Thanks to the tireless advocacy of Dab Garner, I am aware of more than the pain of losing fake money playing Texas Hold 'Em on Facebook. Today is National ADAP Call-In Day, so it's important that will all take part and make our voices heard. Read Dab's post from...
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National HIV Testing (My Patience) Day
Sunday is National HIV Testing Day. So get tested. Know your status. I know mine. If you don't know yours it means I am a better person than you because I know my status. Assume you're negative? Well, I'm still better than you because I know I'm positive. And, as a...
The Kings of Belmont at Fridays After Five
This Friday The Kings of Belmont are playing at Fridays After Five, Charlottesville's weekly summer groovedown at the Pavilion on the downtown mall. I got the inside info from Catherine, one of my favorite Decker's Daily baristas. So, for lovers of local, homegrown...
New Executive Director at AIDS Services Group
Got a press release (posted below) recently regarding my local AIDS Service Organization- AIDS Services Group- and their new executive director, Peter DeMartino. This is for those who live in the Charlottesville, Virginia area and rely on ASG for their positoid...
Fatigue and HIV
A recent study on fatigue and HIV places a lot of focus on depression and anxiety being causes, thus minimizing the assumed cause and effect of HIV on the body as well as the side effect of HIV medications. For me, fatigue has been a two decade battle. Often, I wave...
N’tnl Mag Looking For Sero-Disco (Poz/Neg) Couple
I got an email from a reporter who is looking for a serodiscordant couple to interview for a national magazine. If you don't know what a serodiscordant couple is, then you probably aren't the right person for this story. Basically, a serodiscordant- or "serodiverse"-...
Follow Me on Twitter, Here’s Why
shawndecker Scary moment w/ fudgesicle- stuck to my upper lip. Luckily @gwennbarringer was close by w/ water. Didn't lose any skin. Follow-up tweet: Pride? That's another story. Positively Yours, Shawn Watch, Friend and Follow me on: YouTube, Facebook and Twitter...
The Harry Potter Alliance
Are you a fan of Harry Potter? Well, you don't have to be to be a fan of the Harry Potter Alliance. And what exactly is that? Think the magic of the J.K. Rowling series, only applied to the real life issues we often hear about but feel powerless to do...
Happy Father’s Day
Love ya dad, you're the coolest.Positively Yours,Shawn
One Condoms Giving Away Free Music
My buddies over at One Condoms are celebrating their big splash in Target by giving away 1,000,000 free songs- I'm honored that Synthetic Division is among the bands whose music they will be sharing. To get your free song, simply do one of the following things via...