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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I've been on mefi for quite a bit from 2004 onward. These days my presence has faded from mefi. I expect it will fade more.
But mefi mail will still reach me. So feel free to contact me.

Pronunciation is approx. yoast de vrease.
I used to post under the pseudonym of 'jouke'.