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    <updated>2009-07-02T07:42:52Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Shawn Decker, contributing writer for POZ</subtitle>
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    <title>Read My Column in Poz, Cute YouTube Video</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2097</id>

    <published>2009-07-02T07:05:42Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-02T07:42:52Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The best part about being sick for a week was writing.&nbsp; I blogged every day last week!&nbsp; So, really, if your reading this and wishing me well, you might have to decide whether your care for my well-being as a...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[The best part about being sick for a week was writing.&nbsp; I blogged every day last week!&nbsp; So, really, if your reading this and wishing me well, you might have to decide whether your care for my well-being as a...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Feeling Better, Finally!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2093</id>

    <published>2009-07-01T07:30:47Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-01T07:51:49Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Sunday I started feeling better, and it wasn't because I woke up feeling like a winner for picking a winner in Caressa Cameron for Miss Virginia, photographed here by the lovely and talented Julius Tolentino.&nbsp; (Caitlin Uze, also in my...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Sunday I started feeling better, and it wasn't because I woke up feeling like a winner for picking a winner in Caressa Cameron for Miss Virginia, photographed here by the lovely and talented Julius Tolentino.&nbsp; (Caitlin Uze, also in my...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>A Weekend of &quot;RedempShawn&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2088</id>

    <published>2009-06-27T21:45:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-27T22:23:44Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[It's been a full week since I got sick.&nbsp; Have I been to the doctor?&nbsp; No, but don't worry, this isn't a Perez Hilton situation.&nbsp; "God, I'm bleeding!&nbsp; I should call the police!"&nbsp; I have a viral infection, not bacterial,...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
        <uri>http://www.mypetvirus.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[It's been a full week since I got sick.&nbsp; Have I been to the doctor?&nbsp; No, but don't worry, this isn't a Perez Hilton situation.&nbsp; "God, I'm bleeding!&nbsp; I should call the police!"&nbsp; I have a viral infection, not bacterial,...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Tomorrow is National HIV Testing Day</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2086</id>

    <published>2009-06-26T23:39:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-26T23:43:16Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Tomorrow is National HIV Testing Day.&nbsp; Don't be an "Unknown"- know your HIV status. TKNO (The Know Now Organization) comes to you and provides discreet HIV testing. Check them out, and follow them on Twitter @TKNO. Positively Yours, Shawn...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[ Tomorrow is National HIV Testing Day.&nbsp; Don't be an "Unknown"- know your HIV status. TKNO (The Know Now Organization) comes to you and provides discreet HIV testing. Check them out, and follow them on Twitter @TKNO. Positively Yours, Shawn...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Michael Jackson&apos;s History with AIDS</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2085</id>

    <published>2009-06-26T07:30:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-26T08:14:41Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I didn't mean for the title of this blog to be misleading.&nbsp; Michael Jackson did not have AIDS.&nbsp; But I didn't want to not blog about what everyone will be talking about today.&nbsp; Yes, today I am a follower.I've always...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[I didn't mean for the title of this blog to be misleading.&nbsp; Michael Jackson did not have AIDS.&nbsp; But I didn't want to not blog about what everyone will be talking about today.&nbsp; Yes, today I am a follower.I've always...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>AIDS Bear Weighs In on Teen Vogue</title>
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    <published>2009-06-25T18:43:10Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-25T19:02:23Z</updated>

    <summary>Impassioned response to yesterday&apos;s blog about Teen Vogue wasn&apos;t limited to humans. Check out what Dab the AIDS Bear had to say about it. &quot;It is unbearable to think with the number of young people testing HIV positive in the...</summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        Impassioned response to yesterday&apos;s blog about Teen Vogue wasn&apos;t limited to humans. Check out what Dab the AIDS Bear had to say about it. &quot;It is unbearable to think with the number of young people testing HIV positive in the...
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<entry>
    <title>Teen Vogue Rejects &quot;Condom&quot; Ad</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2080</id>

    <published>2009-06-24T05:48:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-25T02:40:54Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Moving along from fake scandals (previous blog entry) to real ones.&nbsp; Just in case you don't know, Just In Case, Inc. is a company that provides cool little discreet condom carrying cases.&nbsp; "Intimacy Compacts for Women" is how they describe...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[Moving along from fake scandals (previous blog entry) to real ones.&nbsp; Just in case you don't know, Just In Case, Inc. is a company that provides cool little discreet condom carrying cases.&nbsp; "Intimacy Compacts for Women" is how they describe...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Decker&apos;s Daily Sex Scandal</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2079</id>

