Dinner

A cold, rainy day in Melbourne.

Dinner.
Tasty burgers from South Melbourne market with
olive dip
home-grown sliced, boiled beetroot
home-grown onion
home-grown silverbeet, with beetroot leaves

Birmingham

An unavoidable visit to Birmingham, Alabama coming up.

Looked on Lonely Planet's website and the #1 attraction is the local franchise of a chain of rib restaurants.

Worth re-posting - best blog correction ever

Courtesy of popbitch see:

http://www.tbd.com/blogs/amanda-hess/2010/10/hiv-positive-black-gay-men-to-get-the-bayard-rustin-project-a-district-campaign-against-aids-2873.html

From the blog -

Amanda Hess: sex and gender at work, in bed and on the street

This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV positive. In fact, the statistic applies to black men who have sex with men. Also, the photo caption incorrectly attributed Bayard Rustin's photo to "Wikipedia Commons." The correct title is "Wikimedia Commons."

HIV/AIDS-positive black gay men to get the Bayard Rustin Project, a District campaign against AIDS
October 8, 2010 - 02:00 PM

Last month, the Centers for Disease Control released new figures charting the HIV epidemic among black, gay men in D.C. The figures are grim: One in three black men who have sex with men in the District is HIV-positive, and infections among young black men are higher than any other group.