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Last Updated: 11/4/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 102
Sign: Aquarius

City: South Shore
Country: US
Signup Date: 4/8/2005

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Saturday, November 07, 2009 
Track Wreckard IX now up over at boneprint.com ,
Friday, October 30, 2009 

Psychologists often say a parent’s childhood influences can affect their adult life and/or how they parent their own children, good or bad, years later. Examples: a child of an alcoholic becoming an alcoholic or an abused child abusing his/her own children when an adult.
           
As the parent of a young girl, I think I may have inflicted my daughter with something that tormented me as a child.
           
My name is Denis. Most of the time, the name Denis is spelled Dennis. Growing up, I was never able to buy a name license plate for my bike. I was never able to buy plastic mugs, key chains, pencils, etc. sporting my name. You know those swivel stands, usually found in souvenir shops, loaded with pre-personalized items that often bring happiness to children? Well, those damn things only brought me disappointment and a grumpy face. Though I always searched for the elusive “Denis” item, I never found one.
           
I remember as a child my mother buying a “Dennis” bicycle license plate and altering the NN to look like N. Try as she did, the resulting N looked retarded and I refused to put it on my bike.
           
This may seem ridiculous to you, Bob, Tom, Mary, and Susan, but to me it was an annoyance that continues to haunt me to this day-yes, I still look.
           
Ladies and gentlemen, I have made the above true for my daughter, Reilly. The influence has become reality.
           
Before Reilly was born, my then wife and I settled on two names for our child and we agreed to pick the winning name after the birth. My name for the kid was Reilly and my wife’s choice was a “normal” name.
           
Though the final name was a joint decision, you really can not blame Reilly’s mother because her name is a “normal” name and I am sure she was unaware of my childhood trauma. Why did I choose a name guaranteeing Reilly a lack of pre-personalized novelty items?

  Along with their annual Fright Fest airing this Halloween weekend, AMC TV is hosting streaming versions of several cool, old school B horror movies; including the awesome Werewolves on Wheels!
  The weekend is here and it wishes to be harshly treated.

Sunday, October 18, 2009 
Accidentally - Poem, Gloom Cupboard #109
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 
Askew Reviews 14 is available and it looks mighty fine.
Buy a copy and it'll help you look better, smarter, and even sexier. Albeit with inky fingertips.
Saturday, September 19, 2009 
  Though I shant review it, Surveillance (stars Bill Pullman, directed by Jennifer Lynch) is a good movie.
  I did review The Medveds' latest CD.
  It is Friday.
Monday, September 14, 2009 

Track Wreckard VIII :   boneprint.com

Friday, August 14, 2009 
   Here's a CD review of a band (and quick Q & A with its singer) that has made me realize should I ever start a band, it will be a rockabilly band.
   Don't fergit:
Deadline for Askew Reviews 14 is Aug 31, 2009!
   This here is funny.
   It is Friday. When yer done with work, deep six your computer, your cell, and all other little battery powered invasions of privacy...the only thing you should be looking at is the bottom of a glass, bottle, or can...and
my book, of course I'm right, and you know it.

Friday, July 31, 2009 
  Book Review
  I'll be setting a new deadline for Askew Reviews 14 next week. 
  It is time. It is Friday.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 
Bone Print Press

Cheerios,
Denis
Friday, July 10, 2009 
   I know I’ve been slacking with this site (askewreviews.com) and that’s because I’ve been slacking with this site. No excuses. However, wheels are turning in the background concerning several things so I haven’t been all that much of a lazy sod. Really.
   I often wonder if someone who has said to themselves “Feet don’t fail me now” before fleeing an uncomfortable scene has felt the sting of disappointment by having their feet fail them at that particular moment in time, and blamed their feet.
Book Review
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CD Review.
DVD Review.
  It is Friday. Now go away.