MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'graphic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051312&cid=t_127994_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2F2rzVrWR1nRw%2F With the cost of great design going way down, and the quality of graphic designers going way up, you need a logo for your website and for your business cards. If you own a business, having a sharp logo makes you look more professional, and more like you have a real business because, let’s face it, you DO have a real business, even it’s just you. Where can you start to get a good logo? Many places of course, like your local college, by asking your friends who they use, and by simply searching the internet for “logo creators.” If you don’t want to do that, here are 3 other options for you. Inexpensive designs online – My buddy Jim Raffel just mentioned Logo Mojo and they created his new logo. It looks professional, and they have a very inexpensive option t... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051312 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0100 5051312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813696&cid=t_127994_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FwVkJhtcOIHA%2F I’m having a pretty good day. I have my checklists from yesterday (which I’ll post soon) and this got me through the morning with less fuss than usual. So I’m feeling ready to take on the first order of business for the day: design a logo. Yeah! Oh wait, I’m stuck. I feel the resistances pile on. I haven’t even grabbed a notebook or popped Freehand up on my screen, and I’m already feeling half-defeated. In times like these, it’s useful to remember the process, and since I’m being mindful of writing things down this week I’m going to say there are four stages of logo design that I go through. Stage 1. I don’t know how it’s going to come out. It might suck. Stage 2. Ok, THIS doesn’t suck so much. It could be BETTER,... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813696 Tue, 10 May 2011 18:23:25 +0100 4813696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507350&cid=t_127994_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Fteens-share-self-injury-videos-researchers-fear-normalization%2F Many newspapers and media outlets are picking up the new Pediatrics study that looked for “self injury” or “self harm” videos on YouTube and were surprised that they actually found them. I’m not sure “study” is the correct word for what the researchers did here, since millions of people each day perform similar “research” (by typing these keywords into YouTube). From a completely descriptive study — e.g., research that is simply observing what the researchers find online — the researchers nonetheless draw the following conclusion: “The nature of nonsuicidal self-injury videos on YouTube may foster normalization of nonsuicidal self-injury and may reinforce the behavior through regular viewing of nonsuicidal self-injury�... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507350 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:03:50 +0100 4507350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119785&cid=t_127994_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FLyMNSXOz9YU%2F John McWade, the publisher of Before and After Magazine, recently posted this video analysis of a logo for a pet sitter. It epitomizes why I recommend his books to everyone starting out in design. (Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment) David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119785 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:58:55 +0100 4119785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994209&cid=t_127994_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdenizens-attention.html Denizens! Attention!This is one of my favorite graphic novels at the moment. Noir enough for my taste but with an edge of hope - or at least anticipation.I don't generally feature graphic novels and comics here - I don't know why not, but I don't. But today I'll make an exception that becomes a new rule. Because frankly, good art outlasts bad politics, and generally it doesn't make me want to punch my monitor. Lesya herself seems far more interesting than Gordon Campell.Name: Lesya DOB: October 1st, 1986 .. well, i was born in Kiev, Ukraine. then we moved to America when i was 8. so i have lived and went to school in Sacramento, California. been through a few states but lived always in Sac. did not like Sac at all. and then we moved back to Ukraine, which is where i am now. so English is m... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994209 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:25:00 +0100 3994209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729810&cid=t_127994_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Faaa-air-graphic-public-service-ad-warn-dangers-texting-driving%2F The AAA affiliate in North Carolina is planning on airing a public service ad aimed at deterring teens from texting and driving. It shows a simulation of several teens’ heads hitting and breaking the windshield with resultant facial trauma after the driver is distracted and causes a motor vehicle accident. While perhaps more graphic than the general public is used to seeing on television, the actual facial trauma is much less severe than what actually occurs and presents to the trauma bay in real life. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729810 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:50:24 +0100 3729810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208533&cid=t_127994_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FuP6E-oQhJ1Q%2F Rumor has it that Apple is going to announce a tablet computer, which may well become a revolutionary new way for users to read and experience all kinds of educational content. Will it support or hinder our Cognitive  Fitness? In this article, I describe the criteria that a tablet computer—and its technological ecosystem—must meet in order for the solution to make users more knowledgeable and smarter. To achieve these lofty goals, the tablet must be much more than an “e-reader”. The offering must be an integrated learning environment with which users transform the information that they read, hear and view on the tablet into their own knowledge. The key consideration in designing such a system is that productive reading is active reading. In other words, learning involves a lot of ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208533 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:20:13 +0100 3208533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511651&cid=t_127994_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fzimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use%2Ftobacco-regulation-its-about-time%2F Forty-five years after then U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry declared that smoking causes cancer, we are finally poised to see the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assume regulatory authority over products containing tobacco. And while any legislation that has taken this long to come to pass will be seen by many as too little, too late, most would agree it’s a step in the right direction. The bill, called the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was more than ten years in the making and represents the first big federal step against smoking since the 1971 ban on TV and radio advertising and the 1988 ban on smoking on commercial airplanes. As Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, so aptly put it, “[Now] the most deadly product sold in America ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511651 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:32:07 +0100 2511651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512729&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1609 Services for Oliva Cater will be held at the United Methodist Church located at the northwest corner of Highland and Franklin in Hollywood on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 2pm. Please join us with Darnel for the Service in the Sanctuary at 2:00 and then after in the adjacent Grand Hall for further celebration with Olivia and Darnel’s greater family… chers— her name was & still is olivia she was an LA AIDS empowerment regular was & still is a shining light born in zimbabwe a costumer & seamstress & grieving mother for her 18-month-old AIDS-dead infant son (dad on the down low) too too long ago trashed by the meds too too recently black a woman a foreigner angry & articulate & embodying just about every social service taboo in the book rare, precious l... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512729 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:33:17 +0100 2512729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276855&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1576 (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276855 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:03:42 +0100 2276855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276860&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1557 [march 6, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. richard kearns, poet activist. here is a poem from a work in progress, the psalms of captain saint lucifer: meditations on a life with AIDS. i have given the clerk copies for you. [formatting is lost in html] namaste richard kearns rk@aids-write.org http://aids-write.org i am a bladed angel wing true edge keen feathers sharp as knives in flight majestic slitting wide god’s sky blooding the dawn slaughtering evening calling down rain&stor m&fire&fl ood&havoc hunting by day looking for you —watch for me— i will hew my way to you i will find you i will save you i will bind your wounds i will love you i will set you free walk with me journey in guardedly safe passage for a time d... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276860 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:47:33 +0100 2276860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200655&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1513 chers— west side of the street, between santa monica & fountain, on the way to the grocery store. namaste —rk (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200655 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:12:47 +0100 2200655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115902&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1483 [tuesday, jan 6, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members i have given the clerk a copy of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate & a 57-year-old gay AIDS activist & long-term survivor — a PWA — a person with AIDS i want to give you a “heads up” this morning about a surprise issue coming to bear the LA AIDS community: AIDS & aging & the assisted care system • three-and-a-half years ago when i moved into the assisted care facility where i live today, as a person with AIDS over 50, i represented 10% of the total national HIVer population. • today i represent 25-33% of that national figure. • in 5 years, i will represent 60% of the national population. this demographic su... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115902 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:16:24 +0100 2115902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056136&cid=t_127994_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FYxCjn9kSxug%2F Yesterday I wrote about 16-year-old Collin Driscoll’s Hire the Brain business—–in Maryland, 22-year-old Andrew Pegg of Frostburg owns Andilla Designs & Graphics, which personalizes gifts and adversing products. As noted in today’s Cumberland Times-News, Pegg, who is autistic, “has not spoken a single word since he was 2 years old.” He was recently awarded the Personal Achievement Award from the Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services and the Maryland Rehabilitation Association. Pegg receives assistance from his family, counselor, and Derrick Swandol, a job coach from Spectrum, a local non-profit agency. I know it’s a long road ahead to figuring out a job for Charlie and supporting him in it. Hearing about Hire the Brain and Andilla Designs... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056136 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:59:04 +0100 2056136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027245&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1323 chers— public comments went really well at the LA city council meeting today [tuesday, december 9, 2008].nine medical cannabis patients & advocates testified there, many for the first time. other patients showed up for support as well. our speakers also got applause from the many members of the carpenters’ union present, who were attending about another issue. we hit the bricks running — we were cut down to a minute apiece instead of the usual two for brown act public comments. councilmembers rosendahl and labange asked for a report back on LAPD involvement in the several DEA actions that took place last week. in addition, we were stunned (as was the city council) to hear that the city is operating today with an $80 million deficit. there will be a lot of discussion duri... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027245 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:54:10 +0100 2027245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985003&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1217 Patient Voices Speaking Out for a Group Once Unheard-Of: Aging With AIDS By KAREN BARROW Published: November 10, 2008 In the early 1990s, a diagnosis of AIDS was both a likely death sentence and a stigma. There were few treatment options, and many Americans were terrified of people infected with H.I.V. Today, because of antiretroviral therapy and an array of drugs to treat both symptoms and side effects, AIDS has become a chronic condition to be managed, at least in the developed world. No longer is the face of AIDS emaciated and covered with lesions; Americans with the disease are stronger and healthier, their concerns fading from public view. Myron Gold, 67, is one of them. In 1993, Mr. Gold was walking in Manhattan around Christmastime when he collapsed and was rushed to the emergenc... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985003 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:44:02 +0100 1985003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968995&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1192 chers— a large part of my day-to-day experience in los angeles includes local street art. it’s been a while since i’ve been able to publish graphics with any regularity, so i’ve collected several groups of photos i hope to start posting regularly. namasté —rk (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968995 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:40:33 +0100 1968995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901649&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1034 chers— if i embedded these all on the same post, they’d all go off at the same time, doing a video impression of the leaning tower of babel. and that would be the last time i ate lunch in this town. i like eating lunch in this town. so here is a suite of 8 video posts supporting “no on 8” that you can share with your friends and acquaintances, and jump back and forth between. if you open everything on separate tabs on your browser, you’ll get the babel thing. but then maybe you like the babel thing. be an activist. vote. namasté—rk eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013) eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014) eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015) eight on “no on 8” &#... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901649 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:49:50 +0100 1901649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892060&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D977 embed 39 soulqualities this is is richard kearns at AIDS-write.org. i am a 57-year-old gay man alive with AIDS for more than 20 years reporting to you from the border of los angeles and west hollywood. today is monday, october 20th, 2008; this post marks the 1000th post at AIDS-write.org and is the first original video post we have ever broadcast, with any luck. this is a poem called 39 HIVer soul qualities, parts 1 & 2 (xxx) i shoulda died longtime ago so everything troublwise i conjur is pure gravy AIDSwise in dog years (mad in the noonday) thats alotta sauce even for me virus & self? am i infected respected protected rejected inspected detected defected elected expected short-texted reduced numbered dropped tracked dated sated rated hated inflated conflated deflated re-stated me... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892060 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:22:51 +0100 1892060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873129&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D949 richard kearns, poet activist. i am here this evening to give you a brief report on the charles c. lynch rally outside the federal courthouse downtown in la today, october 6. as many of you know, charlie was a medical cannabis dispensary operator from morrow bay recently convicted in federal court for marijuana trafficking, and the court disallowed his “medical necessity defense” — that a reasonable person would break the law to save a life. the voters’ very intent in prop 215. charlie’s motive. you would think it would be relevant to the jury’s deliberations. even from simple things like elections, we understand that sometimes the best we can do is choose the lesser of evils. or is the dea justly afraid it will lose any case in which a medical necessity defense is consider... