RIP Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)^[1][4] was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopiannovel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated among 20th century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.

RIP Dick Clark

Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark^[2] (November 30, 1929—April 18, 2012) is an American game-show host, radio, television personality, and businessman^[3]. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions, which he has sold part of in recent years. Clark is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand,^[3] five versions of the game show Pyramid, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Clark has long been known for his departing catchphrase, "For now, Dick Clark...so long," delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance, earning themoniker "America's Oldest Teenager."

ROT IN HELL John Demjanjuk

John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demianiuk; Ukrainian: Іван Миколайович Дем'янюк; 3 April 1920 – 17 March 2012) was a guard in a Nazi death camp who was convicted as a war criminal for the murder of 27,900 Jews.^[1][2] His conviction was pending appeal at the time of his death.^[2][3][4]

Drink Suggestions for Recently Departed...

What a crazy couple of days for the death pool. We were locked up at 4-4, with the threat of getting slapped with a Subway sandwich looming. (We decided that whoever got to 5 deaths first would get to slap the other person across the face without retaliation.)

Bryn squeaked out the "victory" (I cringe writing the word victory he

re) with his team, "Steiney and the Bandit's" 2012 pick-up, Etta James, passing away Friday morning. On Saturday afternoon, the tweets flooded in that Joe Paterno had passed away as well. It turned out that the rumors of his death were mildly exaggerated (Click here to read why.) He died Sunday Morning.

In honor of the recently deceased, we have a drink in their honor. Usually they're pretty easy to come up with. Al Davis? Silver and black. A shot of Patron Silver and a shot of Johnny Walker Black. The "Just Win, Baby!" But what to drink for this week's departed?

Etta James - Bryn suggested the drink be classy and elegant. I agree. So...what does that mean?

Joe Paterno - We know we need to look the other way when we drink it, but what should the drink itself be?

Make your own "At Last" and looking the other way jokes, if you'd like. I already feel bad enough about this.

RIP Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (pronounced /pəˈtɜrnoʊ/; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012^[1]) is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football coach with 409 and is the only FBS coach to reach 400 victories.^[2] He coached five undefeated teams that won major bowl games and, in 2007, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach. Paterno was fired mid-season by Penn State trustees in November 2011, after long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested onchild sexual abuse charges.^[3][4]

RIP Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer whose style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in the mid 1950s, she gained fame with hits such as "Dance With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she claimed she wrote the lyrics.