{"id":1858,"date":"2008-01-22T20:34:17","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T01:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/off-ledger\/"},"modified":"2008-01-22T20:34:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T01:34:17","slug":"off-ledger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/off-ledger","title":{"rendered":"Off-Ledger"},"content":{"rendered":"

My condolences to the family of Heath Ledger, who OD’d earlier today<\/a>. When Amy first IM’d me about Ledger’s death just before I left the office, I wrote back, “Drugs? Car Accident?” When she said it was the former, I replied, “Retard.”<\/p>\n

Once I got home, I checked out the story and it now looks like he committed suicide (subject to change)<\/em>. That got me wondering what’s worse:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. the father of a two-year-old child deliberately OD’s, killing himself,<\/li>\n
  2. the father of a two-year-old child is so into getting high that he accidentally OD’s, killing himself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I mean, the result is the same, right? Wealthy, good-looking actor leaves his daughter without a dad.<\/p>\n

    Tell me whatcha think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    My condolences to the family of Heath Ledger, who OD’d earlier today. When Amy first IM’d me about Ledger’s death just before I left the office, I wrote back, “Drugs? Car Accident?” When she said it was the former, I replied, “Retard.” Once I got home, I checked out the story and it now looks … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “Off-Ledger”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-tY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":364,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm","url_meta":{"origin":1858,"position":0},"title":"9\/11 Voters?Gore won NJ by\u2026","author":"Gil","date":"September 10, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"9\/11 Voters?Gore won NJ by 16 points in 2000, but according to the Newark Star Ledger, I now live in a swing state.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3044,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/vegas-baby","url_meta":{"origin":1858,"position":1},"title":"Vegas, Baby!","author":"Gil","date":"December 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"What do you get when you combine a sportswriter awaiting his buyout, baseball's winter meetings, two big-budget teams and Las Vegas? 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