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You ate Maryland? I've been expecting a post like this, I just always assumed it'd come from Colin!

I'll be the first to admit that back then, before we knew it could kill you, I had lots of unprotected sex. Some stereotypes are based in truth, and sex was rampant. I can't ever remember hearing another gay man say "we should slow down". Sex was fun, and there were many days that I had multiple sex partners. I still am not sure why I was spared, and I've asked myself that question hundreds of times. My best guess is that because I'm 100% top, the risk was less for me. We also know now that some people are immune. My understanding is that the virus attaches to the two docking receptors of the White blood cells, and a small percentage of people have the defect of only having one receptor on their White blood cells, and therefore the virus can't attach. Maybe Antonio can confirm or refute my version of facts, but I've wondered if I may be one of those people. Luck just doesn't seem to be a possibility, because I had lots of unprotected sex! More than many that died. I'll probably never know the answer, but it does haunt me at times. It's not that I'm not grateful, I am. But I'd also like to know why. Episode 3 is on tonight, and it'll be sad, so I'll try to keep from posting afterward. Love you guys!

It is sad, but I know I'm a better person for going through it. And even though many (Jerry fucking Falwell) tried to use the events to spread their hate, in the long run it backfired. Love and compassion won out, and many more stand behind us than ever have before. I thank you guys for all the hugs! And I'm fine, just taking a walk through the past. We have vets here that have been through much worse, and I can only imagine what they live through.

Steve's finger approves!!!

They were two really great guys, outcast by their families, as so many gays were. My Mom became their surrogate Mom, and we were an alternative family unit. They were beautiful, caring young men. They were 23 and 24 years of age when they were taken. I often wonder who they might be today, if they had lived. Sometimes I feel that I've not done enough with my life to honor them. But I'm still here, slowly plugging away, and I know that they'd tell me that's enough. One thing I know for sure, they'd have loved you guys!

Have a fantastic day Craig!

I can vividly remember expecting to get sick at any moment, then the incredible guilt when I didn't. My Mom begged me not to visit my friends in the hospital, because we had no idea how you caught it. I know she had it rough too. Then Reagan refused to help at all. I still honestly believe that administration was hoping we'd all just die. As flawed as they might have been, my heroes are still Elton and Liz. They seemed to be the only ones who cared enough to do anything. It was terrible, but it did bring us together in a way that never could have happened otherwise. I never want to forget that. My two best friends were a couple. I had rented a room from them for at one point. They died within a few months of each other. I miss them all the time. RIP Kelly and Dana.

Episode 2 brought back so many memories of that terrible period of time. It was scary as all hell! 11 of my friends died of AIDS. It really did seem to be the end of the world.

Ah, When We Rise...Got it now. I'm a little slow tonight.

Huh?

Sounds good. I have a good BBQ place nearby, but their sides absolutely suck. Don't think I'd find baked beans anywhere near here though.

One needs to have tried one before making that conclusion.

Pretty cool. That's a fair price.

How could I not watch it.

Ah yes, cornbread and burgers. Can't count the times I've had the same. They go together like Fred and Ginger, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Brent and Colin...

He also uses his to break nipples. HE"S A NIPPLE BREAKER!

Look a bit closer, low, between the strings. It's part of my "Oversized" collection of instruments. You should see the TICE flute!

This is a bass... This is a bass guitar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

Maybe Lance will lunge at her?

I thought season 1 was awesome!

What's a few dollars between friends?

Well, you don't need legs to play the guitar well, but I thought he was still in prison for killing his GF?

And what did your family have?

He had no choice. You can't buy a pen filled with blood.