I propose that $5 be added to the $700,000,000,000 to help me out some losses I suffered this evening at the hands of friends. Or, I should probably say, the hands of the hands of friends. Yes, I was on the losing end of a night of low-stakes poker. I know it's a...
HIV/AIDS
True Babies
Went in to see Dr. Greg today, and my t-cell count was 483 (26%), which is pretty much the same as it has been for the last year or so: good news. Going in to draw the labs a couple of days before was kind of a waste of time, since the viral load test hadn't come back...
Paging Dr. Larry Kramer
Am trying to catch up on everything that happened at the International AIDS Conference last week while staying on top of Olympic badminton... man, those guys are fast. In regard to HIV/AIDS, I noticed an article written by Tim Horn, which addresses why a lot of...
Why I Love the Olympics
My last fake outrage post about the Olympics has been haunting me- especially since I've been watching the Games every night before I go to bed. How can you not cheer for that swimming dude who has inspired a nation to believe? No, not Phelps- I'm referencing the...
Meet River the Cat
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Every two years this happens, and what will come out of the week-long meetings and exchanging of information? In the last few days, news about HIV/AIDS has been a mixed catnip bag....
The Last Lecture
Late last night, Gwenn and I watched a Primetime special on Randy Pausch, a college professor who inspired millions of people with his words. Randy passed from pancreatic cancer this year, and here's a clip of his famous "Last Lecture" from September of 2007. "If I...
Sean Strub on Jesse Helms
Sean Strub, founder of Poz Magazine and overall badass, has written about the passing of Jesse Helms over at the Huffington Post. Check it out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-strub/condomizing-jesse-helms-h_b_113329.html Sean shares an incredible story about an...
National HIV Testing Day (and Hulk Hogan)
This Friday is National HIV Testing Day. People should know their status, but every year I fall into the same trap... I wake up, take a shower, and head out for a test, hoping against hope for a negative result. It's kind of like Charlie Brown trying to kick that...
Walking (and rocking) Across the Country
One of the perks of speaking out about HIV is that it's given me the opportunity to see most of the United States over the last ten years. My friends in Bella Morte have said the same thing about being in their band. Fortunately for me, I don't have to ride in the van...
Pedro Zamora
Pedro Zamora was 22 when he passed to spirit in November of 1994. He'd already gone public with his HIV status before he joined the cast of MTV's reality show, The Real World. Still living with my parents, having just turned 19, I watched that show, and ate up every...