My Ode To Deano

[Ms_M]

Beautifully said, Andrew.

[belar]

Well done, Andrew.

[Ftloperry]

Perfectly said Andrew. Still can't believe we won't see him posting.....Deano was truly priceless and one in a million.

[Tito]

I have to say, when I used to be bored at work, 5 years ago, Dean and others made the day go by so much quicker...and made it entertaining. I wasn't posting back then, just lurking.

There are too many funny things Dean said or did. I probably forgot more than I remember, there were so many classic moments. Probably the last one I remember was Dean's dust up with Les (Neal's stepdad). LOL The way Dean blasted him was hysterical and Les coming back with one of my new favorite lines (which I now use often): "I like to buy you for what you know and sell you for what you think you know." This may have been the last great MR dust ups.

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

[Red13JoePa]

Once he quit cursing and boozing (for 2 whole days). I am on the blower throwing my usual array of f bombs his way and he goes "Dude stop cursing man! Fuck!"
Why?

"Because, choad! I gave that shit up, that and booze for a while!" 2 days later he was right back to it.

[jrnychick]

Very well-said, Andrew.

I haven't logged on here in a LONG time, but I felt the need to do so today when I saw JSS's facebook post about Dean. I never met Dean in person, and my dust-ups with him were few and far between. But I could tell that he had a deep love for his family and friends. I will pray for all who love him today.

[Liam]

Well said, Drew. The "Fuck you" at the end was priceless. EXACTLY what he would've said to any one of us.

[Michigan Girl]

Perfect ...

[Michigan Girl]

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

I never did. I remember him apologizing for calling me a bitch in a certain thread
and I was confused because he hadn't ...refresh, bam!! It made me LMAO!!
He then let me know that he couldn't let me get away w/slamming
his beloved wazzu, but he admired my spunk!!

[Marabelle]

I wished there had been time to say "so long". It seems lately people have just slipped out the door without a look over their shoulder or a wave of their hand as they departed. I will always remember Deano as he was to me; a kind and sweet funny man. I am sure he will dance amongst the stars and his thoughts and keen wit will flash through the Universe and down upon us as the blinding bright light of the Sun.

[mmberry301]

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

I never did. I remember him apologizing for calling me a bitch in a certain thread
and I was confused because he hadn't ...refresh, bam!! It made me LMAO!!
He then let me know that he couldn't let me get away w/slamming
his beloved wazzu, but he admired my spunk!!

LOL the only time he replied to one of my posts I got an FU.

I took it with a big laugh....he was only passionately defending what he believed to be true.
I respected that.

[YoungJRNY]

It didn't take long for me to run into Dean. Actually, it took "Posts: 1" for me to run into Deano. I start posting in 2006 as YoungJRNYFan and it was because of him that I immediately had an ounce of disdain for this board. I made a post about Augeri/JSS or something along those lines, right in the heart of the Tapegate era (I was ignorant towards that fact at the time) and not only 3 response's after my first post, there's Dean: "You're a fucking idiot. Get the fuck out of here!" After that I was like "Jeez, what a dickhead, alright. Time to have some fun" and the rest is history, haha. After spending a LONG time on here and then getting to know MR's personally in Vegas and then again in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, this place is pretty much my neighborhood of the internet. First site I check at ALL times. Got to thank the Big Man for that.

[ebake02]

I wonder if god would be willing to make a trade. We get Deano back and he can have the cast of Jersey Shore.

[artist4perry]

I wonder if god would be willing to make a trade. We get Deano back and he can have the cast of Jersey Shore.

Nah, the devil has dibs on that lot.

[Andrew]

Well said, Drew. The "Fuck you" at the end was priceless. EXACTLY what he would've said to any one of us.

It just felt right

[Angel]

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean.

Yep! Lots and lots and lots of them.....so I guess he really wasn't "done."

[FamilyMan]

Amen, Drew.

[Abitaman]

The F**k you at the end...the great Dean send off, he would have loved it.
He would also make fun of me for going back and putting ** in all his posts I qouted....

[Aaron]

Very well written Drew. Well done. I reckon we can expect to see this write up on front page tomorrow? I think most would think its only fitting and deserving.

[Andrew]

Very well written Drew. Well done. I reckon we can expect to see this write up on front page tomorrow? I think most would think its only fitting and deserving.

I think it belongs here with the people that knew him best.

[steveo777]

Very well written Drew. Well done. I reckon we can expect to see this write up on front page tomorrow? I think most would think its only fitting and deserving.

I think it belongs here with the people that knew him best.

Uh, yeah.... I agree. The rest of the internet might not get it or understand Dean. Those of us that hang out here are the ones who get him and his ways.

[annie89509]

So sad to actually get this news concerning RnD. For the past year or so, suggestions cropped up now and then that something gravely is not well with Deano…without specifically indicating what the problem was. And, even though we are mostly strangers posting on a messageboard accessible 24/7…frequented by a cast of characters so diverse that our paths might otherwise never cross in real life…still, there’s a sense of a family environment here, that is, in this cyberspace MR community.

Of course, synonymous with any family where competitive rivalries exist, disagreements and in-fighting break out…and Deano is(was) larger than life (literally and figuratively). His posts are always funny, informative, and darn entertaining to read.

