Where`s Jerky Flea????

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ssjockey originally wrote:

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Jenni,

Not to flame you, but you know NOTHING. Before JerkyFlea, there was nothing, Jerky never asked for a dime, or anything else in exchange for his witty commentary.

So what if his personal life gets buys, and his interests change. But I guess you only care about yourself. Your comment is as ignorant as you are stupid.

Go away, and never post here again.

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Let me start by saying I always enjoyed the JF columns when he felt like writing them. Your post really was shocking. You obviously don`t have all the facts. JF DID ask for money for his columns for HB as Karen and Jeff have confirmed in the past on this very board. They always pay contributors of columns to this site as Jane Bullock and others have also confirmed on the various boards here. They also pay for all the photographers for the photos that are used in the galleries and any work from professional writers that contribute to the site. JF also received product samples and other favors from the site in exchange for his column. Not to mention lots of press and other kudos for being associated with this wonderful site. He also got bascially a free website and had total freedom with his column, which he was almost always late turning in as we all experienced first hand as readers of the column. In fact how many times have people on this board asked when he would post his next column. Basically when he felt like it should have been the answer.

Karen was writing celebrity news before JF about the same time he was getting started. She was even featured in Self Magazine for an article she did on celebrity hair many years ago. She was nice enough to take him in and support him when the WW Beauty site dumped him because he was always late w/ his columns and was considered a problem to that site by Mickael & Ace. She stepped aside for him and stopped writing about celebrity hair. So there was something here long before JF and Karen was that person.

Jeff and Karen totally bent over backwards for Mr. Jerky Flea and he indeed did not tell them first that he was bored and not wanting to do the column. He told Gord who posted that JF was tired of the column. They found out from Gord`s post on their own messageboards that JF was not doing the column anymore. How would you like to find out something that way? You also know NOTHING. Who gives you the right to tell anyone not to post here. Do you own this board? Do you own this site? Before you attack someone maybe you should check the facts.

I say let this new guy show us what he`s got. I`d like it if no one ever posted another word about Jerky Flea. He is indeed like his name...a Jerk and also a complete FLAKE. He doesn`t give a rats ass about this board, so why should anyone waste their time with posts like "Where`s Jerky Flea?" He doesn`t even have the decency to tell Karen and others that he won`t be writing any more columns and leaves everyone else hanging too. Out with the old, In with the new!!!

I would like to offer an opinion counter to that of Stu.

I think that T.A. Arceneau`s article was very-well written, and I think he made his point very clearly and with humor. I see *great* potential for T.A. Arceneau to respectably fill JF`s shoes. And on that note, I would like to encourage T.A. Arceneau to continue writing and to share with us his (or her?) next "roasted offering" (bad attempt at a topical pun).

No offense, but this guy sucks. I could care less about Al Sharpton and whether or not he wears a piece.
Has this guy read one post on the board? Show me where there`s a pots about Sharpton. Please write about of the celebrities being discussed on the board\

Thanks,

Stu

Karen & Jeff,

What about an open competition for JF`s spot? Let all of us submit an article and the winner gets the monthly column....

Thanks Bob. Appreciate the vote of support.

Best wishes,
Karen

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Gord originally wrote:
Jerky Flea told me that he didn't have the time and hardly had the interest to do the column, but I hope you folks retain the site. Why wouldn't you? There are tons of visitors and participants. After all, how else would you folks be able to tell me about all your celebrity longhair sightings?

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Hi Gord,

Neither Jeff nor I have heard anything from JF by email, phone or otherwise for literally months. However, we are getting lots of email asking about this board and whether it should be renamed since JF has not communicated in a long time or sent a new column.

Jeff and I are planning on keeping this board although we did change the name slightly. We originally named this board in honor of JF because he specifically asked us to create the board and promised to be active. With his prolonged and obvious absence we decided to change it a little by renaming it. This cuts down the confusion hopefully.

Also, we removed links to the JF column from the top button of the HB.com page and at the bottom. The reason is because it has been so long since JF has sent a column that newcomers constantly are emailing and they want to know the scoop. Rather than constantly try to explain it, Jeff and I decided to move the JF links under Columnists on the left side of the front page. They will remain there permanently. That way, it is easy to find for people who know about JF but doesn`t look like we are not keeping up the site. As many of you know, we at HB.com try to update the site at least once a week and sometimes more often. With no new JF columns it was better to move the pages to a different area since we were unable on our own to update the columns.

We are keeping all the columns as they are and will not be removing them or altering them in any way. So JF will live on at HB.com indefinitely. Sort of like Charles Shultz and Peanuts. :-)

As Jeff mentioned in a previous post....we have a possible stand in for the JF columns. His first column...Does God Have A Combover is on my desk as we speak. He also personally knows Mickey Rourke and is working on several interesting columns about celebrity hair from his own unique & twisted perspective.

Please know that Jeff and I would have done whatever we could to keep JF contributing his column and for the last column we did several things to try and offload some of the work from JF`s plate due to family considerations.

Unfortunately he has not communicated with either Jeff or I for months and so we are moving ahead the best way we know how.

We are definitely not closing this board. I personally read it every day and lurk in the shadows.

Thanks for caring and being there.

Best wishes,
Karen

Actually, we think we have a replacement lined up. We`ll see if it works out.

Jerky Flea told me that he didn`t have the time and hardly had the interest to do the column, but I hope you folks retain the site. Why wouldn`t you? There are tons of visitors and participants. After all, how else would you folks be able to tell me about all your celebrity longhair sightings?

If you also look on the hairboutique.com homepage, all references to Jerky Flea are gone, no links, nothing. Too bad. We will all miss the Flea. Thanks for the memories, it was great while it lasted. Considering how short some things last on the internet, it was great to have columns from Jerky Flea for parts of three years.

We`ll miss you JF! Good luck and God bless.