{"id":291,"date":"2005-03-31T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T21:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=291"},"modified":"2005-04-04T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2005-04-04T21:53:30","slug":"a-fourty-just-wouldnt-cut-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"A fourty just wouldn&#8217;t cut it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If by someone&#8217;s work shall you know them, then I know Mitch Hedberg as a deceptively brilliant and utterly hilarious man.  I have to credit him with bringing MHG and I together and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/mld\/twincities\/news\/breaking_news\/11278099.htm\">his passing<\/a> is sadder than I ever thought it would be.  Some people at Metafilter had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/40858\">good things<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/40858#893312\">say<\/a> and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_Hedberg\">great quotes<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedotdotdot.com\/humor\/hedberg.html\">share<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>I want to say more about this, but I&#8217;ve honestly never been so sad about the passing of a &#8220;celebrity.&#8221;  I&#8217;m glad someone who knew him could say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshsneed.com\/\">the things we&#8217;re all thinking<\/a>. [road diary entry about Mitch]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to go home and listen to some Mitch.  I miss him already.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/mitch2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchhedberg.net\/\">Mitch Hedberg&#8217;s Official Website<\/a>: currently down from too many hits: irony, perhaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If by someone&#8217;s work shall you know them, then I know Mitch Hedberg as a deceptively brilliant and utterly hilarious man. I have to credit him with bringing MHG and I together and his passing is sadder than I ever thought it would be. Some people at Metafilter had good things to say and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-4H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":297,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=297","url_meta":{"origin":291,"position":0},"title":"Autoerotic innuendo not intended.","date":"4\/8\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"This is comforting news after the \"Behind Blue Eyes\" debacle. Mitch Hedberg beats the pope. 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