John Hodgman @ The Barnes & Noble in Park Slope - 12.10.8

As the din of Hodgmania roars across America, John comes home to Park Slope for this, the final stop on his More Information Than You Require book tour.

NOTES
--A large, bookish audience eagerly filled out the downstairs area, forcing the store's usual crowd of itinerant youths and aimless drifters to find some other floorspace to secrete on. As 7:30 approached, with still no sign of Hodgman, he tweeted "am on the way. 7th ave & 8 street. Tell the chairs" and all with iPhones were relieved. His reading advisory would prove to be pretty accurate.
--John asked if anyone had a copy of Areas of My Expertise, and if so, could he or she toss it up to him. Instead of catching the book with his hands, Hodgman offered only an outstretched foot with which to kick it. In an instant, a Random Audience Member's cherished paperback fell to the floor with a slight crease and a dull slap, a transformation from Near Mint condition to Fine before our very eyes. Hodgman denounced Areas of My Expertise as old technology and railed against its uselessness. With another Random Audience Member's precious MITYR hardcover, Hodgman showed off the book's day-by-day calendar feature and ripped pages out, thus reducing it to Poor.
--Disappointed he wasn't allowed to have a Q&A at his Manhattan signing, John offered to entertain all intellectual curiosities with an extended session here, including a Jim Cramer-style lightning round. Could he recommend a nice place to eat in Park Slope? Little D. Does he have any female celebrity crushes? Rachel Maddow. Can he pass some underage girl's number on to Justin Long? No.
--Hodgman revealed forthcoming roles in Battlestar Galactica and Ricky Gervais' next movie, This Side of the Truth.
--It's never a dull day at the Park Slope Barnes and Noble: signs heralded the coming of Dr. Ruth the following night.

Comments

[soce]

he was fantastic!