Sunday Stuff - September 25th, 2011

Discover this week's weird search query: 'razib khan hiv' and find out why it's trending! HIV negative insights included.

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I don't really enjoy reading past posts on this weblog (I said too much stupid stuff), and I haven't been following comments too closely. So I'm going to skip those for now. 1) Weird search query of the week: "razib khan hiv." Last I checked I am HIV negative. 2 Your weekly fluff fix:

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