false 24807 6 With his <i>Daily Show</i> appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, <i>The Areas of My Expertise</i> was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of <i>The Areas of My Expertise</i> has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. 3249447 2005 The Areas of My Expertise total:2497|5:754|4:975|3:533|2:170|1:65| 2497 9674 3561 526 4 5 false false Fri Jun 29 16:56:26 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 17:12:40 -0700 2007
And then came John Hodgman.

Better known as the 'PC Guy' from Apple commercials, Hodgman gave an int...more...]]> 1 5 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 23 19:49:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 10:49:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 19 18:20:14 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 18:21:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Oct 27 04:53:54 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 05:33:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 04 12:48:26 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:48:37 -0800 2009 Random, Fascinating and Utterly Unreliable Information, 22 Oct 2006




"An almanac of random, fascinating and utterly unreliable information -- Hodgman has the gift of being outrageously but quietly convincing. He begins at the absolute outer ed...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Aug 26 13:15:33 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 13:40:01 -0700 2007 only way to truly enjoy Areas of My Expertise. You really have to get this. It's in the audiobook section, misfiled under non-fiction.

Notable to the audiobook:
* John Hodgman reads the whole book
* Jonathan Coulton plays music (incl. State Songs!)
* A ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 17:02:53 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 06:21:02 -0800 2009 once. that's enough.
The book is strange and tries to inject political and geographical humor that would be hard to understand if you weren't somewhat aware of t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 15 22:17:39 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:37:36 -0700 2007 Areas of My Expertise when it was first released and being skeptical, unsure if I liked Hodgman's tone. Not really knowing who he was, I couldn't tell if his snobbiness was serious. But the text on the cover led me inside the book and soon it was clear: Hodgman was my...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Aug 15 22:11:29 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:11:29 -0700 2007 Areas of My Expertise when it was first released and being skeptical, unsure if I like Hodgman's tone. Not really knowing who he was, I couldn't tell if his snobbiness was serious. But the text on the cover led me inside the book and soon it was clear: Hodgman was my ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 07 09:15:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 09:32:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 17 16:08:15 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 16:21:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 13 20:57:19 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 21:22:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 16:27:44 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:30:21 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 10 13:23:27 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 15:34:51 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 17 14:19:19 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:02:01 -0800 2009 I enjoyed Hodgman's creative way of translating his book into audiobook form. Whimsical and ridiculous, very dry nonfacts about random tidbits of life. Amusingly, the CD set I got was scrambled, so I listened to the first disc, then the fifth disc, then the third disc, and so on. Hodgma...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 10:16:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 10:17:00 -0700 2009
Well, let me tell you, it i...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 26 18:43:47 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 26 18:45:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:25:51 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:34:58 -0800 2009
I usually stray away from comedy books l...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 15:21:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 15:26:56 -0700 2007 The Areas of My Expertise:

* it is possible to sell a book of total nonsense
* one can put a funny spin on The Great Depression
* I should be more suspicious of the large black squirrel population in my home town.

I was mildly d...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 04:57:41 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:50:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3215564