I had a little tally of "sick days" for this year going on the blog in super small font- so small it seems to have disappeared on me. Oh well, if I knowingly off'd it, then all the better, especially since this year has- thankfully- been good to me healthwise. Last...
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Mad Men Hilarity
Thanks for all the messages on Facebook, email, twitter, cyberverse regarding yesterday's blog post. I've been feeling much better the last couple of weeks and am glad I posted about what's been going on. Since I'm writing about all things personal, I felt compelled...
Back to the Future Day?
I hope everyone had a great day celebrating the 4th of July. I won't lie, I had some beers and a veggie dog (Gwenn and a majority of my friends are vegetarians) and a real dog (I'm still 15% meateater) and then started a week on HIV meds before going to bed. Why HIV...
Sack-Tapping Futbol Fun
Gonna keep this entry light and nimble on the type front. I know "athlete" doesn't come to mind when you think of me, so I won't bore you with the details of my awesome farm league baseball career or my recent tennis injury (okay, I will, it's a slightly sprained...
(b)Lab Results and Killer Books
A couple of weeks ago I went in for my every-four month labs to see what's cookin' with my pet virus. Good news: my t-cells are 511 (28%) and the viral load was less than 48 copies, which is near nothing. That's pretty much the same as they were in June,...
Veteran’s Day: The Truth About Gays in the Military?
The Onion has done it again. They've peeled back the rhetoric to examine- in a comedic manner- why there is a ban on gays in the military. Perhaps it's love for, and not fear of, gays that is the culprit?Allow the fake general to explain. Happy Veteran's...
The Breakfast Club Game
The passing of John Hughes is my Michael Jackson moment. In my opinion, three weeks of full-on news coverage of his death would be appropriate. I want to see Long Duk Dong on CNN explaining how Mr. Hughes brought attention to the slave trade/foreign...
Dear Dave: Well Wishes From Make-A-Wisher
The storied history of my Make-A-Wish Foundation encounter with Depeche Mode at age 14 has been well documented on this blog, yet the picture is too cool not to post every time I reference this proud moment in my life. That's me in the white hat- you can't see it, but...
Hemo2Homo Connection: Bruno
BRUNO REVIEW HOMO: I know why you wanted to see this. Big homosexual terrorizes the public at large! It's because you thought it was a horror film -- "Saw" for straight men. HEMO: Actually I thought Bruno was the a wrestling biopic for Bruno Sammartino. When I found...
A Weekend of “RedempShawn”
It's been a full week since I got sick. Have I been to the doctor? No, but don't worry, this isn't a Perez Hilton situation. "God, I'm bleeding! I should call the police!" I have a viral infection, not bacterial, which means the only thing I'd get at the hospital...