What if you had to live with HIV/AIDS for one whole week?
What if you had to live with HIV/AIDS for the rest of your life?
HIV-P.O.V. Week at Randy Boyd’s Blocks. See life from the point of view of someone living with HIV/AIDS for more than half his life.
He’s my buddy, my constant companion, my dog. He’s also taught me some very important lessons in life, one of them being: when in doubt, pet the dog.
When In Doubt, Pet the Dog, a periodic memoir or column or blog journal thingy, now and forever at Randy Boyd’s Blocks.
Answer: His four novels have been nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards, including his latest release, Walt Loves the Bearcat, a story of love, football and some very potent daydreams.
Question: Who is Randy Boyd?
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Got scary diagnosis? Have fear. It’s only natural. Then press pause and realize: you have a choice. You can start dreaming your worst, as in your worst nightmares, or you can start dreaming your best, as in good dreams do come true. Need proof? Check out the Most Important Thing AIDS Has Taught Me.
Here a tax, there a tax. Big government is forever a-taxing us. Utilities. Income. Sales. Property. State. Local. Everywhere a tax, tax.
Moreover, “BG” is forever telling us what we can and cannot do, where we can do it, and where we better not even think about doing it.
So many tax dollars, so much authority. And they can’t even get it right each and every time. Is it really worth all the red tape? Judge for yourself the Sins of Big Government.
What kind of athlete is my dog most like? Find out how Boomer’s Got Skills.
Then there’s his smelling powers, especially when another dog comes sniffing around. That’s when Boomer Nose Best.
Then there’s all the things Boomer teaches me, like “When In Doubt, Feed the Dog” Is Good, Too.
Gotta love the dog. It’s When In Doubt, Pet the Dog Week, a special celebration of When In Doubt, Pet the Dog, the periodic column or memoir or blog journal thingy, now and forever at Randy Boyd’s Blocks.
How does a young black boy from Indiana wind up cheering for both USC and UCLA? Without any previous cheerleading experience?
He has an older sister who teaches him how to be a cheerleader at age seven. Then he practices, practices, practices, if only in his mind.
Whatever happened to that black male cheerleader who once cheered for the Trojans, then the Bruins? He’s blogging about it now in Cheer Up.
“Canadians possessed an inner peace most Americans didn’t. Canadians weren’t always looking over their shoulder, or glancing sideways, or through you.
“They had ambition but weren’t power-hungry. They enjoyed modern comforts but not to the point of obsession. Canada was like America with the edge taken off.”
—from Walt Loves the Bearcat
by Randy Boyd
A Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Romance
“Warm-spirited … resonates with soulful queries into the nature of love and life.” Bay Area Reporter
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Someday I’m gonna die, just like every descendant of the great apes before me. I’m not that good. I got skillz, but believe me, I know I’m gonna die.
What am I leaving behind? My books, my blogs, my words, my images, my legacy. That way, I’ll still be here, long after Life After Me.
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