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Edited the journal Vision? Nary!, of which MAXIMUMROCK'N'ROLL said:
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 "His perversions are oddly analytical."
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	Rhyme or Treason 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Scenic Cesspools & other indignities 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perils of Time Travel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A David Raffin Sampler 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Man is not the only animal known to practice cannibalism. He is, however, the only animal capable of arranging it on a plate so it is pleasing to the eye.”

The adage ‘It’s only fun until someone loses an eye’ isn’t true...
The fun quotient is exactly the same- your viewpoint is skewed.”
― David Raffin, Rhyme or Treason

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“You keep the title of 'president' even if you served only one term. The same goes for rapists.”
― Christy Leigh Stewart

tags: funny-and-random, president, rape, title

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“It is terrifying how much of this deeply unkind, utterly pointless, in fact, mind-bogglingly COUNTERPRODUCTIVE kind of behaviour was meted out to children over the centuries by half-witted, power-crazed zombies like this heinous old bat—a large proportion of such psychopaths allegedly acting in the name of an all-loving God.”
― John Cleese, So, Anyway...

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