Dates are the only job interviews I’ve ever failed
Time for 800 word date application letters? Professionally, I’ve been lucky. Very lucky, even. Every time I have been to a job interview, I’ve been offered the job. Having just written that, I bet I...
View ArticleDiagnosis: one of the happiest days of my life
Something, something, silver lining. Diagnosis: more than HIV in my blood You know what I realise I haven’t done yet? The compulsory seen-everywhere-else “My diagnosis” blog entry. Duh, I should have...
View Article(Not) coming out of the HIV closet…
Not every BBC News headline is newsworthy. Close the door behind you. Quietly… This week we learnt that Tom Daley is in a relationship with a man. I say « learnt », you know what I mean. On that...
View ArticleDating irony: more than meets the I.
Hello darkness, my old friend. It needs not be one OR the other Recently, I was dating. Should Pope Francis take credit for it, that’s 1 out of 3 divine interventions sorted for his canonisation....
View ArticleThe least secret secret.
How to survive a plague?… No, not HIV… No wayyyyyy! A few weeks ago I spent the afternoon with friends. It was a bright sunny day in London, the first/last one for a while so, you know, any excuse to...
View ArticleAnd then there was blood. Mine. On his face.
A few posts ago I wrote, confidently: But, practically speaking, even though it sounds like a hell of an evening, when do relationship/sex EVER involve smearing blood? (I’ll happily admit I haven’t...
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