    <published>2009-06-23T08:47:06Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-23T09:04:29Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Have been feeling a bit under the weather since Saturday.&nbsp; A little wispy cough finally turned into something, one of those nasal drip deals; bad in the morning because all night long your throat gets coated with snot.Yummy.The hardest part...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
        <uri>http://www.mypetvirus.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Have been feeling a bit under the weather since Saturday.&nbsp; A little wispy cough finally turned into something, one of those nasal drip deals; bad in the morning because all night long your throat gets coated with snot.Yummy.The hardest part...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Synthetic Division HIV Benefit Show</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2075</id>

    <published>2009-06-22T09:26:05Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-22T19:49:03Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I'm very excited to be playing another show with my synthpop duo-now-trio, Synthetic Division.&nbsp; Not only that, it's a benefit for the AIDS Walk Washington DC, which Gwenn and I will be walking in with Team Supersnack in October.Here's a...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[I'm very excited to be playing another show with my synthpop duo-now-trio, Synthetic Division.&nbsp; Not only that, it's a benefit for the AIDS Walk Washington DC, which Gwenn and I will be walking in with Team Supersnack in October.Here's a...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Happy Father&apos;s Day</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/archives/2009/06/happy_fathers_day.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2073</id>

    <published>2009-06-21T21:08:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-21T21:25:09Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Thank you, Dad. For giving me the athletic genetics that offset hemophilia, thus giving me the ability to crush my opponents.&nbsp; Here's a pic of my father in the 1970's, doing damage on the bowling lanes. My dad is...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
        <uri>http://www.mypetvirus.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[ Thank you, Dad. For giving me the athletic genetics that offset hemophilia, thus giving me the ability to crush my opponents.&nbsp; Here's a pic of my father in the 1970's, doing damage on the bowling lanes. My dad is...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Recent Live Events</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2067</id>

    <published>2009-06-17T08:20:35Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-17T08:37:21Z</updated>

    <summary> Quick blog. Here&apos;s a couple of places I&apos;ve been recently. For a birthday gift, my parents bought Gwenn tickets to see her favorite band, No Doubt, who happen to be one of my faves, too. Here&apos;s how No Doubt...</summary>
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         Quick blog. Here&apos;s a couple of places I&apos;ve been recently. For a birthday gift, my parents bought Gwenn tickets to see her favorite band, No Doubt, who happen to be one of my faves, too. Here&apos;s how No Doubt...
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<entry>
    <title>Competitive Anger Management</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/archives/2009/06/competitive_anger_ma.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2065</id>

    <published>2009-06-16T17:52:07Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-16T18:10:53Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Last night I went to pool league, and obtained my championship mug.&nbsp; For the second season in a row, the 8-man 8-Ball team I play on- The Overlords- have been the points leaders in Charlottesville.&nbsp; I couldn't believe I haven't...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
        <uri>http://www.mypetvirus.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Last night I went to pool league, and obtained my championship mug.&nbsp; For the second season in a row, the 8-man 8-Ball team I play on- The Overlords- have been the points leaders in Charlottesville.&nbsp; I couldn't believe I haven't...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>HIV Positive Athletes </title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/archives/2009/06/hiv_positive_athlete.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2064</id>

    <published>2009-06-15T08:22:41Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-15T09:16:57Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[A lot of people know I'm HIV positive.&nbsp; In fact, it's kind of my calling card.&nbsp; I'm funny dude with AIDS who cracks jokes at his own expense.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong, it's a good gig.&nbsp; Here's a little real...]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[A lot of people know I'm HIV positive.&nbsp; In fact, it's kind of my calling card.&nbsp; I'm funny dude with AIDS who cracks jokes at his own expense.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong, it's a good gig.&nbsp; Here's a little real...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>More Porn Stars Are Positive</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/archives/2009/06/more_porn_stars_are.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2061</id>

    <published>2009-06-13T19:54:34Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-13T20:13:03Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Yesterday it was announced that at least 16 porn stars have tested positive since 2004, which brings the total to 22 over the last five years.&nbsp; Unlike me, in high school and college Gwenn went beyond Algebra I pt....]]></summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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        <![CDATA[ Yesterday it was announced that at least 16 porn stars have tested positive since 2004, which brings the total to 22 over the last five years.&nbsp; Unlike me, in high school and college Gwenn went beyond Algebra I pt....]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Porn Star Tests Positive for HIV</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/archives/2009/06/porn_star_tests_hiv.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/shawn//14.2059</id>

    <published>2009-06-12T09:03:25Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-12T09:24:34Z</updated>

    <summary> A female pornstar has tested positive for HIV, which brings back memories from 2004 when a male performer tested positive and shut the entire industry down amidst safety concerns. In actuality, the adult film industry as a hole- er,...</summary>
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        <name>Shawn Decker</name>
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         A female pornstar has tested positive for HIV, which brings back memories from 2004 when a male performer tested positive and shut the entire industry down amidst safety concerns. In actuality, the adult film industry as a hole- er,...
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