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John Hodgman - The Areas Of My Expertise
 
   

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This is an extraordinarily bizarre and extremely funny compendium of totally useless and--as the author himself proudly admits--entirely apocryphal facts. Readers will gain new insight into such edifying topics as "On Actuaries and Their Tattoos"; learn about the secret, skull-lined tunnel connecting Pottery Barn and theme park Camp Snoopy in the Mall of America; and discover that, according to a helpful table of "Omens and Portents for the Coming Year," if "Someone speaking in an obviously affected accent" and "An owl that screeches with the voice of a man" are both heard, than it signifies that soon "All homes will be connected by pneumatic tubes filled with mice."
 
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Sublime Lunacy in The Areas of My Expertise

Date of Review:  Dec 10, 2008
The Bottom Line: Has some of the funniest stories you'll ever read.  Hodgman is hilarious.
Review: John Hodgman, best known for his work as a Daily Show correspondent and as "PC" in the Mac ads with Justin Long, is also a former literary agent, if anything he writes is to be believed, and this past profession informs some of the scattershot,...
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Recommended to buy: Yes

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Absurdly hilarious, you'll be laughing...
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Can be a bit uneven at times, little...
 

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Date of Review:  Jan 7, 2006
The Bottom Line: For those that have read too many reference books and need some humor.
Review: This is arguably the oddest book I've read in a while. Having been on a natural sciences and reference kick, I thought it'd be a hoot to check out this parody of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac.

Let me tell you, there were parts where I...
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Hysterical, light, a good bathroom book...
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Easy to forget at times that it's...
 
 
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Authors John Hodgman
Fiction Genre Humor
Fiction Subgenre Unknown

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  Newsweek: "Somehow, THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE doesn't come across as silly. The entries, plainly false, are unnervingly plausible."

Book Editions
  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Books (September 05, 2006)
Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 6"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.5 lbs.
ISBN: 9781594482229

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  My name is John Hodgman. I am not using a pseudonym.
 
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