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873129 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:34:23 +0100 1873129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834760&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D920 global oneness project 17-min video: south african soccer activist teaches HIV/AIDS prevention (973) “poverty cannot conquer you for the rest of your life. you can conquer poverty as well.” — Nolusindiso “Titie” Plaatjie today is napwa’s first national gay men’s HIV/AIDS awareness day (ngmhaad 9-27) (972) sean strub at POZ: renewing the denver principles (971) The [1983] Denver Principles expressed a fundamental truth: to be successful, the fight against the [AIDS] epidemic must include—as equal partners in the battle—the people who have the disease. . . . From the earliest days of the epidemic, we have had to fight horrific stigma against those who hate or fear us. But when they would not allow us to hold their children, work at their side, touch their dishes, ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834760 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:26:08 +0100 1834760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806367&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D910 chers— found out incidentally on the internet that september 18 marks 1st annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) (960) read the following poem monday night at weho city council meeting and wednesday morning to the la city council meeting. well-received both places, and bill rosendahl in particular liked it a ton. he’s putting a framed copy up in his office. sorta dovetails nicely with the event but i was just gonna read it anyway. now there’s a news story anchor. DATELINE: Los Angeles, September 18, 2008. am hoping to get around and read a lot more over the next months. this piece will also be published in the denver SIN (strength in numbers) newsletter as well as on aids-write.org. namasté —rk i miss kissing a lot i miss russ i miss jeff i miss t... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806367 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:12:11 +0100 1806367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739290&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D884 chers— things seem to be happening quickly, although i’m not happening quite as quickly. am still working on another set of posts on hivers and depression — maybe i’ll just tidy that up and provide links to related articles. but i’m sort of actually caught up, ecxept i don’t have an article of AB2279 — medical cannabis users’ employment protection act — which has passed in both the california house & senate and is now in a holding pattern for the gov’s signature. i am also hoping to train with a number of HIVers in stand-up comedy for the next POZ life weekend sponsored by the life group la. i am also hoping to have another poem done soon in the “lulu’s” series, depicting life in an assisted care institution and advocating for a model HIV/A... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739290 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:56:28 +0100 1739290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739291&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D883 prepared remarks culver city council 8/25/08 richard kearns, a 57-year-old gay man alive with AIDS for more than 20 years, i’m a long term survivor. i used to teach journalism over at loyola marymount university and lived in westchester. so these are my old stomping grounds, around the balona wetlands. i am an AIDS activist and a medical cannabis patient and advocate. i want to thank culver city for your cordial internet reception, though i was disappointed not to receive a copy of the police department’s report on its involvement in the organica raid. i look forward to reading that. [rk’s note: there was a statement released at the city council meeting claiming no information could be revealed about a continuing investigation — same old formula used by DEA investigators t... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739291 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:36:34 +0100 1739291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739294&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D880 my name is richard kearns. i am a 55-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate. a citizen journalist & poet. i speak today in favor of regulating medical cannabis. this is my open poem calling for a city that’s a good place to die [5-15-2007]. to the self-appointed hall monitors with machine guns uninformed about the law sure about the criminals killing us with pretense & to all their many poisoned ears who are you to tell me how to sing the blues? i am the blues i ring the blues out loud for you: hear me now these are the 1983 denver AIDS principles in song: we are persons with AIDS, we are, we must be expert voices hearkened to in all public health policy dialogs about our lives & deaths &#03... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739294 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:38:42 +0100 1739294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734095&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D878 chers— the following reuters article presents a rosy-painted case of medical service delivery in assisted care institutions. my experience with medicine errors in the 130-resident assisted care where i live suggests two unaddressed issues: 1. not only is there a problem delivering medicine to patients in a timely manner (where i live, timing of delivery of meds is more inconsistent than reported in the article, not that it’s acceptable for one out of four residents not to receive their meds on time, as reported), but also patients are left without medication for days until the in-house “pharmacist” refills prescriptions. while patients could take care of refills more effectively themselves, once they turn over a prescription to the house “pharmacist,” there’s no gettin... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734095 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:41:20 +0100 1734095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734099&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D874 chers— poem above is in jpeg format. i detest html’s lack of avility to format type. text version follows. namasté —rk i. had a boyfriend. what catch of phrase what diaper what dance what social marketing would have saved his bluer-than-sky eyes? hiv hurts? he knew already aids will kill you? aids always kills someone else goodbye. i love you how dieth the wise man? as the fool i say die responsibly ii. my name is richard kearns i am a gay man living with aids in los angeles do you deserve to know? why? do i deserve to know? are these just deservings? what is it we know when we know? what does it mean to have aids? aids. i said the word you say not me not i not here not now not ever no— i will die of something else before i die of aids anything else i sa... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734099 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:36:55 +0100 1734099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1717257&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D867 richard kearns, poet activist [monday, august 18, 2008] i stand before you this evening as a member of SCHAC, the southern california HIV advocacy coalition. SCHAC’s mission is • to expand access to quality health care and treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS; • to advocate for appropriate funding for HIV/AIDS programs within the state of California; and • to lobby for legislation and public policies that promote the health, welfare and civil rights of all Californians affected by HIV/AIDS. it is my joy to unofficially inform you that SCHAC has come out in opposition to prop 8; we have vowed to say no on the same-sex marriage ban, and we urge all HIVers in california and our allies to vow to say no also. i want to share with you tonight some of the board’s th... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717257 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:51:13 +0100 1717257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709319&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D860 I remember when Russell came home the first time. A Sunday afternoon. The occasion was a homecoming for me too—one more of a zillion homecoming - from - the - hospital parties. Pardon me — brunches and openhouses. This time my hospital stay had been necessitated by an eye infection that went berserk. Every half hour, for six days and seven nights, ceaseless nurses put two different super-potent antibiotic drops in my left eye. It was perfect medical management: the mild madness of sleep depravation kept me from realizing how brutal a hit the rest of my body was taking from the toxicity of the antibiotics. Before I could object, my eye was saved. Sixteen weeks until I was up and around again. Not what I would call being in the loop. Back to Russell. I love every homecoming party I... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709319 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:08:55 +0100 1709319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696304&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D859 chers— have been doing massive amounts of sleeping and reading this past month. just finished arthur herman’s double biography gandhi & churchill. i am now focusing on laurie garrett’s betrayal of trust with the three trillion dollar war by joseph stiglitz and linda bilmes next in line. also been looking at reports from the financial times on how the economics of big pharma — profit no matter the cost — are still driving research and distribution of AIDS meds. should we be developing treatments or patents? what is the commodification of public health doing to the healthcare access infrastrucure on the planet? what are we looking at over the next 25 years of the AIDS plague? it comes down to that basic conflict: what’s more important: lives or buck... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696304 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:31:49 +0100 1696304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1563994&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D843 kearns celebrates 3 years, 900 posts & 57th birthday at aids-write (900) irin plus news: high school student in kenya kills himself after testing HIV positive (897) irin plus news: muslim clerics in kenya oppose condum distribution as “buying immorality” (896) adewale oshodi, nigerian tribune: “i thought the end of the world had come” — interview with woman HIVer (895) lifelube: rugby team demonstrates testicular self-exam (894) kearns’ new AIDS-write poem: wedding bell news (893) i cannot keep from weeping when i hear the wedding bell news ringing freedom i met a friend on the street bill i said the beard is gone he said yeah & rubbed his bare chin glad to see me t-cells? looking good. yours? two thirty two. we can get married now. i went to the rally last nig... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1563994 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:51:59 +0100 1563994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469771&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D830 christopher caldwell, financial times (british), 5-21-2006: how AIDS gave gays marriage (889) amFAR study focuses on issues of stigma for women HIVers (888) D-Roxx at Politics & Poetry: Connie (887) ryan clary, project inform: world hepatitis awareness day (est. 30% HIVers coinfected) 5-19 (886) CHAMP schedules 2 phone conferences about HIVer willie campbell sentenced to 35 years for spitting on cop in dallas, tx (5-22 & 5-23-08) (885) edwin bernard, nam, AIDSwatch, uk: HIVer willie campbell sentenced 35 years for spitting on cop in dallas, tx (884) stylist mark morford, sfgate / chronicle: satan’s gay agenda (883) latimes: 28 reactions to ca supreme court ruling that unbans same-sex marriage (882) sacbee: 13 responses to ca supreme court ruling in favor of same-sex mar... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469771 Sun, 25 May 2008 18:44:02 +0100 1469771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1409784&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D792 kevin yamamura, sacbee: schwarzenegger now says $20billion defecit (856) kevin sack, nytimes: increasing unemployed join ranks of uninsured & strain gov’t healthcare resources (855) kaisernetwork: rise in unemployed creates rise in uninsured (854) deaths of teachers from AIDS in angola hinder literacy efforts there (853) ricardo alonso-zaldivar, latimes: 7% marry for healthcare coverage (852) boston globe: the revenge of e.e. cummings (851) eCanadaNow: wa state transplant candidate nixed for medical cannabis use (850) CHAMP launches independent HIV/AIDS community blog at mexico city iac (849) AIDS2008.com is Live: CHAMP Launches Independent Community Blog Shadowing the 2008 International AIDS Conference (IAC), Invites Collaborators Bloggers and other journalists invited a... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1409784 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:00:17 +0100 1409784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1366742&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D767 gooznews: 59% us md’s support nat’l health insurance (835) robert kennedy announces assassination of martin luther king 40 years ago (834) amnesty int’l: chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia sentenced to 3.5 years in prison (833) nytimes editorial: giving up on AIDS vaccine is “too defeatist” (832) towleroad: jill bolte taylor’s stroke of insight (831) sorting it out at lulu’s #4 — a passage marked (830) sorting it out at lulu’s #3 — taking a beating from percy at breakfast (829) sorting it out at lulu’s #2: grousing (828) reprint: sorting it out at lulu’s #1 (827) sonya renee taylor, black AIDS institute: a poem for women & girls (826) the HIV numbers game: just how many dead people does it take? (825) ruel nolledo, HIV action report: CDC reports 48% ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1366742 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:54:01 +0100 1366742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336311&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D761 you can tell who’s in love at lulu’s. it’s not like they sit holding hands or rubbing unsecretly each other’s feet under the table rather, they bask in the sun of one another’s presence, recalling the rumpled beach of sheets unmade at home after a long implosive & rock-motion’d night. the teen-aged raven who sits on the beverly street sign & shits on the green-striped umbrellas can tell. the six teak-beaked earth-toned x-wing space-jocky sparrows who fly & skreeetch between the tables in crumb reconaissance along the wooden death-star-deep canyons can tell the doll-dress’d rat-dogs who show up can tell & it confuses them; they deal with it like any other kind of competition — pant & smile & wag & agitate for food falling in love is no... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336311 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:31:03 +0100 1336311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336312&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D760 melrose, where my money machine lives, is a garish narrow-painted two-story gray purple pink plum cranberry & navy town, & black & white & typography’d too the southside macadam is slicker’d in wet shadows, the north dry & cream & beam-blanch’d by a determin’d & lockjaw’d summer sun southeast & madly-grinning. late-arriving & west over the distant pound of surf — an icon of forgiveness like faith in mary — rain hurries to make an entrance rain scudd’d & scurry’d & shoal’d rain dark & moist & cloud-fist’d rain that’s pacific-rim-inevitable rain flapping six pairs of archangel wings rain recalling death, ever nearer, never here rain undisturbing the hipsongs exhale’d through open-mouthed boutiq... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336312 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:11:55 +0100 1336312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336313&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D759 the sun shined on my breakfast at lulu’s this morning firing my table & eggs & o’brians & french toast with a pearly-red-gold glow i have only elsewhere seen in deepest meditation revealing to me ten thin-curl’d silver- ring’d fingers of steam who sift the air above my big-handled cinnamon brown coffee cup, astonishing me bright-blessing my day unasked tight in my left hand in my lap, my dark-covered journal from back then back when i felt safe eating in the dining room in the meat locker inn i live in without opening it i remember the day, the entry, the occasion 9-21-2005 percy is a partially-blind elderly black gentleman who’s not quite all there. or at least he’s out there sometimes he thinks people steal food from his plate because he can’t see. no one... