt
by Albert Rodriguez
2005-04-06
At the age of 78, Eartha Kitt isn’t interested in joining a women’s bridge club or staying home and knitting throw blankets. The legendary entertainer, who boasts Emmy, Grammy and Tony award nominations on her lengthy resume, is as active in her career today as when she purred to worldwide fame playing “Catwoman” in the Batman TV series. In fact, when I rang the land line at her W...
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US won’t sign UN gay decriminalization resolution: part 2: sean chapin sean chapin’s YouTube clip (1123)Email this article to a colleague.
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USA Refuses to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration
The United States refused to sign the United Nations Gay Rights Declaration presented in December 2008.
Here’s what you can do to change this:
[EQUAL]
ENGAGE
Have conversations with your neighbors, friends and family about LGBT rights.
QUESTION
Ask President-elect Barack Obama to support HRC’s Blueprint for Positive Change.
UNITE
Powerful change results when more than 10,000,000 LGBT people come together.
ACT
Go to the National DOMA Protests on January 10 and stand among over a million people who want change.
LABOR
We will not rest until all LGBT people are given ...
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Jan 1/09 Let it RollEmail this article to a colleague.
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My friend Kostas in Greece, who makes all these wonderful banners, sent over a shot of my new spiritual adviser.
Now that the “She’s Still Here” 2008 tour has officially come to a close until next December, it’s time to shake things up a bit.
My New Year’s resolution is always never to make any. However if you’ve made some, and feel the need to set those desires free in to the universe, please free to do it here. It’s the least likely spot for you to be found out.
Well, actually I lied, I do have one resolution, and that is to do a better job at stalking Kathy Griffen, and actually...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - January 1, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: ramblings GLBT Kathy Griffen New Year Source Type: blogs
US won’t sign UN gay decriminalization resolution: part 1: kilian melloy, new england edge (1122)Email this article to a colleague.
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U.S. Declines to Join Resolution for Global Gay Decriminalization
by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Contributor
Friday Dec 26, 2008
Anti-gay conservatives have delineated their opposition to the international conversation on the human rights of gays and lesbians by framing the issue as one of homosexuality in and of itself being a right.
A CNS article posted on Dec. 24 referred to homosexuality as being sought as a “human right” of its own accord (rather than addressing the human rights of homosexual people) and slammed France as being the nation that has “fired the opening salvo” in what the religious-right si...
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theresa kaswala, the daily times (malawi): fighting the 6 or 7 evils of AIDS (1121)Email this article to a colleague.
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NGO fights 6 evils of HIV-Aids
BY THERESA KASAWALA
[malawi]
10:47:27 - 26 December 2008
A grouping of religious leaders in the country has taken a milestone in the fight against HIV/Aids by fighting six evils of the epidemic.
The evils are
• stigma,
• silence,
• shame,
• discrimination,
• denial,
• inaction and
• mis-action.
[my bulleting –- i count 7, but maybe the last two are supposed to be a single item (in-action and mis-action). curious list ---rk]
National Coordinator of Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Personally Affected by HIV/Aids (Manerella) Mc Donald Sembereka said in an interview...
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Dec.31/08 It’s the shit that happens….Email this article to a colleague.
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“You need to have something outside of all of this.”
“Like what?
“A life Jimmy”
“You know, it’s the shit that happens while you wait for moments that never come.”
The Wire, Season Three, Episode 8.
While I was watching this episode this line jumped out and screamed at me. I thought it just couldn’t be said any better.
It’s all about making those moments happen while we can. I realize that I have ideas, and things I want to do, and I think they could be quite successful.
As Oprah says, when she can shut her trap about how fat she is. It’s like being the bigg...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - December 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized dogs GLBT Goals life Shit that happens Success The Wire Source Type: blogs
"Wii Fit as Long as Long as I Live" music videoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Got this on a Comment, and it couldn't have come at a more critical time. Enjoy, it's "Wii Fit as Long as I Live" by the Wicked Celtics.
Wii karma caught up with me. Tonight I bumbled on a balance exercise (Walk in place, but walk normally- what?!), and almost walked sideways off the board since I don't normally walk in place. Well, the Wii Gods punished me good: my Wii Fit Age is 49!
I doubted my Mii. But this song reminded me what it's all about.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - December 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Just a pile of links and final benedictionEmail this article to a colleague.
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You thought 2008 was bad! The coming years will make the past one seem like a day in paradise.....and it will go downhill from there, that is the overall plan.I have been hanging out on a Christian message board, mostly reading through and commenting on some of the NWO topics, something I have followed for almost 30 years. OK so the board is a Fundamentalist one, and a mistake I made was including a link to this blog....big mistake! Seems a few were quite annoyed at my worldliness and that it wasn't a Christian blog. If it was, I would have stated it clearly. One message I got was "you are very clever with words, so is Sat...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - December 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
