Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Maureen
My sis was working for the Associated Press when Challenger exploded. She said jokes about it were coming down the AP Wire before the debris stopped falling. Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine. My favorite moment from Dan's memorial was when his best friend of many years said "that m

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Medic
I got it from Twttr. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > This might have been the fastest joke to circulate the Facebooks ever. > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Medic wrote: > > > > > > > > > Etta James passed away today. > > > > > > At last. ;) > > > > > > > >

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Ray Champagne
This might have been the fastest joke to circulate the Facebooks ever. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Medic wrote: > > > > > Etta James passed away today. > > > At last. ;) > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Medic wrote: > >> >> Etta James passed away today. > > > At last. ;) She was sick for quite some time. I'm glad that that difficult portion of her life is over. And, yes, I know you were trying to be snarky, but the best way to deal with sarcasm is to pretend yo

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Medic
> > Etta James passed away today. At last. ;) ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-comm

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Yeah, I was bummed to hear about Sarah Burke, she was pretty wicked the couple times I've seen her compete. I'm not familiar with Craig Kelly though, what kind of boarding did he compete in? Judah On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 20

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Anyway, if you're in the mood for some soul today, give Etta a listen. > And if you can do it with a smoldering sexy someone special, all the > better. > Sarah Burke (Freeskier) died today and it's also 9 years after the death of Craig Kel

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Vivec
sadness :( ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345599 Su

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
wow! we were just listening to her a few days back. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Etta James passed away today. It wasn't unexpected as she'd had > failing health for awhile. Still sucks though. She had a Aretha-type > voice that was an amazing physical presence that

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Dana
it wasn't. Posted to the wrong thread, as I just said in a post that crossed yours. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > How on earth was that a worthwhile reply to the above post? > > Judah, thanks for the reminder. I think it is a day for the jazz singers to > rule my

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Dana
whoa, wrong thread. Sorry Judah. I second the comments, though. I saw one of her concerts on one of those late-night public television specials and was amazed ;) and I don't amaze easily. She definitely was talking about sex and having plenty of fun having it, and never mind her age ;) Gave me am

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
How on earth was that a worthwhile reply to the above post? Judah, thanks for the reminder. I think it is a day for the jazz singers to rule my playlists. Jerry Milo Johnson On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Dana wrote: > > Meanwhile: > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/cyber-crime/megaupload-ri

Re: RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Dana
Meanwhile: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cyber-crime/megaupload-rises-again-anonymous-knocks-out-sopa-supporters-sites-184605?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2012-01-20 On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Etta James passed away today. It wasn't unexpected as she'd had > failing heal

RIP Etta James

2012-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Etta James passed away today. It wasn't unexpected as she'd had failing health for awhile. Still sucks though. She had a Aretha-type voice that was an amazing physical presence that just shakes right through you, even late in life. But what I'll really miss about her is her personality and stage p