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336313 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:01:47 +0100 1336313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336314&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D758 beverly & detroit, north & west seven-fifty before eleven on unoccasions lean’d against the bookster bricks i’ve slipp’d & rush’d away down dark sharp obsdian fracturing mountainslides since october through november during december & now the new next year rumblesong’d along clawing night finding purchase my bodydrum here plays quiet foothold sunblush’d my face a new place to be home lulu’s stuck in the corner between two doors not really seeing the wall before her molly like a giant christmas wind-up toy in her tilted wheelchair its run played out but not its rubberband & then abandoned for broke broke broken molly unlooking through her unsleep-painted shark eyes till someone turns her & she races to another wall molly her grey stringy hair crop... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336314 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:21:04 +0100 1336314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335271&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D756 how many hivers nationwide? it’s like tracking my t-cells or viral load. it’s like following the stock market (or even worse, explaining its actions). today it’s a 48% spike in new cases. tomorrow that will be explained away by names reporting, or setting a new baseline. or more accurate measuring “tools.” there will be different ratios. we might measure different blood parts. it all avoids the real question: will i be next? probably not. there seem to be sufficient numbers of the sick and dying ahead of you that you’ll never have to worry about kicking the bucket. everything’s just fine. and there are medicines now. nobody’s perishing anywhere it matters. let’s worry about it some other time. statistics rise and fall. bucks comfort us forever. how many dead people d... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335271 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:54:00 +0100 1335271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331455&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D754 A couple of years ago, I was on a panel with Michael Weinstein at a public forum about AHF’s extremely flawed prevention ad campaign, HIV—not fabulous. At the time Weinstein said AHF gets about $22,000 income per year per patient, and he was doing public-minded prevention things because he wasn’t content to sit back and be an AIDS profiteer. He wanted to go extra miles. From my report on the forum (not getting caught — ahf not fab forum report) 26. weinstein in response: in many issues of treatment, follow the money 27. kearns takes exception: economic disincentive to come up with vaccine I took exception with his position at the time and I do now. While we were not limiting our discussion to HIV vaccine research then, “following the money in many issues of treatment”... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331455 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:38:02 +0100 1331455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1329115&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D754 A couple of years ago, I was on a panel with Michael Weinstein at a public forum about AHF’s extremely flawed prevention ad campaign, HIV—not fabulous. At the time Weinstein said AHF gets about $22,000 income per year per patient, and he was doing public-minded prevention things because he wasn’t content to sit back and be an AIDS profiteer. He wanted to go extra miles. From my report on the forum (not getting caught — ahf not fab forum report) 26. weinstein in response: in many issues of treatment, follow the money 27. kearns takes exception: economic disincentive to come up with vaccine I took exception with his position at the time and I do now. While we were not limiting our discussion to HIV vaccine research then, “following the money in many issues of treatment”... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1329115 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:30:43 +0100 1329115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323188&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D752 For Immediate Release Contact: Degé Coutee 323/334-5282 South Central Community Rallies To End The DEA Raids In emergency response to the 7 DEA raids last week on medical cannabis dispensaries and a private residence, community members in South Central Los Angeles will gather for a peaceful rally asking Congressman John Conyers, Jr., to open congressional hearings and have rational discussion on medical cannabis. Four of the seven raids last week occurred in South Central Los Angeles including a raid on the home of longtime area resident and the dispensaries’ owner, Virgil Grant. Patients contend that the DEA’s tactics are nothing short of thuggery – seizing cash and cannabis as well as bank accounts without due process. Guest speakers will include a physician who also had medic... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323188 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:29:55 +0100 1323188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322394&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D751 chers— am still working on a report from the weho press conference for national women and girls hiv/aids awareness day. included will be a poem by sonia renee taylor, co-chair of the black aids institute called “we have been waiting.” in addition, i have four new poems on the “meatlocker” practices of the assisted care system—i live in an assisted care institution. the patients choke on the owners’ greed, not just at one institution, or here, or there. we choke everywhere. it is a culture of meatlockerism that typifies american life and the relationship between the governors and the governed. aside from that, i will be attending the rallly downtown tuesday protesting the recent DEA raids on 6 cannabis dispensaries, 5 in south central. details below if you want to j... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322394 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:50:46 +0100 1322394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322046&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D747 fellow hivers & mmjers— set a spell. introduce yourself. there’s a lot we’ve got to talk about. HIV DISEASE is something for everybody to talk about. AIDS is about me. it’s about you. it’s about our shared mortality. AIDS is a political disease. until there is social change, there will not be a cure for it. if you are uninfected, there will not be a vaccine to protect you until there is social change. similarly, safe access to medical cannabis is both a political and a medical issue. it is social change. it involves not only issues of universal access to medicine, but also principles of patient-directed therapy and community - centered care. who owns our bodies? who is in charge of our healing? are we alive to keep big pharma & the DEA in b... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322046 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:03:23 +0100 1322046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1321803&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D743 Hello, ASA Members and Friends! As some of you may have heard, six medical marijuana dispensaries were raided in the Los Angeles area on Thursday. In response to this latest attack on Medical Marijuana, we are calling on our members to join us on Tuesday as we stand up to this latest threat and voice our opposition to the DEA. You can help turn out a crowd for Tuesday’s protest at the DEA Offices/Federal Building downtown. We need to turn out a crowd to make an impression on the DEA and the community. Be sure to invite your friends and loved ones. You can also take a more active role by downloading the protest flyer at http://www.asaaction.org/files/stopdea.pdf print a copy of the full page, which includes four flyers. Then, take the page to your neighborhood copy shop and have it cop... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1321803 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:47:31 +0100 1321803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1321804&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D742 Thank You Congressman John Conyers, Jr. After a very tough Year 2007 – nearly 50 raids in Southern California on patients and collectives – it ended on a fairly positive note. Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman John Conyers, Jr., provided a statement that was read by Nancy Pelosi’s district aid during an emergency press conference coordinated by Axis of Love San Francisco and PAN in San Francisco on December 7, 2007. The emergency – the DEA announced on December 5, 2007, that every landlord renting to a dispensary in Northern California was on notice and would be receiving the well-known threat letter. Congressman Conyers stated, “I am deeply concerned about recent reports that the Drug Enforcement Administration is threatening private landlords with asset f... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1321804 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:23:15 +0100 1321804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1321805&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D741 from wikipedia An equinox in astronomy is that moment in time (not a whole day) when the centre of the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth’s equator, occurring around March 20 and September 23 each year. More technically, at an equinox, the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator (i.e. declination 0) and ecliptic intersect. These points of intersection are called equinoctial points—the vernal point and the autumnal point. By extension, the term equinox may be used to denote an equinoctial point. There is either an equinox (autumn and spring) or a solstice (summer and winter) on approximately the 21st day of the last month of every quarter of the calendar year. On a day which has an equinox, the centre of the Sun wil... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1321805 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:44:25 +0100 1321805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1307759&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D736 ruel nolledo: march schac meeting rescheduled to 3-20 (807) richard zaldivar @ the wall/las memorias — “spend a day at casa hogar las memoria” 4-5-08 (806) International Carnival of Pozitivities 2.9 is now available at Creampuff Revolution (805) aahivm begins pilot program to credential HIV-expert docs of pharmacy (804) eric bailey @ latimes: gays fear an influx of hate (803) “This was not a hate crime; this was a street fight,” said Roman Romasco, executive director of the Slavic Assistance Center in Sacramento. ryan gierach @ weho news, 3-13: 70-year-old weho man knifed; spends hour calling for help & dies (802) West Hollywood, California (Thursday, March 13, 2008) - A West Hollywood man layed bleeding for an hour before help was summoned after what authorities sugg... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1307759 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:34:49 +0100 1307759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303334&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D728 chers— i am preparing to go to sacramento in may to offer testimony to the california assembly health & human services budget subcommittee, and must attend the SCHAC meeting saturday. unfortunately, because of the one place at a time rule, this precludes my attending the ASA meeting saturday. embarras du riches. i hope to post reports from the ASA meeting later next week. i am also working on posts from west hollywood city hall covering the march 10 press conference for national women & girls HIV/AIDS awareness day (NWGHAAD). it includes a poem by sonya renee taylor from the black aids institute, “we have been waiting.” i have also inaugurated a series of poetry readings friday mornings 9-11am at lulu’s, and will post more about that when i have the graphics bug w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303334 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:33:06 +0100 1303334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303335&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D727 aids-write.org is a virtual public artspace, meetingplace and hometown/npo for a diverse, inclusive community of activist artists, thinkers and persons whose aim is to compose, record, document, listen to, reflect upon, feel, communicate and “mythologize” our aids/hiv stories and experiences, intending to create a cultural context for social change, and thus to be a significant pro-active voice in all health, social and environmental public-policy-related decisions by offering wise counsel drawn from our accumulated visions. the war that can’t be won (001) (LOS ANGELES, POSTED JUNE 2, 2005) here begins the journal of an AIDS shaman. what is AIDS? AIDS—HIV disease—is not a blessing, contrary to the sentimental testimonials of many of my brothers and sisters in ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303335 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:52:38 +0100 1303335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1291084&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D726 the times they are a’changing (799) daylight saving time begins reprint: sister blogger nedra weinreich: the meaning of definitions 3-13-2007 (798) Richard Kearns, the poet-activist at aids-write.org, writes about two issues that at first seem entirely unrelated: the CDC’s description of AIDS, and the designation of Daylight Saving Time. After his requisite lovely poem, . . . The implicit point that Richard makes with this juxtaposition of concepts is that definitions are powerful. The words we use to describe something can mean the difference between health and disease, between light and darkness. reprint: new aids-write poem “when does the sun rise?” w/meditation on dst as social justice 3-09-08 (797) monday 3-10 is national women & girls HIV/AIDS awareness day (NWGHA... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1291084 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:45:52 +0100 1291084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1289125&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D723 chers— when does the sun rise? i say now. i woke & watched the time change watched the hour vanish at two waited for the sun at seven-ten & saw the half-furled moon sail by mid-sky & blue & west-headed at dawn when the day was all eastpink’d i reset ground time, life time (the phone was fine) manually on my computer manually on my clockfaces by hand by heart by breath this day defiant in my love just in my action commanding light —lyr seventeen years ago i belonged to a la-based gay men’s HIV-positive ASYMPTOMATIC support group. ASYMPTOMATIC was the functional word: it distanced us as far as we could get from AIDS. it was having it without having it. fear and shame and stigma captured in a moment of language. had a love there whom i’ll call jerry, ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1289125 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:54:29 +0100 1289125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1258250&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D715 sepiamoi 28 chers— a labor of love. am having distressing problems with the graphics, but those can be fixed later. had a series of sepia-toned pix as well as franes frim the carol reyes patient dumping video earlier this year. still oozing a bit myself. text rules. links below. namasté —rk schwarzenegger’s proposed FY2008-09 HIV/AIDS & Medi-Cal cuts: special 6-part report (791) schwarzenegger seeks to dump HIV/AIDS patients from CA FY2008-09 healthcare budget (790) kearns writes protest to HIV/AIDS & Medi-Cal cuts from cedars emergency room (789) AHF to Schwarzenegger: “AIDS Cuts Are Deadly” (788) schwarzenegger proposes over $11 million in ca HIV/AIDS program cuts (787) medi-cal : schwarzenegger’s cuts call for $1.55 billion combined reductions ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1258250 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:58:21 +0100 1258250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1258252&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D713 photo 35 February 15, 2008 Assemblymember Patty Berg Chair of California Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 Tel: (916) 319-2001 Fax: (916) 319-2101 Dear Assemblymember Berg, I am a 56-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. I live in an assisted care institution. I began drafting this letter to protest Governor Schwarznegger’s proposed program cuts to FY2008-09 California HIV/AIDS and Medi-Cal budgets this past Friday (2-15-08) in the Emergency Room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Tuesday (2-12-08), my doctor removed the g-tube we implanted in October (10-12-07), when, for the second time in four months, it kicked off a life-threatening abcess that required hospitalization. Why was th... