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Things I learned surfing the Internet this evening

Posted on January 13, 2009 | 11 comments |

  1. Mark Lamarr has not disappeared from the world altogether, but currently hosts a Radio 2 music show on Thursdays.
  2. In its January 1988 issue, Cosmopolitan ran a feature claiming that women had almost no reason to worry about contracting HIV. that unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man did not put women at risk of infection, and went on to state that "most heterosexuals are not at risk" and that it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.
  3. Safety Catch is being turned into a TV show

11 Comments

  1. Dan wrote:
    January 13, 2009 | Reply

    THIS is why you should never read Cosmo, Rob. Stolen glances of the cover girl as you reach for Guns n' Ammo in Smiths. Nothing more.

  2. Persephone wrote:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    It was a psychiatrist named Robert Gould writing the article and he said "There is almost no danger of contracting AIDS through ordinary sexual intercourse." He apparently meant vaginal versus anal intercourse and as far as I can see, didn't specify the missionary position. According to Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS by Carole A. Campbell, he based his information ". . . on his own studies, on published reports on AIDS, discussions with virologists, and visits to hospitals." He seemed to be convinced that vaginal sex that didn't result in lacerations or abrasions between partners without lesions or lacerations was safe.
    He was wrong, of course, but it's not quite as simplistic as Wikipedia makes out.

  3. MediumRob MT replied to Dan's comment:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    "THIS is why you should never read Cosmo, Rob. Stolen glances of the cover girl as you reach for Guns n' Ammo in Smiths. Nothing more."

    Ah, but if I don't read it, how will I know how to accessorise my Desert Eagle 50 cal?

  4. MediumRob MT replied to Persephone's comment:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    "It's not quite as simplistic as Wikipedia makes out."

    You can always update Wikipedia if you disagree ;-)

  5. Andrea wrote:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    Great, another terrible sitcom - at least unless it's vastly improved from the radio version.

  6. Persephone replied to MediumRob's comment:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    "It's not quite as simplistic as Wikipedia makes out."You can always update Wikipedia if you disagree ;-)" Every time I look at the rules for posting at Wikipedia, my head aches. I think the point is that Wikipedia can be a good starting point for information, but, like anything one reads on the internet or elsewhere, needs to be approached with a questioning mind.

  7. MediumRob MT replied to Persephone's comment:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    Or that if you know better, you should correct it so it becomes better too. I remember editing the Ioan Gruffudd entry a while back (on behalf of my wife) and it taking just a couple of seconds really.

  8. MediumRob MT replied to Andrea's comment:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    I quite liked Safety Catch

  9. Joe Bua wrote:
    January 14, 2009 | Reply

    Amazing how much HIV misinformation there was at the time.

    And even earlier it was so much worse. In NYC in 88 when I was just coming out for real it was horrifyingly scary to be single and gay.

    And now at 50, I feel like I have "timed out" of the dating scene.

    That's why I write a blog about all the TV I watch.

  10. Persephone replied to MediumRob's comment:
    January 15, 2009 | Reply

    . . .I remember editing the Ioan Gruffudd entry a while back (on behalf of my wife). . . . I don't want to scare you, Rob, but if you ever felt like sponsoring some sort of photo thing on Ioan Gruffudd (Yawning Ioan? Grinning Gruffudd?), I'd support it. Maybe not as faithfully as Sitting Tennant, but I'd be paying attention...

  1. MediumRob MT replied to Persephone's comment:
    January 15, 2009 | Reply

    "if you ever felt like sponsoring some sort of photo thing on Ioan Gruffudd (Yawning Ioan? Grinning Gruffudd?), I'd support it. Maybe not as faithfully as Sitting Tennant, but I'd be paying attention..."

    With extra points for captions in Welsh? If you can get two others to support you, it'll happen. We've already had a few Ioans here already if you do a search...

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