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My Heart is Breaking It's a sad truth that almost every gay man has a close friend who has either contracted HIV, or died as a result of AIDS. Until today, I was an exception to this truth. I know that people with HIV…
- 6/30/2005 6:03:03 PM
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Retirement Livin' Well, I have both time and energy this afternoon/evening. Ordinarily, if I had this much time and energy, I'd have rushed to the gym to work toward Beefcake status. However, I'm cooking tonight, so I…
- 6/28/2005 8:07:30 PM
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Wowsers Gracious! It's been nearly a week since I posted here! What madness! But, the new job definitely drains me. Having to wake up at 4:30 in the morning is not, in fact, cute. And every morning, my first thou…
- 6/27/2005 11:25:22 PM
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Ugh Not really much to say about the job. They seem pleased. I'm not pleased with the commute. When I'm at work, I'm not bothered by it, and maybe even enjoy it. But going to and coming from? I'm a hater...I really…
- 6/21/2005 7:30:31 PM
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Musings There's a reasonable risk that this may be rambling. I realize that it's totally unfair of me, but I don't really want to draw a lot of attention to the fact that I have a job now. While I realize that lots of…
- 6/19/2005 10:36:53 PM
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Oh, Terrif A friend sent me a gift card to Borders for my birthday. I don't mind that it arrived two weeks after the fact. Not at all. It's been a LONG time since someone's given me a Borders gift card. Of course, i…
- 6/18/2005 12:16:57 AM
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AT LONG LAST! After seven and a half terrifying months of unemployment, I will be starting my new job on Monday, June 20!!! I will be making about $3500 less (annually, of course) than I was making at my last job. But…
- 6/16/2005 5:30:19 PM
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Drawing To a Close Well, by the end of this week, I should hear from both of the places with which I've interviewed in the past couple weeks. One has all but told me that I have the job, so that's promising. The downs…
- 6/15/2005 5:40:17 PM
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This Will Be Boring I realize, of course, that many past posts have probably also been boring. But at least I'm acknowledging that this one is dull. I really have nothing to report, see. I took a good long look at th…
- 6/13/2005 4:44:49 PM
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Um...Ouch. Those of you who love my stories will probably get a kick out of this one. Last night, a friend invited me to dinner at his place. I debated it for a little bit, because I had just made my excellent chicken…
- 6/9/2005 11:53:24 AM
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Beach Boi So, a couple days ago, my pharmacist (Paul) mentioned that he went for a jog, and ended up at Hollywood Beach. Hollywood Beach is the "gay beach" on Lake Michigan in Chicago, and is one block from my apartmen…
- 6/7/2005 3:22:19 PM
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A Mystery Explained! So, I was having a chat earlier with someone, and mentioned how I was mystified that so many Republicans seemed to have lesbian daughters, but not gay sons. She said, "Oh, that's easy. If you live…
- 6/6/2005 8:57:57 PM
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Oh, Whatever! On IM: ME: I'm debating giving it [the toilet paper] to a food pantry.My mother: no, don't do that!ME: why not?ME: I'm not going to sell it on e-bay, and it'll probably be a year or two before I ever have…
- 6/3/2005 11:18:21 PM
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Why Do The Packages Always Feature Pictures of Babies? Yesterday, my grandmother asked if I'd received her package yet. I was mildly confused. Usually she sends a check for my birthday. Which is actually my preferenc…
- 6/3/2005 6:20:39 PM
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What's More... Now I've gone and dreamt that I met Teresa Heinz Kerry. Not sure what's up with all the politicos lately. I don't even pay that much attention to politics in odd-numbered years, unless one of my "pet is…
- 6/3/2005 5:46:32 PM
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Not That Bad... So, I was in a pretty bum mood this morning when I was naming senators and governors (by the way, I can name 11 governors now. No, I didn't look anybody up). But the day has turned around a bit. I for…
- 6/3/2005 12:18:31 AM
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Yeah, It's That Exciting So, I woke up from a dream in which I met both my senators (Richard Durbin & Barack Obama) on a bus. Therefore, I gave myself a pop quiz, to see how many senators I could name. 46. Howeve…
- 6/2/2005 9:56:38 AM
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Happy Birthday to Me It’s that time again! Every year on my birthday, I follow a tradition of sending an e-mail to almost all my friends, recapping the year in my own inimitable style. I also post it here. This is a …
- 6/2/2005 1:00:58 AM
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Endorphines Make You Happy Or so they say. I just got back from the gym. It wasn't quite as good a work out as I had Friday or Monday, but it's still good. I've definitely kicked up my cardio training a couple notche…
- 6/1/2005 8:10:39 PM
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