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1258252 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:24:55 +0100 1258252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256303&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D712 AHF to Schwarzenegger: “AIDS Cuts Are Deadly” AS CDC Prepares to Release Alarming New HIV Rates; Governor Should Cut Bureaucracy, Corporate Loopholes 10 JANUARY 2008 LOS ANGELES - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today urged California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to reconsider and reverse $11 million of proposed budget cuts in AIDS services that will reduce and threaten vital lifesaving care and services for Californians living with HIV/AIDS as he seeks to close a $14 billion deficit in the state budget. Late last year, the Governor asked state department and program heads to submit proposed 2008 budgets which included across the board cuts of ten percent. AHF is urging the governor to instead seek budget cost savings by cutting bureaucracy and eliminating corporate loopholes rathe... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256303 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:54:13 +0100 1256303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256304&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D711 TOTAL CALIFORNIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM CUTS: $11,022,000 rk’s NOTE: a number of one-time augmentations made to various programs in FY 2007-08 are not included in the proposed FY 2008-09 budget. These include: an additional $4 million requested by advocates for the Therapeutic Monitoring Program; $5.6 million to prevention and education; and $3 million for care services. Epidemiology and surveillance also received an additional $2 million in 2007 to boost HIV surveillance efforts; it is doubtful that funding will be renewed. AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP): -$7,000,000 the proposal would cut $7 million from the program by eliminating several classes of drugs from the formulary, while preserving all anti-retroviral medications. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), within the Califor... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256304 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:42:07 +0100 1256304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256305&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D710 Medi-Cal provides essential services to a majority of californians with HIV/AIDS. the proposed cuts in the three Medi-Cal categories below would also result in a corresponding loss of $774.6 million in federal matching funds, totaling $1.55 billion. they include Medic-Cal Provider Rates: fee-for-service provider rates would be cut by 10 percent to save $602.4 million in FY 2008-2009. An additional $33 million cut is proposed for the current fiscal year as well. This cut will reduce access to doctors, hospitals, and specialists knowlegeable in HIV/AIDS. California already has one of the lowest reimbursement rates in the nation. As such, more than half of the state’s doctors to not take Medi-Cal. Medicare Part II Premiums: the budget proposes cutting $50.1 million in payments for ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256305 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:20:22 +0100 1256305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256306&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D709 whether you write or call, you want to cover the following five points: 1. identify yourself as a constituent — a. name b. where you live c. are you an HIVer? do you have AIDS? d. other significant details about yourself I am a 56-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. I live in an assisted care institution. I began drafting this letter to protest Governor Schwarznegger’s proposed program cuts to FY2008-09 California HIV/AIDS and Medi-Cal budgets this past Friday (2-15-08) in the Emergency Room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 2. identify the issue you’re talking about, usually a bill number, but in this case we’re talking about governor schwarznegger’s proposed budget cuts for FY2008-09 3. tell your story—pick specific, concrete wa... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256306 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:12:27 +0100 1256306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1213304&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D698 awo’s kearns to attend CA emergency AIDS/HIV state budget meeting at precious blood church today (775) jasmyne cannick video: black LGBT ‘08 presidential election forum parts 1-5 (774) emergency la community meeting 2-06-08: $11 million slashed from ca HIV/AIDS budget (773) david evans at poz: special report on growing older with HIV (772) According to the study, 70 percent of HIV-positive New Yorkers surveyed are living alone—more than double the percentage of elderly HIV-negative New Yorkers. The study also uncovered fairly high rates of social isolation, fear of HIV disclosure and loneliness among the participants. sorting it out at lulu’s #1 (771) beverly & detroit, north & west seven-fifty before eleven on unoccasions lean’d against the bookster bricks i’... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1213304 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:19:19 +0100 1213304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182870&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D693 beverly & detroit, north & west seven-fifty before eleven on unoccasions lean’d against the bookster bricks i’ve slipp’d & rush’d away down dark sharp obsdian fracturing mountainslides since october through november during december & now the new next year rumblesong’d along clawing night finding purchase my bodydrum here plays quiet foothold sunblush’d my face a new place to be home lulu’s stuck in the corner between two doors not really seeing the wall before her molly like a giant christmas wind-up toy in her tilted wheelchair its run played out but not its rubberband & then abandoned for broke broke broken molly unlooking through her unsleep-painted shark eyes till someone turns her & she races to another wall molly her grey stringy hair crop... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182870 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:18:37 +0100 1182870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182874&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D689 chers— up for air. this has been a moment-filled time for me. i’ve been struggling to stay well which seems to require massive amounts of sleep (thus very little writing, except my dreams) when awake, i have also been strugglng to keep up with with a flood of events that have become deeply personal • many of the recent dea raids were on mmj dispensaries where i volunteer for aids advocacy. hivers and pwas make up 25 percent of the la-area medical cannabis population. • i have been fending off another annual insurance threat to my housing because i’m still alive. harnessing my rage. film some other time. • i’ve realized i’m part of the rapid demographic shift that’s taking place in the hiver community over the next 5-10 years: we’re getting older. today 1... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182874 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:33:36 +0100 1182874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1181828&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D688 chers— this is my quick-&-dirty-&-scrabbled-together list of hiv/aids-related internet sites. my whole intention in posting it is to add to it. send me additions at rk@aids-write.org. namasté —rk empowerment http://thelifegroupla.org/ The Life Group LA is a coalition of people dedicated to the education, empowerment and emotional support of persons both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS so that they may make informed choices and decisions regarding their healthcare and personal well being. — Founded in 2005 The Life Group LA provides free of charge, much needed information and emotional support through medical forums, emotional support groups and the POZ Life Weekend Seminar. All services are offered in a non-judgmental and safe environment with compass... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1181828 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:42:16 +0100 1181828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1176117&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D687 my world AIDS day 07 text message poem [765]: my world AIDS day 07 txt msg poem: nu fone 2day. i trnsfr AIDS- dead cntacts w/the living. miss u, want u back. what profit can b in no cure? med cannabis keeps us aliver. –richard kearns & weho/la mmj cmnty dire passages: kearns sidelined 51 days from g-tube infection (764) chers on thanxg— just a getting well thanks note. today, thanksgiving, thursday nov 22, 2007, here in lthe la/weho greater metropolitan area, i have been sidelined for 51 days from infection in & accompanying abcess around g-tube placed october 11. hospitalized in cedars 23-oct to 6-nov and bouncing back and forth between the nursing home wing and my regular assisted-care haunts where i live. have started to gain weight. in the meantime, tube in pl... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1176117 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:45:29 +0100 1176117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1065858&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D686 my world AIDS day 07 txt msg poem: nu fone 2day. i trnsfr AIDS- dead cntacts w/the living. miss u, want u back. what profit can b in no cure? med cannabis keeps us more alive. –richard kearns & weho/la mmj cmnty (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1065858 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:59:18 +0100 1065858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049049&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D685 chers on thanxg— just a getting well thanks note. today, thanksgiving, thursday nov 22, 2007, here in lthe la/weho greater metropolitan area, i have been sidelined for 51 days from infection in & accompanying abcess around g-tube placed october 11. hospitalized in cedars 23-oct to 6-nov and bouncing back and forth between the nursing home wing and my regular assisted-care haunts where i live. have started to gain weight. in the meantime, tube in place, i’m jumping back into my activism. i hope to organize poetry readings in weho-la-area medical cannabis clinics december 1-2, 2007 — world AIDS day weekend. this will be the second year. in addition, i have some print projects underway, and maybe t-shirt poetry. check in at the blog — am about to start writing again. b... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049049 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:10:33 +0100 1049049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049070&cid=t_127994_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2007%2F11%2F26%2Fexpeditions-with-neil-gaiman%2F (Warning: Lengthy post ahead. Keep reading at your own risk!) There are such events that are worth getting tired feet and strained back muscles for. And an event which has Fully Booked and Neil Gaiman in it is an example of such. I’ve known about this event weeks ago because I frequent Fully Booked SM the Block but I wasn’t able to make up my mind about it until almost the last minute (okay, that’s an exaggeration. I must have weighed this on my mind until the day itself when I’ve finally made a decision). The indecisiveness must be because I’ve been so drained of energy these past few weeks by work and study and since it’s another Sunday of being not on duty (actually, the first of a series of Sundays of being not on duty), I thought of just spending it... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049070 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:21:59 +0100 1049070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950923&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D684 chers— i write this post to you with my newly-placed g-tube sticking out of my abdomen from a big patch of bleach-white gauze and paper tape, a feeding device to provide me with enough supplemental calories to gain 20 pounds and stabilize there by the end of the year. i’m sore — my doctor threaded it through me endoscopically (puncturing me from the inside out). my favorite kind of operation: the anaesthesiologist added gunk to my iv, and the next thing i knew, the procedure was finished. i went home. back at the end of may (my birthday) i had some kind of bug (aside from HIV) and my weight dropped to 135. there was just not enough of me to go around (and it’s not the first time i’ve been at this weight, though it’s my first time with a food tube). i set a goal of ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950923 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:28:04 +0100 950923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=926267&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D681 Posted by John S James AIDS Treatment News FDA considers a third drug category: Behind-the-counter USA Today October 3, 2007 “Such drugs would be available without a prescription but only after asking a pharmacist for it, according to a Federal Register notice announced Wednesday. ‘FDA is exploring the public health benefit of certain drugs being available BTC (behind-the-counter) that were previously prescription medications,’ it says. “The FDA will seek public response at a meeting in Washington Nov. 14 and accept written comments until Nov. 28.” Comment: This looks like a good idea — move selected drugs from prescription status to allowing patients to buy them after discussion with a pharmacist. It can be a big wait, hassle, and expense just to g... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=926267 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:52:48 +0100 926267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867347&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D676 kearns’ collected september widgets @ aids-write (756) kearns’ new poem: river beast (755) i roll into monday brightness feetseeking earth a sundayless listener waiting to wake (medicating for non-heaval sun-burnishing the pain) i hear the riverroadcall deep humm’d feel the pull of my wet-trailing blue-shoe-sailing one-at-a-time soles-don’t-fail-me pre-steps practiced dreamed & planned to imaginary imperfection traipsed to my inner port & back in unanticipation & urgency & certain-seem’d sureity about returnity (shots & prepills & ointments & more pre) river song river call river might river thrall river beat river on fire shivering heat risen like a dawn wind from gilded waves as they burn aroused now my river beast sallies the day batt... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867347 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:18:19 +0100 867347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=863808&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D674 i roll into monday brightness feetseeking earth a sundayless listener waiting to wake (medicating for non-heaval sun-burnishing the pain) i hear the riverroadcall deep humm’d feel the pull of my wet-trailing blue-shoe-sailing one-at-a-time soles-don’t-fail-me pre-steps practiced dreamed & planned to imaginary imperfection traipsed to my inner port & back in unanticipation & urgency & certain-seem’d sureity about returnity (shots & prepills & ointments & more pre) river song river call river might river thrall river beat river on fire shivering heat risen like a dawn wind from gilded waves as they burn aroused now my river beast sallies the day battling forty thousand fathoms of mud heart first —rk (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=863808 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:06:50 +0100 863808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832609&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D665 i am the red red shadow of your heart draped upon what once was a silvery nightlighter grey & ash burned to blood rising in the sky your flightlight your heart our hearts betrayed & savored saltstone flavored passion bled revealed coalblack & eclipsed in love burning fumeshot & smokehot & breathed in silence namasté —richard kearns LA-WEHO TOWNHALL MEETING: MEDICAL CANNABIS UPDATE, Thursday night, August 30, 2007 at Plummer Park Community Center, rooms 5-6, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046. For more information, please contact Richard Kearns at rk@aids-write.org, or call 310-488-1328. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832609 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:57:17 +0100 832609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816708&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D663 good evening richard kearns, poet activist enchant this day o my song be a river be a voice be my herald tell my tale careen my joy among the bells of stars at night clapper’d by a darken’d moon here is the news i dawn’d this day [august 20, 2007, for the weho city council] come ye all to the la-weho townhall update dinner & gelato taste & dialog on medical cannabis thursday, august 30 at plummer park rooms five & six hosted by ten medical cannabis clinics inside & barely over the weho line down melrose & la brea with thanks to josh kurpies & jeff prang’s office & support as well from pan asa wamc & glaca i am waiting, waiting to confirm panel speakers like i gotta pee in a store with no bathroom (how long? how long?) (soon... