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The Areas of My Expertise (Paperback)

By: John Hodgman (Author)


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Review

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

"[U]tterly useless, and wonderfully absurd. Since it is entirely fabricated from the author's astonishing imagination, Hodgman's almanac represents a huge improvement on the genre: at year's end, you don't need to throw this book out."

First line

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

Publisher's note

A humorous compendium of reference tables, trivia, and wisdom--largely invented by the author--lists the mottoes of the fifty-one states, identifies U.S. presidents with hooks for hands, describes the menu items in addition to eel at the first Thanksgiving, and more.

Annotation

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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