However, thinking back, I did not always feel this way. Having just “discovered” SP&Journey music back in ‘05, fan messageboards were like a new find and nothing experienced before. Here on MR’s Journey Board, strictly a lurker in the beginning, RnD and TNC were the meanest, crudest couple of guys I could ever imagine. SP and the loons were main targets for personal attack almost on a daily basis…other posters piled on, too.

Then, all of sudden, Tapegate broke. RnD turned his venom toward SA and the wigglers (transforming to loveable lug for the loons), while TNC went MIA. This was not a favorable period for the band or their fans.

Years since passed…posters come and gone. RnD became a legend, larger than life poster. His profile started surfacing on the Board…a big guy…not bad-looking, kinda cute…boy, what a humongous set of hands! As for TNC, he started posting again after the scandal passed, toned down his style quite a bit from those early years when he and Deano were the Big Bullies (1-2 punch) of this Board. Nowadays, TNC is an elder statesman…long-time Journey fan…his posts are insightful and I, for one, enjoy reading.

RIP, Deano.
You will be missed

[ohsherrie]

Wonderful post Andrew. I don't think some of us knew how deeply Dean and those rockin' times on MR were in our hearts. I know I didn't.

[Granny]

Perfect Andrew...I knew Dean well. Having him staying with me those several times he came to my house were priceless.
I will always have those memories. I still can't believe that he is gone....so many memories.

[mikemarrs]

Very well said, Andrew

Perfect ...

[FezzyChic]

Perfect Andrew...

Your Heart To His...

I Did Not Know Or Meet Deano
But I Will Never Forget Him, Because
He Just Came Out Of Nowhere And
Gave Me A Ration Of Shit And I
Slammed Him Back As Hard As He
Did Me....And Then I Felt Like A Heel...

But, That Is Who He Was, As I Grew
To Learn!!

Deano, May You Rest In Peace And
Have No More Hurt...For All That Loved
You...May Their Heart's Keep You....

Condolences To Deano's Family...


You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.


In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Kahlil Gibran

[stevew2]

I have to say, when I used to be bored at work, 5 years ago, Dean and others made the day go by so much quicker...and made it entertaining. I wasn't posting back then, just lurking.

There are too many funny things Dean said or did. I probably forgot more than I remember, there were so many classic moments. Probably the last one I remember was Dean's dust up with Les (Neal's stepdad). LOL The way Dean blasted him was hysterical and Les coming back with one of my new favorite lines (which I now use often): "I like to buy you for what you know and sell you for what you think you know." This may have been the last great MR dust ups.

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

It was really fun there Tito with Deano talkin shit about between rants and weird shit we {you} would say .Ill miss that for sure.I will miss him, I ve enjoyed all the funny shit we have talked about,you and that shitty cars you have drivin.

[G.I.Jim]

I have to say, when I used to be bored at work, 5 years ago, Dean and others made the day go by so much quicker...and made it entertaining. I wasn't posting back then, just lurking.

There are too many funny things Dean said or did. I probably forgot more than I remember, there were so many classic moments. Probably the last one I remember was Dean's dust up with Les (Neal's stepdad). LOL The way Dean blasted him was hysterical and Les coming back with one of my new favorite lines (which I now use often): "I like to buy you for what you know and sell you for what you think you know." This may have been the last great MR dust ups.

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

It was really fun there Tito with Deano talkin shit about between rants and weird shit we {you} would say .Ill miss that for sure.I will miss him, I ve enjoyed all the funny shit we have talked about,you and that shitty cars you have drivin.

MAN it was so good to jump on here this morning and see your name!! Welcome back stranger.

[stevew2]

I have to say, when I used to be bored at work, 5 years ago, Dean and others made the day go by so much quicker...and made it entertaining. I wasn't posting back then, just lurking.

There are too many funny things Dean said or did. I probably forgot more than I remember, there were so many classic moments. Probably the last one I remember was Dean's dust up with Les (Neal's stepdad). LOL The way Dean blasted him was hysterical and Les coming back with one of my new favorite lines (which I now use often): "I like to buy you for what you know and sell you for what you think you know." This may have been the last great MR dust ups.

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

It was really fun there Tito with Deano talkin shit about between rants and weird shit we {you} would say .Ill miss that for sure.I will miss him, I ve enjoyed all the funny shit we have talked about,you and that shitty cars you have drivin.

Howdy Sarge how in the hell are you?


MAN it was so good to jump on here this morning and see your name!! Welcome back stranger.

[G.I.Jim]

I have to say, when I used to be bored at work, 5 years ago, Dean and others made the day go by so much quicker...and made it entertaining. I wasn't posting back then, just lurking.

There are too many funny things Dean said or did. I probably forgot more than I remember, there were so many classic moments. Probably the last one I remember was Dean's dust up with Les (Neal's stepdad). LOL The way Dean blasted him was hysterical and Les coming back with one of my new favorite lines (which I now use often): "I like to buy you for what you know and sell you for what you think you know." This may have been the last great MR dust ups.

I think everyone got at least one "fuck you too" or "I'm done with you" PM from Dean. I know I did after the Les/Dean episode. To get a "fuck you too" type PM was a badge of honor.

It was really fun there Tito with Deano talkin shit about between rants and weird shit we {you} would say .Ill miss that for sure.I will miss him, I ve enjoyed all the funny shit we have talked about,you and that shitty cars you have drivin.

Howdy Sarge how in the hell are you?


MAN it was so good to jump on here this morning and see your name!! Welcome back stranger.

I'm good! I see you still haven't mastered the quote button... Welcome back.