Links and Frustration

Dear LORD....took me a good hour to figure out how to add links. I originally picked a template where links weren't listed. I changed THAT quick enough......and added some lovely friends to the list. Enjoy them......I DEMAND IT!

So there's a story in the Gay Chicago Magazine that starts like this......

ATLANTA, GA (AP) - Garry Wayne Carriker was a fourth-year medical student with a charming style that he worked to his advantage around the city’s bustling gay scene.
But just months after he would have graduated from Emory University Medical School, Carriker’s career is on hold as he sits in jail, awaiting trial on sex-crime charges that have put Atlanta’s gay community on edge.
His crime? Police say the 26-year-old knew he had the HIV virus but went ahead with unprotected consensual sex with another man without warning him. And then, when Carriker was released on bond in March, he was arrested on similar charges in a nearby county. Twice.

It goes on to discuss if in fact Mr. Carriker was maliciously doing this, how this case will be tried, and his partners' responsibility to ask about his status. (I'd link you to the story, but it doesn't go directly to the story...)

I admit, the first two paragraphs were not what I wanted to read first thing on the train (I usually do the patternless crossword puzzle, but the Chicago SunTimes was strangely absent from the newstand this morning..WTF?!). As I read the rest of the story, I didn't know what to think.

From my experience, I have dated someone who was positive. He told me this on our first date/make-out session. I will alway be touched and thankful for his honesty and frankness.

So, there are people out there hateful that they would knowingly infect another of their gay brethren?! I'm not so naive as to believe that someone wouldn't do that......I just have to fucking ask why they would.......

Messes with my mind, stirs the emotions, and makes me kinda want to punch a nun......

Anyway, that's that.
Have a great weekend.

Am I Really Doing This?

Well, finally I have taken the plunge into the world of Blogging. Some of you will find this more than humorous since I have not taken the plunge into getting in touch with the times and purchasing a cell phone. I know, I know.....HOW DO YOU EXIST, some might say? Well, that is another topic for another time.......

Why the title? I've been meaning to start this blog since early June. I started taking cholesterol medication at that time and was feeling VERY old. It was a tad frustrating and I didn't like it one damn bit. I mean the list of side effects that come with those prescription drugs cracks me up. And please Pharmaceutical companies, cover all your bases. At any given time on your product, I could be drowsy, dizzy, grumpy, constipated, not constipated, or my ass could fall off. Since then however, things are much better. I've even found someone in my office a good 16 years younger than me who's on the same medication. This should make me feel younger but then I am reminded that I am old enough to be her father and it's back to square one......

So here we are now. Let's see what happens.........and I'm not making any promises but I think this should be fun...........

(Bowing like the ancient English fop that I am) PLEASE....enjoy.