{"id":7249,"date":"2011-06-17T14:57:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=7249"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:58:16","slug":"imaginary-problems-call-for-painful-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/chethardrock\/06\/17\/imaginary-problems-call-for-painful-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Problems Call for Painful Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>[Editor&#8217;s Note: We&#8217;d like to give a warm, wet, PBH welcome to our newest contributor, Chet Hardrock. Chet is an unemployed feline tax-consultant who enjoys vintage daytime television and spouting drunken conspiracy-theories involving the CIA, the John Birch Society, Martha Stewart, and an undead Wayne Newton. 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