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816708 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:27:01 +0100 816708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=808696&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D661 From: MarkSKing@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 To: rk@aids-write.org Subject: “When we were heroes” I’m very, very moved by your poem on aids-write regarding my piece. We are, many of us, heroes, and still are, and can be again. I was searching for the piece myself because I got the news today that it won the national gay and lesbian journalism award for written opinion piece. Mark King From: rk@aids-write.org Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 To: MarkSKing@aol.com Subject: RE: “When we were heroes” mark— deepest & fondest congratulations. will repost at aids-write.org with your note. —rk rk@aids-write.org http://aids-write.org http://cannabispatientvoice.blogspot.com an open poem to mark king from the timelessness of the net, i... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=808696 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:07:48 +0100 808696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=797132&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D660 nedra at spare change has tagged me to share eight random facts about myself. she did it with her ipod shuffle. i have to hum along. 1. secret AIDS wisdom rule of thumb: if you don’t tell em you love em now, when will you tell ‘em? when it’s too late? 2. secret AIDS wisdom heuristic from 20 years of HIV-positive support group participation: a. what is the truth? b. what are you going to do about it? c. truth requires action; the verse should really run “the truth will set you free” to take action 3. a recent self-defining poem my anger is a mighty force, nor can the assembled look upon it; it is whirlwind; it is fire; it is truth; it burns; it slays. my song o my song is clear water the cleansing of the rush the cleansing of flame the cleansing of light... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=797132 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:26:31 +0100 797132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=795149&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D660 nedra at spare change has tagged me to share eight random facts about myself. she did it with her ipod shuffle. i have to hum along. 1. secret AIDS wisdom rule of thumb: if you don’t tell em you love em now, when will you tell ‘em? when it’s too late? 2. secret AIDS wisdom heuristic from 20 years of HIV-positive support group participation: a. what is the truth? b. what are you going to do about it? c. truth requires action; the verse should really run “the truth will set you free” to take action 3. a recent self-defining poem my anger is a mighty force, nor can the assembled look upon it; it is whirlwind; it is fire; it is truth; it burns; it slays. my song o my song is clear water the cleansing of the rush the cleansing of flame the cleansing of light... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=795149 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:16:16 +0100 795149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=792994&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D651 aids-write’s kearns launches CannabisPatientVoice: blogging to develop la-area grassrooots activists (734) today in la, sunday, august 05, 2007, i, richard kearns, am launching http://CannabisPatientVoice.com http://CannabisPatientVoice.blogspot.com/ • as a weblog site • as a hometown for a community of new media citizen journalists — grassrooters — • as an empowerment tool for self-advocacy, • as a resource & record & empty page-canvas on which to report our experiences & tales & takes & questions revealing and respecting our “indigenous” expertise as cannabis patients (along the metaphoric lines of the 1983 denver AIDS accords) • as a setting for public personal struggle & discovery • as a celebration of cultural activism • as an... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=792994 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:27:44 +0100 792994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788241&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D650 kearns launches CannabisPatietVoice weblog to empower, strengthen & unify la GRASSroots journalists in cultural activism (8-05-07) today in la, sunday, august 05, 2007, i, richard kearns, am launching http://CannabisPatientVoice.com http://CannabisPatientVoice.blogspot.com/ • as a weblog site • as a hometown for a community of new media citizen journalists — grassrooters — • as an empowerment tool for self-advocacy, • as a resource & record & empty page-canvas on which to report our experiences & tales & takes & questions revealing and respecting our “indigenous” expertise as cannabis patients (along the metaphoric lines of the 1983 denver AIDS accords) • as a setting for public personal struggle & discovery • as a celebrat... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788241 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:06:37 +0100 788241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788242&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D649 This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788242 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:22:21 +0100 788242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764312&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D645 my name is richard kearns. i am a poet activist and new media citizen journalist alive with AIDS for more than 20 years in los angeles. i am here this day, [friday, july 27, 2007] to express my joy & admiration & gratitude over your courageous actions in passing the moratorium and ico for medical cannabis and for supporting us but i wanted also to touch on some broader issues that defy simple comment for or against your work. i suggest to you that we are watching the evolution of local self-governing community bodies in the medical cannabis comunity— self-government the way socrates and jefferson would understand it self-government, inner government, which socrates and jefferson would tell us is the only firm foundation for successful community government. i mean la-st... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764312 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:54:36 +0100 764312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764313&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D644 my name is richard kearns. i am a 56-year-old gay angelino alive with AIDS for more than 20 years. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate. i am a new media citizen journalist & poet i stand before you today risking my life to save my life pushing my health luck way past safe limits to speak to you this morning drug czar john walters’ claim that i am a “violent criminal terrorist” because i am a cannabis patient & grower is so foolish and plainly self-serving it seduces us into not taking it seriously it can be understood, though: principle defines walters’ behavior even without informing it the good is the enemy of the better we are stewards of the better. our mission is to create wiser government, using reason science, ratonal judgment & public discour... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764313 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:21:44 +0100 764313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=760521&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D643 Hello, LA-ASA members and allies. It has been a wonderful and terrible day for medical cannabis in Los Angles. Before this brief update, I want to say a special thank you to the hundreds of patients and advocates who turned out for meetings and protests today. I have attended countless political meetings about medical cannabis and protested outside dozens of DEA raids at medical cannabis facilities all over California. It meant the world to my colleagues and I at California Patients Group (CPG) to see the tremendous outpouring of support in our time of crisis today. More than a dozen protesters joined Dege Coutee in blockading the DEA at CPG today. Thanks to the protesters, including numerous CPG staff members, we were able to secure the release of all of the detained staff members, patien... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=760521 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:05:08 +0100 760521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=751743&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D641 chers— cannabis patient action alert: (how do you get to carnegie hall?) practice, practice, practice offering public comments to the los angeles city council tuesday, july 24, 2006 Arts District Healing Center, 620 e. 1st street los angeles, ca 90012 (213) 687-9981 tuesday morning 8am — breakfast & practice celebrate yami’s b-day (pure life) 9:30 — travel to city hall & sign up 10:00 —offer testimony also plans under way to meet wednesday, july 25 friday, july 27 location to be announced rspv—richard kearns 310-488-1328 rk@aids-write.org http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/ please forward this announcement check at http://aids-write.org for further information as it becomes available thanks namasté richard kearns (Source: aids-write.org... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=751743 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:40:29 +0100 751743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749062&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D639 From: Christopher Fusco [mailto:chris.fusco@safeaccessnow.org] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: [losangeles] Sat 7/21: An ASA Patient-Based Community Forum and Input Session Just a reminder… ASA sees it as as very important that patients stay plugged into the developing situation in LA. ASA will be hosting a patient-based community forum to keep everyone informed. We also want to hear from patients to see what they want to see as a response. This will be where patients can come and voice what they want to see as a response and how they can help save the collectives they support. The meeting will be: Saturday July 21, 2007 1 - 3 PM California Patients Group 6208 Santa Monica Blvd @ Vine Hollywood, CA The meeting will be open to all patients and advocates who want to ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749062 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:26:40 +0100 749062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749063&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D638 my name is richard kearns. i am a 56-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years. i am a new media citizen journalist. i am a medical cannabis patient and advocate. i am poet-secretary of the patient advocacy network. when last i spoke to you, the lapd had turned a burglary investigation into a drug raid at the karma collective. today the karma collective is shut down. the landlord there is one of the nearly 30 la-area landlords for medical cannabis-dispensing collectives who have received warning letters from the DEA, telling them that federal law allows the u.s. government to seize their real property for permitting medical cannabis to be sold there. the DEA confirmed they sent the letters and claimed 100 were sent. “why?” you ask. drug czar john walte... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749063 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:50:10 +0100 749063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747683&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D630 The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today and are subject to the terms and conditions stated on the Medical News Today website. HIV / AIDS News from Medical News Today Please click on this sentence and donate tax-deductibly to aids-write.org. adventures in unimaginable numbers: from the npp (national priorities project), a nifty little counter of the ever-accumulating dollar-cost of the iraq war. npp estimates the war money could have fully funded world-wide aids/hiv programs for 27 years, though that much bang for warbucks difficult to imagine. the need is so underestimated. i thought medicine was expensive. war is obscenely expensive, unless you are ceo of halliburton as well as vp. then it can’t cost enough. original text and gra... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747683 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:43:54 +0100 747683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730423&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D629 chers— it’s been a busy week or so. there are new developments in the medical cannabis arena i’m still working on, as well as a series of reports on HIV and end-of-life issues, and a poem for the weho city council monday night. also, please note the series of posts with a transcription of susan kingston’s presentation in chicago, originally run on lifelube. there is also a link to the complete transcript. yours in haste. namasté —lyr daniel kuritzkes at AIDS clinical care: report from 16th int’l HIV drug resistance workshop in barbados, june (713) apla & lifelube & awo: reject holsinger as surgeon general (712) Please tell your senator to voice opposition to Holsinger’s nomination. It’s quick and easy using APLA’s In The Loop! http://ga0.or... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730423 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:29:58 +0100 730423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721378&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D621 chers— it’s not the first time, even in the hallowed pages of aids-write. (the last time was louis.) i felt the energy of a champion in passing, i feel visited & gifted by spirit. a transferrance of light. an arrogance of joy. i was at work writing during the memorial last night. “a death i can live with: AIDS-write reports on HIV and the end of life” will begin as a series of poetic reports to the west hollywood city council at their meeting monday, july 16. i may offer reports as BROWNACTivist readings, but am giving that more thought. in the meantime, below are excerpts and links to two pieces by ferd. namasté —lyr Dykes and Fags Want Everything: Dreaming with the Gay Liberation Front Ferd Eggan (Courtesy of Soft Skull Press, That’s Revolting: Quee... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721378 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:03:19 +0100 721378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721330&cid=t_127994_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F07%2Ffamous-blogs-blog-of-day-awards-top.html Well, the fourth didn't suck entirely after all!Blog of the Day Awards for Wednesday July 4, 2007A Blog of the Day Award goes to Graphic TruthBob King is a multiple personality straddling the Autistic Spectrum and a blogger who supports his passions by designing and selling t-shirts and other materials that showcase his art and design skills. He's learned a bit about blogging, human nature and marketing along the way.I'd be much more impressed with myself had I not at one time run an award site of my own, which gives me some idea of the probable review process and the goal of getting linkage. Hm. Perhaps I should consider giving out awards again.Or not.Stolen Technorati TagsBlog Award Blog Awards winner Bloggers Blogs Awards Blogging Bloggies Weblogs Weblog Award of the day Award web onlin... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721330 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 721330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=719443&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D617 WEETEST WEHO Richard this should be a city sponsored sancioned pharmaka parternship jaime WeeTest© We are a group of Medical Cannabis patients against meth ________________________________________ Reply to: comm-366801340@craigslist.org Date: 2007-07-04, 11:50PM PDT We are a group of Medical Cannabis patients against meth use and other hard drugs. We have our meetings and we play a game we call WeeTest©. Any one of us can purchase ANY $40 dollar drug urine test and pass around the dice at the next meeting. We all roll the dice until snake eyes come up, Whoever gets snake eyes on the dice pees in the cup . It is OK to come up positive for cannabis. If you come up positive for other illegal drugs you will not be allowed into the meetings for another month and then you must test negati... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=719443 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:16:38 +0100 719443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718856&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D616 chers— this is a poem in drag. am posting “wash” in six 2-column jpeg panels because i can’t make html do the formatting. here is an unformatted excerpt: i watch our sheet billow in the shed in the winter by the fire drying our first it came with my dowry i have never used it for rags or bandages i have patched it my husband paints it in the spring with totem figures raven badger bear frog otter gentle smiling beaver that fade after a season never quite completely a wavering landscape of shadows and ghosts enfolding us as we sleep as we heal and other things i will not say whispering times past and clan legends and more advice than is necessary namaste &#8212... