{"id":32813,"date":"2013-03-06T11:36:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/06\/pre-python.html"},"modified":"2013-03-06T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:36:13","slug":"pre-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/06\/pre-python.html","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Eric Idle recalls meeting John Cleese fifty years ago &#8230;<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/images\/framework\/ei_logo.png&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/?p=318'>Eric Idle Blog \u00bb Fifty years ago today\u2026.<\/a><br \/>\n                                                Fifty years ago today I met John Cleese. That&#8217;s odd isn&#8217;t it? I suppose most of you can&#8217;t even imagine what fifty years looks like. It&#8217;s hard for us to imagine time. Only the mirror tells its relentle&#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'><span class='gpb-reshare'><br \/>This post has been reshared 1 times on <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1rvnRYkwkDi' target='_new'>Google+<\/a><br \/><\/span> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1rvnRYkwkDi' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Idle recalls meeting John Cleese fifty years ago &#8230; Eric Idle Blog \u00bb Fifty years ago today\u2026. Fifty years ago today I met John Cleese. That&#8217;s odd isn&#8217;t it? I suppose most of you can&#8217;t even imagine what fifty years looks like. It&#8217;s hard for us to imagine time. 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