Kenn Chaplin, a Canadian living near Montreal, was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 and has since weathered various AIDS-related illnesses, depression, and a recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder. What was meant to be a letter to a dying friend in 1993 is now a weekly blog that encompasses Chaplin’s retrospective struggles with coming out about his HIV-positive status, dealing with AIDS and the life-threatening illnesses and depression that followed, as well as his current thoughts on certain policies, treatments, and research. Besides blogging about HIV/AIDS, Chaplin discusses his favorite music and poetry as well as other political spheres, such as environmentalism.