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718856 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:03:35 +0100 718856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718857&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D615 chers— am posting my poem “tutorial” in 20 jpeg panels because html can’t handle the formatting. here is a text excerpt: home where the blaze of vast & legendary treasure keeps out the cold night air your place in the world not someone else’s not where you lived as a child not builded by any other not dug like a grave not a fanciful state of mind not merely an assemblage of comforts perhaps not safety or success or social acceptance though recalling your death you picture gathered round you your comrades your best of friends & all the flickering & opulent others to tell them the tale only you can tell hope you enjoy it. namaste —lyr tutorial (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718857 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:54:37 +0100 718857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718094&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D614 chers— today, june 6, 2007, we pass the 700 mark in posts at aids-write.org. huzzah! send money! three poems one short two long two on the city one in drag namasté —lyr one city true as truth distinct as laughter familiar as dream unforgotten the way blossoms grow from poems writ in seeds each journey’s eye opens in one city all roads go there all promises all satisfactions depart in the company of travelers moving on ask your heart (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718094 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:36:21 +0100 718094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=711756&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D612 martin luther king: a vocation of agony & the fierce urgency of now (698) Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. . . . kearns’ collected widgets @ aids-write (7-02-07) (697) kearns to see michael moore’s “sicko” this week; will no doubt have something to say (696) liza forman at london timesonline: sicko premiers in los angeles at union rescue mission monday (695) kaisernetwork covers australian AIDS conference, offers special free daily update 7-22 through 7-25 (694) rk’s note— Kaisernetwork.org will issue a free Daily Update email for the 4th IAS Conference On HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, in sydney, australia, broadcast during the w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=711756 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:19:28 +0100 711756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=711757&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D611 chers (especially jim)— saw the following article in the july/august 2007 issue of foreign policy magazine: What happens when you take a 40-year-old CIA memo on losing a war and replace the word “Vietnam” with the word “Iraq”? The result is a set of conclusions that are just as true today. which is all well and good, but a memo to the cia is not my idea of a good time in prose. let’s try re-contextualizing and meditating on a more readable text. Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. . . . the war in iraq: If we continue, there will be no doubt in my mind and in the mind of the world that we have no honorable intentions in [Vietnam] IRAQ. If we do no... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=711757 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:52:17 +0100 711757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=702083&cid=t_127994_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F28%2Fcancer-in-the-foreshadows%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Cancer SurvivorsNot too many years ago, I got breast cancer. I call it chance, coincidence, fate and on some days, even luck. For today's purposes, I'll call it foreshadowing. I didn't know it then -- way back in 1993 when I did a genogram project in grad school for a counseling class -- but it seems cancer was in my cards. I hinted at the possibility in my research paper and commented on how my family history might put me in the direct line of fire. But my suspicions in no way caused me any worry for the 10 plus years that followed. And still, even after my breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, I didn't remember I'd predicted this might happen to me. Not until I pulled my yellowed, faded assignment from an old box in the garage a few days ago did I ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=702083 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 702083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699342&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D594 kearns’ collected widgets @ aids-write (6-27-07) (684) flashes from three summer days: july 4, 2006; july 4, 2004; & the august, 1987 universal harmonic convergence.* an interactive aids timeline & temporal fugue (reprint) (683) july 4, 2004 in stockton, ca. morning, before it gets hot. we see stockton hometown fireworks tonight. i like fireworks. to me, fireworks are air-magic. lightning bugs adrift in the soft, dark, breezeless night air under the power lines behind my house when i was a kid. the shimmer of rainbow weather before the rainbow. shadowshiftings during a solar eclipse . . . aids-write endorses guidelines for HIV testing drafted by lambda legal, AIDS foundation of chicago, & center for HIV law and policy (682) The following document was drafted by the C... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699342 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:33:31 +0100 699342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699343&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D593 The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today and are subject to the terms and conditions stated on the Medical News Today website. HIV / AIDS News from Medical News Today Please click on this sentence and donate tax-deductibly to aids-write.org. adventures in unimaginable numbers: from the npp (national priorities project), a nifty little counter of the ever-accumulating dollar-cost of the iraq war. npp estimates the war money could have fully funded world-wide aids/hiv programs for 27 years, though that much bang for warbucks difficult to imagine. the need is so underestimated. i thought medicine was expensive. war is obscenely expensive, unless you are ceo of halliburton as well as vp. then it can’t cost enough. original text and gra... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699343 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:26:35 +0100 699343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699344&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D592 welcome readers from the international carnival of pozitivities! july 4, 2004 in stockton, ca. morning, before it gets hot. we see stockton hometown fireworks tonight. i like fireworks. to me, fireworks are air-magic. lightning bugs adrift in the soft, dark, breezeless night air under the power lines behind my house when i was a kid. the shimmer of rainbow weather before the rainbow. shadowshiftings during a solar eclipse. spring equinox, 2004, i found a desire in my heart to see my years-gone-by la-writing compadres who migrated to the san francisco-stockton area, if that is an area. good companions who knew me before i was infected, or even out. i can’t remember what that was like. i went to them. i told them. i spoke with them. i said to them i have aids. they still loved me.... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699344 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:13:13 +0100 699344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=698161&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D590 chers— 529 persons with AIDS in Alaska, Montana, Puerto Rico and South Carolina line up to stay alive, line up on waiting lists to receive life-sustaining HIV meds paid for by ADAP funds (AIDS Drug Assistance Programs), according to the ADAP Watch report issued by NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) Monday, 6/25. Tuesday morning Kaisernetwork carried the story. from my notes for an april 2, 2007 workgroup report for campaign to end aids, karen [bates] said in south carolina, 512 hivers are currently on the waiting list to receive adap drugs there for the last 6-8 months. five hivers have died waiting. karen reports other hivers are getting themseves arrested so they can receive treatment in jail. april 02 kearns @ aids-write: c2ea workgroup report ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=698161 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:41:49 +0100 698161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=688651&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D585 i write on the page i feel its emptiness fill & when i read i stand not in the room but there in ruins in battered fields in harvest in lost in burnt in unfindable wreckage home —rk (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=688651 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:12:07 +0100 688651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683373&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D584 the process of preparing for a big event (like for me, the pride parade) requires rest. there can be any number of modalities. unconsciousness is one of the tried-&-true, but the drawback is time slips away too quickly. ditto many forms of meditation. time & consciousness often disagree. or refuse to speak to one another. dreamtime stuff. one of the more fun and awake resting techniques is based on the principle of active rest, back from the days when i was a personal trainer and “group exercise” instructor at the gym. active rest. when you train for a physical event, like a 1.7-mile-long proud marathon in daylight, you want your training to include elements of rest, both before and after the big moment. so, instead of sitting at home staring at the tv, you delve into a co... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683373 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:52:55 +0100 683373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676439&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D583 chers— for me, it’s been a busy season, and this is my first step to catch up. i am working on a couple of posts right now: • a review of poet of the swingin’ blade at the hollywood black film festival • a report from the medical cannabis community marching contingent in christopher street west/gay pride parade in west hollywood last sunday mostly what i’ve been doing is sleeping. the parade wore me out! more soon—posts & naps namasté —lyr kearns’ collected widgets @ aids-write (6-15-07) (675) The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today june international carnival of pozitivities honored by blog carnival & call for july icp contributions (674) kaisernetwork: navajo nation AIDS awareness (673) ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676439 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:01:07 +0100 676439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645279&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D573 chers— assuming i keep moving this morning, i become 56 years old today. hurray! in honor of the occasion, i will be stopping in around town at dispensaries, at the weho veterans’ & AIDS memorials to write & think and say hello. then tonight at 6pm, i will be reading poetry at galaxy gallery 7224 melrose ave los angeles, ca 90046 phone: (323) 936-2074 cross streets: melrose & formosa readings will included pieces from a busy BROWNACTivist political season as well as others that haven’t seen daylight for a while, and maybe a new one or two. please stop by namasté —richard kearns (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645279 Tue, 29 May 2007 06:36:34 +0100 645279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638312&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D573 chers— assuming i keep moving this morning, i become 56 years old today. hurray! in honor of the occasion, i will be stopping in around town at dispensaries, at the weho veterans’ & AIDS memorials to write & think and say hello. then tonight at 6pm, i will be reading poetry at galaxy gallery 7224 melrose ave los angeles, ca 90046 phone: (323) 936-2074 cross streets: melrose & formosa readings will included pieces from a busy BROWNACTivist political season as well as others that haven’t seen daylight for a while, and maybe a new one or two. please stop by namasté —richard kearns (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638312 Sat, 26 May 2007 14:50:46 +0100 638312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638316&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D569 brother blogger chris fusco: la-city plum-c votes to ca-chugg med cannabis moratorium & ico to full la-city-c in 6 weeks (5-22-2007) (654) aids-write/pan’s kearns reads poem to la-city plum-c: “the secret AIDS wisdom of self-government” (5-22-07) (653) los angeles can regulate west hollywood can regulate san fran can sacramento can washington may or may not regulate it is all ashes & smoke & empty ink-stained bitter air without self-regulation, self government & i’m not talking about sticking to my haart treatment regimen either (although that counts) i mean stakeholderism i mean work, live, play & advocate in speech acts, in bluesy brownactable brown act acts i mean live, labor, spend, earn, own, laugh & cry & speak in la-city i mean neigh... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638316 Wed, 23 May 2007 19:41:10 +0100 638316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631670&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D568 Today, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee of the LA City Council heard input from the City Clerk’s office, the department that will be the registering body for collectives under the ICO [interim control ordinance]. The City Clerk’s office had relatively little new input on the matter. Advocates again stressed how important it is that the Council move quickly with this item. It appears that our voices have finally been heard, and the Council plans to begin moving forward with the regulations process. Within 6 weeks, the PLUM committee should forward their report to the Council floor, at which time action will finally be taken on the item. Just to be clear, the LA City moratorium IS NOT effective. Once again, thanks always to all the collectives and advocates w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631670 Wed, 23 May 2007 04:24:37 +0100 631670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629359&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D567 my name is richard kearns. i am a poet activist alive with AIDS for 20 years in los angeles. i am here today to speak in favor of the moratorium & the medical cannabis regulation process a week ago when i was here, i crooned to you the blues living and dying in the city i still do but today i come to share a secret AIDS wisdom discover-able, practice-able insight-able incite-able through medical cannabis use: the wisdom of self-goverment los angeles can regulate west hollywood can regulate san fran can sacramento can washington may or may not regulate it is all ashes & smoke & empty ink-stained bitter air without self-regulation, self government & i’m not talking about sticking to my haart treatment regimen either (although that counts) i mean stakeholderism i mea... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629359 Tue, 22 May 2007 17:58:34 +0100 629359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629360&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D566 richard kearns, poet activist. it’s a cut-to-the-chase night. how long will AIDS be with us? why is that an important question? i will not live to see a cure for — or an end to — AIDS. neither will you. neither will your grandchildren. that’s not gonna happen for 75-100 years, according to laurie garrett’s 2005 council on foreign relations report, comparing the AIDS plague to the 14th-c black bubonic p. my simpler math? them — a 14-to-28-day infection-to-death window. us— a 14-year & more i-to-d yawner. their outcomes — 25 million dead in 5 years (a third of them) our outcomes — a horror that spans 130 years, & will kill a third of our 6.7 billion beings in residence [i have laurie’s pdf on disk for you.] why is it an important question? ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629360 Tue, 22 May 2007 17:24:37 +0100 629360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620425&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D560 kearns @ pan/aids-write reads open poem to la-city plum committee 5-15-07: “who are you to tell me how to sing the blues?” (646) . . . who are you to tell me how to sing the blues? i am the blues i ring the blues out loud for you: hear me now these are the 1983 denver AIDS principles in song: we are persons with AIDS, we are, we must be expert voices hearkened to in all public health policy dialogs about our lives & deaths & our disease the refrain is the same for medical cannabis here are the blues i sing to you our city must be not only a good place to live but also also a good place to die . . . adjournment list of military dead at weho cc meeting (5-7-07) (645) jordan rau @ the la times: schwarzenegger proposes 2% physician tax for medi-cal (5-14-07) (644) kaise... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620425 Thu, 17 May 2007 17:19:00 +0100 620425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620426&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D559 chers— here are my remarks prepared & delivered to the la-city planning & land use management committee earlier today, may 15, 2007, urging them to move forward with the medical cannabis regulation process. there must have been a couple of dozen of us there. the city clerk’s report was unavailable at the time of the meting, so a vote on the item was deferred until next week. i’ll be back with more to say next week too. namasté —lyr my name is richard kearns. i am a 55-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate. a citizen journalist & poet. i speak today in favor of regulating medical cannabis. this is my open poem calling for a city that’s a good place to die [5-15-20... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620426 Wed, 16 May 2007 09:23:15 +0100 620426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620430&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D555 dear bill, my name is richard kearns. i am a 55-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years. 56 at the end of the month. i am a medical cannabis advocate, poet-secretary of the patient advocacy network (pan). i came to the los angeles city council meeting tuesday morning, may 1, with four of my colleagues to offer brown act comments and cry “foul!” in response to last thursday’s (4-26) lapd burgulary - investigation - turned - narcotics - division - raid at the karma collective in van nuys. to cry “foul!” in response to the repeated stigma-inspired lapd raids on matthew [farrell], the patient-grower who told the council his story. we aimed to bring up the issue of cross-deputization that “hijacks” the medical cannabis regulation process in los ange... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620430 Sat, 12 May 2007 17:20:47 +0100 620430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620431&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D554 . . . thank you namasté richard kearns poet-secretary patient advocacy network (pan) founder, writer, editor, publisher http://aids-write.org 310-488-1328 ps—normally, i would end the letter there, but life is short, so lemme give you some other background comment and materials. i have the habits & weaknesses of both a writer and a professor. this is a teeny anthology. we are both bloggers. to me, that means i am a citizen journalist, a grassroots journalist. my life is public & transparent — it has become so during the two years i have been publishing aids-write.org. everything gets discussed on the page. i am an example of the issues i cover. i am the change i wish to see, alá ghandi. i write to be alive. i blog to end AIDS. the liklihood is high the text o... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620431 Sat, 12 May 2007 17:09:22 +0100 620431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=597558&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D553 good evening. richard kearns, poet activist. i am here to steal a march tonight. i am here to invite you on board the weho/la poetry bus. (& here you thought you had the infrastructure under control) on the twenty-sixth i turn fifty-six. more than twenty years with AIDS & nearly forty years as practitioner of the written word lifetimes of struggle, pages that fly by like miles stitched to the road the poetry bus. ghostriders & live. sparrowlike the angels. gray & greased the demons. soft among the shadows, departees unborn study their windows for signs of home. do you know where you are tonight? i do. you are on the poetry bus. a route without number. a sudden storm shelter where we have steam-warmed each other sensed our presences in sorrow & love & joy &... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=597558 Mon, 07 May 2007 17:13:55 +0100 597558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=585294&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D551 Today close to 200 patients, providers, and advocates took to the streets in front of the LAPD Van Nuys Police Station [6240 Sylmar St., Van Nuys] to demonstrate against the LAPD’s absurd assault on The Karma Collective. It was in incredible turnout for a Monday with only Friday’s notice. Because the LAPD claimed the edibles they found inside Karma Collective were illegal, activists chanted “Make No Mistake, We’ll Still Bake! Make No Mistake, We’ll Still Bake!” and held signs that read “Cannabis to Eat, Eat to Live” and “Let Them Eat Cake!” At one point the crowd dumped hundred of edibles in front of the police station to demonstrate how insignificant the M&M Cookies and fudge brownies truly were. It was only apropos for the patients to eat the edibles in an act... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=585294 Tue, 01 May 2007 14:59:16 +0100 585294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574453&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D548 Dear Colleagues - We must work together as we fight some of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the world – the LAPD and the DEA. Yesterday afternoon I witnessed one of the most macabre abuses of our laws by law enforcement. Karma Collective was broken into over night – Thursday morning. When other businesses began to arrive which open earlier than Karma, they realized that there was outer damage to the building, the main communication wires to the all units had been cut and Karma’s front door was shattered. A business owner called the landlord and either that business or the landlord called the police to file a report for insurance purposes. Karma did not contact the police themselves. Two officers arrived at the same time I did. I happened to have an appointment with K... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574453 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:30:02 +0100 574453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574455&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D546 chers— am wrestling with another series of posts: my uncle. my son. my husband. my daughter. me: HIV/AIDS crosses generational boundaries, kills families. following up on johnnie’s hiv/aids stigma story also, the morning after the karma collective raid. also, my right hip hurts a lot. think i must have some kind of injury in the last 2 weeks. makes walking dicey. but the futon and its pieces have arrived. i feel like some primary disconnect has been resolved, some storm of personal chaos has spent itself. i have a bed & chair & ottomon now. i can cohese the rest of the equipment & furniture & atmosphere & world around that — am building a resource publishing studio for activists. part of the poetry bus fundraiser when i turn 56 in may. photo se... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574455 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:46:58 +0100 574455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571518&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D540 Hello, all. There is already an effort under way in several California cities to promote self-regulation at medical cannabis collectives and cooperatives. The Greater Los Angeles Caregivers’ Alliance (GLACA) is well into the process of developing guidelines. Visit http://www.CaregiversAlliance.org to see the draft protocols. In December of last year, ASA staff met with operators from all over the state in Burbank to discuss best practices for collectives. One of the decisions that emerged from this meeting was to create regional organizations like GLACA to promote self-regulation and protect patients. I have copied some information about this effort below. There is a tremendous need for collectives and cooperatives to adhere to professional standards and address community concerns.... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571518 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:53:16 +0100 571518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=565842&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D537 kearns to host “cannabis & coffee” on harm reduction, dr. paul farmer, & poetry of journalism @ lapcg 11am sunday 4-29-07 (626) i am delighted to announce i will host this sunday’s “cannabis & coffee” 11am - nooon at lapcg. among other things, i want to talk about harm reduction strategies & will read aloud a passage from tracy kidder’s biography of harvard-trained haitian-based liberation theology proponent dr. paul farmer, “mountains beyond mountains.” other topics: cross-deputization, taxation, the poetry of journalism, BROWNACTivism & guarding your heart. this is an open house at lapcg; community members are welcome to attend the event without being a registered patient. the dispensary will not open to patients until noon. brother blogger... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=565842 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:43:25 +0100 565842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563718&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D537 kearns to host “cannabis & coffee” on harm reduction, dr. paul farmer, & poetry of journalism @ lapcg 11am sunday 4-29-07 (626) i am delighted to announce i will host this sunday’s “cannabis & coffee” 11am - nooon at lapcg. among other things, i want to talk about harm reduction strategies & will read aloud a passage from tracy kidder’s biography of harvard-trained haitian-based liberation theology proponent dr. paul farmer, “mountains beyond mountains.” other topics: cross-deputization, taxation, the poetry of journalism, BROWNACTivism & guarding your heart. this is an open house at lapcg; community members are welcome to attend the event without being a registered patient. the dispensary will not open to patients until noon. brother blogger... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563718 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:36:07 +0100 563718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563719&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhscvideo2.hsc.usf.edu%2Fasxroot%2FCOPH%2Fsjames%2FSocial_Justice_and_Global_Health_Equity.asx chers— i am delighted to announce i will host this sunday’s “cannabis & coffee” at lapcg. among other things, i want to talk about harm reduction strategies & will read aloud a passage from tracy kidder’s biography of harvard-trained haitian-based liberation theology proponent dr. paul farmer, “mountains beyond mountains.” from farmer’s remarks at usf 3-29-07: the public hospitals that we’ve rebuilt — not OUR hospital which is dead in the middle — all those other places, those gleaming, shiny white buildings — they’re all public institutions, so when people say “you can’t work with the public health sector or the ministry of health,” don’t believe it. in fact, we need to do that . . . each of these places have all been rebuilt by — b... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563719 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:32:13 +0100 563719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560834&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D534 chers— thursday was entirely too long a day. got in 10pm. ended up walking home from hollywood and highland after waiting for a la brea bus that never showed. after a high-stakes disagreement. life chaos. have my new futon frame but no mattress or mattress covers. an offer to assemble it monday. struggle everywhere. putting posts up today is a form of r&r. namasté —lyr (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560834 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:36:53 +0100 560834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=546900&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D527 good evening. richard kearns, poet activist. i have spoken to you before as a medical cannabis advocate. tonight i stand before you as a 55-year-old gay man alive with AIDS for more than 20 years. a supernatural being. i will be 56 next month, even more scary. tonight, i have come to speak with you about the lists of war and death. on march 21st, i attended the first meeting of the life group la’s forums for HIVers over 50. more than 70 AIDS warriors packed in at the acapulco in hollywood. i had trouble listening to the speaker. i was so moved we were so many. once we were so few. & as i sat there at the acapulco, i had — not a vision, but a hearing come to me. the AIDS warriors — the AIDS veterans — who went before became a river of names, recounted not onl... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=546900 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:54:11 +0100 546900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=542966&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D526 table of contents at aids-write.org for saturday, april 14, 2007, los angeles & west hollywood, ca kearns poem @ aids-write: dayhit by dawnlit fire (4-13-07) (617) my thunderstrike in babylon my dayhit by dawnlit fire blasts dark ashy-crumbled brick-burning peals pelt’d in word-roaring peels peal’d & cascad’d & repeel’d & repealing night’s scrapperies pared like lemonskins ripp’d, stripp’d, shave’d, slice’d sliver’d, echo’d & noise’d all through my blue bell-bowl of sky a discovery & instant reverie of sung bright-burning greenstemm’d paperwhites my fire of language mornings my way & hides you among your sheltering shadows safe never-ceasing & mumbl’d until this day, this coming light —lyr breaking sac-bee story: n... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=542966 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:13:42 +0100 542966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=542098&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D525 my thunderstrike in babylon my dayhit by dawnlit fire blasts dark ashy-crumbled brick-burning peals pelt’d in word-roaring peels peal’d & cascad’d & repeel’d & repealing night’s scrapperies pared like lemonskins ripp’d, stripp’d, shave’d, slice’d sliver’d, echo’d & noise’d all through my blue bell-bowl of sky a discovery & instant reverie of sung bright-burning greenstemm’d paperwhites my fire of language mornings my way & hides you among your sheltering shadows safe never-ceasing & mumbl’d until this day, this coming light —lyr . . ———– This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution — non-commercial 2.5 license. citation: “copyright © 2007 by richard kearns at aids-wri... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=542098 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:14:32 +0100 542098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539454&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D517 Conclusion: Treatment with protease inhibitors is associated with peripheral insulin resistance, leading to impaired or diabetic oral glucose tolerance in some of the patients, and with hyperlipidaemia. Overall, there is a large variation in the severity and clinical presentation of protease inhibitor-associated metabolic side-effects. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539454 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:17:51 +0100 539454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524782&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D505 aids-write.org is a virtual public artspace, meetingplace and hometown/npo for a diverse, inclusive community of activist artists, thinkers and persons whose aim is to compose, record, document, listen to, reflect upon, feel, communicate and “mythologize” our aids/hiv stories and experiences, intending to create a cultural context for social change, and thus to be a significant pro-active voice in all health, social and environmental public-policy-related decisions by offering wise counsel drawn from our accumulated visions. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524782 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:26:59 +0100 524782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524786&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D500 true as truth distinct as laughter familiar as dream unforgotten the way blossoms grow from poems writ in seeds each journey’s eye opens in one city all roads go there all promises all satisfactions depart in the company of travelers moving on ask your heart —richard kearns notes: this poem survives from an “epic” series written in 2002-2003 short and long pieces. some chapters of manuscript are lost to me forever. originally a part of potlatch tales. incorporated into another mythology in excerpts & fragments from the lost manuscritpts of martin, loremaster, and pieces of both works are incorporated into psalms of captain saint lucifer. there is another, quite long poem i still want to post about one city from that period, “tutorial.” the typograph... