Steph, well there was the story about the man in Germany who had something injected into his bone marrow (? not sure of the details and I'm too lazy to look it up) that seems to have cured his HIV. So that's good news.

I guess they love me yelling my questions at them and calling each other 50 million times a day on the phone

You know, somewhere, there's a photo of some Buffistas at a table all online communicating with each other on their computers. Just sayin'

Anne's dining room, for one, and Lee's living room, for another. I remember those!

I remember a photo from SF2F that meets that description!

Oh thank god, my boss agrees that the person vexing me can fuck off.

It was a full bone marrow transplant that has removed signs of HIV from a patient. Great news, but not a large scale option for treatment.

Timelies all!

Mr. S is having a friend from school over for a playdate on Saturday. We need to clean a lot of things in the next few days.

The guy was being treated for Hodgkin's, which involved killing off his immune system and replacing it with new blood marrow -- and the donor had genes known to protect against HIV. So in order to get cured, he had to be nearly killed.

Here's a WashPost story that covers it much better than I can: [link]

Susan Butcher in the early 90s.

I have met her! Multiple times! She's so awesome. Were I more outdoorsy, I would have tried to follow in her footsteps.

Sheryl, I have avoided play dates at the house so far for just that reason.

Since there is zero chance of getting to see Captain Marvel this weekend, I picked up Ant Man and the Wasp at the library so that I'll at least be caught up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe when I do see it.

After failing hard at being social, I'm going to a live Dear Prudence podcast tonight, going to Captain Marvel tomorrow night, and Captain Marvel again on Saturday afternoon. This might be a bit Much.