YOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Boy does it feel good to be blogging. First off, let me say that regardless of where I get to in writing this entry, I'M POSTING IT!!! This is my 3rd attempt in the last 5 days at putting up a post and God dammit all, I'm going to do it.

First, let me say to all you believers in the Lord that I'm sorry the Pope has passed. I've never really followed his career, but I hear he's done some wonderful things.

Lotta death goin on lately. You have the Pope. Johnny Cochran died last week. That woman with no feeding tube finally passed. I feel like there's someone else but it's not coming to me. There is one person I do want to mention though. I'm sorry to see that the comedian Mitch Hedberg passed away last week.

I think one of the reasons I haven't been able to post recently is that I wanted to try and give Mitch a decent writeup as I was a big fan. I've come to grips with the fact that it's probably not going to happen so I'll just say what I can and advise you to google his name. Actually, go to google news.

Mitch was one of the few comedians out there that didn't sound like everyone else. He got some comparisons to Steven Wright but his response to said comparison shows you how interesting his mind worked.

"If I made potato chips and put them in a can, people would say I was ripping off Pringles," he said. "But what if I put them in a bag?"

Another one of my favorite may be relevant to his passing at the age of 37.

"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too."

I highly recomend picking up Mitch's first cd, Strategic Grill Locations. It's awesome. My favorite joke on that one is the donut receit bit. I also love the roommate material. What I've learned about Mitch in the last few days is that you have to work into him a little bit. I heard that donut thing for the first time on my iPod the day after he died. I replayed it 3 times and cracked up every time. When I played it for some of my coworkers, even 1 who was a fan, I got now response at all. Luckily, I found a fan's website that agreed with me and thus I felt vindicated. I don't know that Mitch Hedberg is for everyone, but I sure know he's for me.

His second album, Mitch All Together, is very funny too. It was the first material I heard from him. It's weird though because upon hearing it back to back after listening to Grill,...well, it has a different tone. Compared to the material Mitch presents while a guy plays bass thru the entire set, All Together almost sounds angry. Very good material though. His take on the letter X is very enjoyable.

In conclusion, it's just too freakin bad. While he was never able to turn his work into sitcom material, he was successful at being a good comedian. Actually, that's another one of his great observations. He talked on one of his albums about how comedy wasn't fair. You can be the best comedian you can be but then the industry wants you to do things like write and act. He compared it to working long and hard to be the best chef and then someone coming along and saying, "Okay, you're a great cook. Can you farm?" [I couldn't find that one quoted anywhere but you get the gist.]

So goodbye Mitch. You will be missed...all together.

I'm sure there's more things I have to tell you but I told myself I'd stop at 7 and get back to work. Thank you for reading and feel free to respond in the comments section. OH!!! It occurred to me that I could set up an email just for blogging. Hell, they keep giving me 50 invites. No reason I can't use 1 for my blog. Should you feel the need to converse with me outside of the blogging realm, you can email me at davesblogster@gmail.com.

There ya go. Thanx for reading. I'll talk 2 ya l8r.