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524786 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:00:46 +0100 524786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=523715&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D499 chers— have had some interesting responses to the series of iraq & healthcare questions. here’s one discussion that’s a vision, a conversation between two holy hearts. i don’t understand how these things happen. from my notes, clipped and tidied. namasté —lyr let’s call her nurse estelle, and give her cream - and - coffee - colored skin, scarf - wrapped grey - streaked mahogany dreadlocks, blue eyes, a smile like sunlight, and bright, deep - dyed hemp nationalist colors that shine from her many other scarves & skirts & blouses & socks. we are sisters. we are grandmothers & great aunts together. we are elders together. we hear the beat together. and the silences. together. you need to talk about veterans, she tells me. healthcare benefits for v... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=523715 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:07:17 +0100 523715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520688&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D497 chers— okay, so you’ve read the post below. (click here if you haven’t) here are my cut-to-the-chase questions after: in the nation, kaiser poll identifies healthcare as the number 2 (29%) issue after the war in iraq (44%). in the HIV community and in the medical cannabis community, healthcare is the number 1 issue. (also, the bias of kaiser family foundation is toward healthcare as the number 1 issue.) how should the medical cannabis community and the HIV community create allies with anti-war community? how do they understand their activism? we ours? as matters of practical aggressive proactive politics and wellness-driven cultural advocacy of social justice and heart and haart? how do we go about it? what common understandings about activism can we have? how do we make... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520688 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:04:01 +0100 520688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=517956&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D495 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SO MUCH LOVE AND POSTIVE ENERGY,gifts & support from those of you who helpD me celebrate the GREATEST BIRTH DAY PARTY OF MY LIFE!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/downtownlajaime/ (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=517956 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:13:17 +0100 517956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=512833&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D490 brother blogger brad biggers @ aids combat zone: “save lives. stop abbott.” (588) Taking over the Abbott booth: “Abbott — Your booth is empty just like your promises!” Tuesday August 15 aids-write backgrounds paul farmer at usf 3-29 #1: 2 excerpts from talk (587) when you’re reading a paper or hearing someone give an argument, sometimes it’s good to just ask, “is this an argument or a statement to start a conversation, or to end one?” aids-write backgrounds paul farmer #2— from david guidi’s usf oracle lecture announcement 3-28 & harvard magazine 11&12-03 (586) Much of Farmer’s work centers around providing affordable health care to the poorest countries with a community-based model that trains citizens to administer health care to their neighbors. ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=512833 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:43:05 +0100 512833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511643&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D483 From: Rebecca Saltzman [mailto:rebecca@safeaccessnow.org] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:21 AM To: Richard Kearns Subject: Re: [sandiego] 3-28 at aids-write: 12 new posts Richard - Do you think you could send an email about once a week instead of several times a day summarizing what’s going on at aids-write? Some folks on the list are getting frustrated by your heavy emailing, but the content is clearly important. Thanks! - Rebecca march 30, 2006 rebecca— thank you for your post, suggesting a different pace for my posts. my writing process is not smoother. i wish it were, because i compose multiple articles at once, and duke it out with my inner self in bursts on the page. it would be nice to have a regular pace. while i try and summarize articles as best i can, it�... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511643 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:22:50 +0100 511643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506480&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D481 March 26, 2007 The Honorable Henry Waxman Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform US House of Representatives 2204 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Waxman Thanks for your letter dated March 1, 2007, regarding your support of safe access to medical cannabis in Los Angeles, and responding to my poem about being a 55-year-old gay man living here with AIDS for twenty years. I am writing you both to thank and to encourage you in another AIDS-related matter, (from an article in The Hill): The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is considering holding hearings to investigate whether pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories artificially inflated the price of its AIDS drug, Norvir, in 2003, according to a committee staffer. (from ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506480 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:30:59 +0100 506480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504912&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D475 chers— the room was packed. HIVers fifty and older. i wept later. also in attendance for gilead’s medical science liaison octavio vallejo’s remarks on hiv and aging: hundreds. thousands of others. uncountable no longer touchable we stand on their shoulders they stand in our hearts i stand. you stand. we stand together we remain standing we remain thank you, herbie taylor, chairman, the life group la committee on HIV and aging, and committee members allan klein, len lovallo, and tom royer. on the shoulders of sunnie rose & ric parish. it’s turtle shoulders all the way down after a certain point. —lyr . . . ———– This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution — non-commercial 2.5 license. citation: “copyright ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504912 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:21:31 +0100 504912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504914&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D474 (Los Angeles, March 22, 2007) [dateline —rk] This afternoon, the Los Angeles Planning Commission approved an Interim Control Ordinance on medical cannabis dispensing collectives in Los Angeles, making a positive step towards the long awaited regulatory process in Los Angeles. Dozens of patients and advocates turned out to show the commission they supported the moratorium and the regulatory process. The advocates even convinced the Planning Commission to amend the original text of the ordinance to ensure that collectives did not have to register with the LAPD, as originally proposed. The extensive community outreach Americans For Safe Access has done in Los Angeles paid off when the Planning Commission stated clearly that they did not want to regulate access out of Los Angeles. The ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504914 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:28:58 +0100 504914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504916&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D473 The International Carnival of Pozitivities is accepting submissions for edition 10. If you have a post that you specifically would like me to consider, please send me an email with its URL permalink. Otherwise, I will be scanning blogs in the next few days for nominations and you will hear from me as I get that task completed. If you haven’t yet read the 9th edition, it is available via a link in the ICP homepage. Please have a look and remember to share the link with your readers so that we can increase our audience. Any posts you can make on your own blogs (including listing the ICP in your blogroll) will be helpful. I hope this finds you well. With good luck and God willing, I will celebrate my 48th birthday on Monday. When I think that I was 25 when I first learned of my HIV st... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504916 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:03:08 +0100 504916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=500234&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D466 chers— friday, saturday and today, march 23, 24 & 25, i have been sleeping mostly. r & r in general, but i haven’t got outdoors at all. i think i will be laying low today, too, am just waking up now, so my atitude may change in a couple hours. there’s a 3pm qigong class at cpg where i have to stop anyway. i guess the main improvements are the leisons on my face, which are healing over. they formed out of a combination of antibiotics and sunlight, and they’ve itched a lot, so they’ve been frustrating. dug out an old prescription for atarax, basically an antihistamine, and that & rest seem to be healing over the buggers. have to start getting the insulin injections under control too. the food remains sucky, but it’s food. so here are the reports i’m work... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=500234 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:19:25 +0100 500234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=500159&cid=t_127994_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F104324650%2F Catherine’s Journal is a collection of writings by 14-year-old Catherine Schramm who lives in Florida. One entry is titled “If I Were Queen of the World”; an excerpt: “If I were Queen of the World, I would make a special day. Every June 21 would be Peace Day when you are very safe for the day and maybe May 2 will be People Day and everyone is nice to everyone and you do not yell at anyone. “If I were Queen of the World, I would travel around the world to see how people are doing and how everyone is feeling and if I were Queen of the World I would make sure there was peace around the world. The end.” The March 25th Chronicle Online (Citrus County) tells Catherine’s story: She did not sit up until she was 9 months old (the same as my son); she not talk until she was... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=500159 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:35:28 +0100 500159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495577&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D464 good evening. my name is richard kearns. i am a 55 year old gay man alive with AIDS for 20 years, residing over by the gateway. i am poet-secretary of pan, a non-profit medical cannabis education corporation. i am a grassroots journalist, a blogger. i publish aids-write.org. i taught journalism at loyola marymount for a dozen years before retiring because of my AIDS. i wrote and edited and published both fiction and nonfiction for another 20 years before that. who? what? where? when? how many? how much? why? there it is. the poetry of journalism in a list of questions that must be answered in the first 25-35 words of any news story. and it is the dateline — the “where?” and “when?” of the journalist’s poem — that makes all politics local politics i’m telling you ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495577 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:54:46 +0100 495577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495579&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D462 chers— spent saint patrick’s day (saturday) at trichome healing caregivers (thc) education and resource canter fielding dozens of patient phone calls and visits up in van nuys, 7100 van nuys blvd. referred patients to neighboring clinics & answered questions. most patients didn’t want to go anyhwere else, and were heartened to hear thc re-opened as a non-dispensing community center. talked briefly with the neighbors, the barber, the acupuncturist. looked in at the pool hall. another world. planned parenthood was closed today. there were supporting visits from surounding clinics. degé took notes on one or two police/patient encounter reports on the phone. i have been urging patients, both on the phone and in person, to stop by and have lunch with us during the next co... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495579 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:07:55 +0100 495579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495580&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D461 chers— degé coutee and i are reporting to you this morning (friday) from van nuys at the temporary education & community resource center we’ve opened at trichome healing caregivers, 7100 van nuys blvd. in suite 204 (tel. 818-373-5000). no medicine yet. we are cleaning up the broken glass and the mess with the help of patient volunteers, and we’ll be here every day from now on out 10am – 2pm answering the phone, talking with patients who come to the door and offering information on the medical benefits & uses of cannabis. stop by & see us! bring flyers! bring posters (we have a lot of empty frames here)! bring flowers! come jaw! bring lunch! if you want information we’re here. if you want medicine, you can go to another collective until we are dispensing ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495580 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:50:48 +0100 495580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495581&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D460 chers— when does the sun rise? i say now. i woke & watched the time change watched the hour vanish at two waited for the sun at seven-ten & saw the half-furled moon sail by mid-sky & blue & west-headed at dawn when the day was all eastpink’d i reset ground time, life time (the phone was fine) manually on my computer manually on my clockfaces by hand by heart by breath this day defiant in my love just in my action commanding light —lyr seventeen years ago i belonged to a la-based gay men’s HIV-positive ASYMPTOMATIC support group. ASYMPTOMATIC was the functional word: it distanced us as far as we could get from AIDS. it was having it without having it. fear and shame and stigma captured in a moment of language. had a love there whom i’ll call jerry, ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495581 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:18:36 +0100 495581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495583&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D458 surely justice sure justice shines from the seams drains into dark climbs towers brick by brick loves my heart flies my dreams baby when —richard kearns . . . ———– This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution — non-commercial 2.5 license. citation: “copyright © 2007 by richard kearns at aids-write.org” Subscribe: aids-write-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495583 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:00:07 +0100 495583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495584&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D457 good evening. my name is richard kearns. i am a gay man living with AIDS over by the gateway. i have lived & worked inside & just out of the weho hometown checkerboard for the last thirty years. i am a citizen journalist & publisher of http://aids-write.org. i am the poet-secretary of PAN, the patient advocacy network, a not-for-profit medical cannabis educational public benefit corporation. PAN’s mission is to educate & inform you — each person in this room — which includes me too — about medical cannabis to move your hearts more each time we meet. to ask too many questions. in addition to pulling poet-secretary duty, i am also PAN’s new west hollywood field coordinator i thought i would stop by tonight & introduce myself i publish a... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495584 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:10:39 +0100 495584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495585&cid=t_127994_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D456 text version Thomas Carlyle first use of the term “fourth estate.” On Heroes and Hero Worship (1841) “Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder , there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech, or a witty saying; it is a literal fact… [a journalist] speaking now to the whole nation becomes a power, a branch of government, with inalienable weight in law-making, in all acts of authority. It matters not what rank he has, what revenues or garnitures. The requisite thing is that he have a tongue to which others will listen; this & nothing more is requisite.” [The term Fourth Estate refers to the news-reporting community — print, broadcast & internet — both in its expli... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495585 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:43:17 +0100 495585