User:Bgriffin

Quick Stats


 * Birth Name: Michelangelo (Michael) Giannico Mauro
 * Legal Name: Bryan Nelson Griffin Junior
 * Born: 31 January, 1970
 * Height: 5 ft., 7 in.
 * Birthplace: Little Italy,Cleveland, Ohio
 * Current Residence: Parma Heights, Ohio
 * Education:
 * B.A. in English at CSU
 * A.A. in Journalism at Tri-C
 * Writing freelance since 1994

Short Bio

I was born to Italian birthparents with genealogical roots in Sicily. I was raised in a working class suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. My father is a tool and die repairman. My mother is a caregiver. I have a bachelor of arts degree in English (creative writing) from Cleveland State University and an associates degree in journalism from Cuyahoga Community College.

I have been a freelance writer since June 1994. I have published my own newsletters in the past. My articles cover various topics from current events to local music and other forms of entertainment. I have movie reviews on Yahoo, MSN Entertainment, and a certain social networking website that cannot be mentioned on Wikipedia for egocentric reasons, for fear of being blacklisted (a.k.a. censorship).

I have been a patron of the humanities since my college days. Because I was born with diabetes mellitus type 1, I have devoted my time with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in volunteer events. During my career in writing, I have met my share of celebrities in the past, including film makerMichael Moore, journalist and reporter Chris Matthews during his Hardball College Tour back when I was in college.

Influences


 * Journalism
 * Carl Bernstein
 * Walter Cronkite
 * Chris Matthews
 * Edward R. Murrow
 * Joseph Pulitzer
 * Tim Russert
 * Bob Woodward
 * Literature
 * Charles Baudelaire
 * D. H. Lawrence
 * H. P. Lovecraft
 * Anais Nin
 * Ovid
 * Edgar Allan Poe
 * John Updike
 * Vergil
 * William Butler Yeats
 * Musicians
 * B.B. King
 * Alice Cooper
 * Bruce Dickinson
 * Rob Halford
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Ozzy Osbourne
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan

Links to My Personal Websites


 * My Yahoo! Profile

Links to My Favorite Websites
 * Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
 * Internet Movie Database

Bryan Griffin Trivia
 * Actress Minnie Driver shares my exact same birthday.