http://blogs.poz.com/joe/ (a.k.a. "Killfoile" in our Community Forums) en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:21:36 -0500 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:47:23 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I wanted to post this in the forums, but I thought it might just be a little too touchy of a subject for some of the newer members, so instead, I will share my thoughts here and if someone wants... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/12/what_might_your.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/12/what_might_your.html Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:21:36 -0500 To say the past few years have been a nightmare would be under-statement to the nth degree. We live in south Florida and over the past three years, the following has happened. Seven hurricanes in two years, with four hitting... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/11/from_failure_to.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/11/from_failure_to.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:18:13 -0500 Sorry, for the dearth of posts in the last few months, but you know how it can be. I wanted to share the following with everyone, especially those people who do not believe that homophobia and hatred for gay and... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/09/propagating_the.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/09/propagating_the.html Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:12:01 -0500 One dear cost of indifference: is that too many people stood by as crack devastated parts of the black community and again we simply look askance at the devastation of Tina on the middle-class gay community. While it is ultimately... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/more_random_tho.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/more_random_tho.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:36:57 -0500 I am unsure of how this entry is going to unfold because I feel that my “Rounds” entry has laid some foundation and so I would like to build upon it. It is my hope that you will start to... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/come_out_come_o.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/come_out_come_o.html Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:00:21 -0500 As a Long-Term Survivor living with HIV, I often get asked what the secret is to living with HIV. Of course there is no one answer, but there are options and which ones you use, can have a marked effect... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/how_much_are_yo.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/how_much_are_yo.html Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:32:18 -0500 There are few things so powerful in life, as when someone is able to conceive of a story, that they word smith into a book worthy of publishing. I cannot imagine the drive and determination required, as well as the... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/an_author_in_th.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2007/04/an_author_in_th.html Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:51:22 -0500 As we consider ways of broadening our HIV prevention strategy, we need to start thinking outside of the box and that includes expanding the number of health care workers, regardless of their background, but rather based on their place within... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/12/in_many_parts_o.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/12/in_many_parts_o.html Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:38:54 -0500 As HIV infection rates continue to rise in many countries and we search for ways to reduce that rate, I am amazed that nobody is pressing harder for changes, but not changes in prevention messages, but real change on a... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/want_to_serious.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/want_to_serious.html Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:59:33 -0500 The year is 1985, the city is Detroit and I am about to start my “rounds.” I enter the hospital and proceed to the floor that is often referred to as “the morgue”. The walls are a putrid green (think... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/rounds.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/rounds.html Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:41:20 -0500 They started a new HIV prevention campaign in Los Angeles that included posters that said “HIV is a gay disease”. While I understand the need to reawaken the Gay community about HIV, I believe this type of campaign just fosters... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/why_hiv_must_no.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/11/why_hiv_must_no.html Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:08:30 -0500 Sometimes fate can present issues that challenge us to our core. When a confluence of events occurs and the result falls somewhere between scared shitless to insanity. It would appear that my stars have crossed because I am teetering on... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/09/what_if.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/09/what_if.html Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:09:42 -0500 I live in an area that has a very large population of HIV positive men and many of them are also gay. This community supports a few ASOs, charities, newspapers, and establishments and meets the needs of the poz population... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/09/tolerance_for_h.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/09/tolerance_for_h.html Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:24:34 -0500 Of all the strangest issues surrounding HIV, I find none as perplexing as those who feel that HIV is somehow is a gift. Now my understanding of a gift, is something you give to another, to make that person feel... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/08/if_hiv_is_a_gif.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/08/if_hiv_is_a_gif.html Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:07:46 -0500 My initial thought was to write an entry, that would honor our fallen and serve as a gentle reminder of acknowledging all of those we have lost to this disease. I considered recollecting some of the beautiful people I have... http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/06/remembering.html http://blogs.poz.com/joe/archives/2006/06/remembering.html Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:57:46 -0500