An unexpectedly fascinating interview with John Hodgman by Wired magazine, in which he talks about how he went from being a literary agent to a television personality (and also how he convinced Bruce Campbell to write a book, and then sold that book).
Hodgman was nice enough to send me a reviewer's copy of his first book, The Areas of My Expertise, which I then reviewed. I wonder if he'll send me a copy of his new one. (Hint hint Mr. Hodgman.)
Speaking of Bruce Campbell, yesterday for Halloween I saw My Name is Bruce and was surprised when Campbell himself showed up to introduce the movie and do a Q & A and make fun of my Groucho Marx costume (the face paint was wearing off). The movie was hilarious, as was Campbell (and his enormous chin). (That'll teach him to make fun of me. HA!)
And back to Hodgman, here's him on This American Life doing a piece on super powers. (Yes, I know this is from 2006. Sue me.)
Ed Champion interviews Charlie Kaufman. And Neil Stephenson!
Ed gave me a "via" link for this post about Keith Knight's controversy with the "N" word, which might have confused some people who came here looking for the link. I originally emailed it to him. But now it's on the site right here, so all's well.
Who knew? It's ridiculously hard to become a prostitute in Second Life.
And that's all you get today.